Internal and external Blu-ray drives, but you’ll need to bring your own software to the party.īear in mind that a Blu-ray drive can also play DVDs and CDs. USB Super-BluDrive for $79, which includes software that can play Blu-ray movies (the same program I’m going to look at below, MCE Technologies’ $79 USB Super-BluDrive includes Blu-ray playback software for your Mac. You won’t need any special drivers to mount the Blu-ray discs, but once they’re mounted, there’s not much you can do with them. (The cheaper models are usually from unknown vendors and often get poor reviews from users.) Many of these models are bus-powered, so you don’t need a power supply just connect them to a Mac that has powered USB ports, and you’re up and running. You can get an external, USB Blu-ray drive for less than $50, though you might want to look around the $80 to $100 range to find a good one.

The first step to be able to play Blu-rays on a Mac is to purchase a Blu-ray drive.

Sold on Blu-ray yet? Then it’s time to learn how you can watch and even rip Blu-ray discs on a Mac.

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