VLC Media Player is available on several popular platforms. This free and awesome player is readily available for Apple computer users. The software is freely available for Mac OS X systems. Different versions of the player is required for a different Mac OS X version and the VideoLAN team has got it covered. Read the instructions below to understand how you will be able to install VLC in your Mac.

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Downloading for Mac

Basically, you download a dmg package for your Mac computers from the following page:

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, avi) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. VLC Player Features.

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2. The latest version of VLC media player is 3.0 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for Players in the Audio & Video category. The app is developed by VideoLan and its user rating is 4.4 out of 5.

You will see different download links for:

VLC for Mac OS X: 64 bit VLC dmg package download link which works for Mac OS X 10.6 and later.

32 bits Intel Mac: This dmg package is for 32 bit Intel Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users.

PowerPC Mac: Dmg package for 32 bit PowerPC Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users.

You will also see two web browser plugin download links. Those are for playing/streaming videos straight from your browser. The plugins are available for Intel Mac and Power Mac users. They require the OS X version to be 10.5 or lower.

Installing in Mac OS X

1. Download VLC installation file from the location mentioned above (VideoLAN website).
2. Locate the downloaded file which will be named something like vlc-2.1.0.dmg
3. Open the file. After verifying the contents of the file, it will open.
   
4. Click and drag the VLC icon to the applications folder. Release it.
   
5. VLC will be copied to your applications folder.
6. Double click on VLC media player (the icon with the cone). Provide it the permissions if your Mac computer asks for it.
7. VLC Media Player will launch for the first time. Use it to play all your media with ease.

Devices and Mac OS X version

VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.

Web browser plugin for Mac OS X

Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.

Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player

We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required

Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required

Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.

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Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Vlc Download For Macbook Pro

Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.

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Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma

Downloads On Macbook Pro

Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.