Is there a way to watch Netflix movies on a mac?
October 30th, 2009 | by admin |I have a Power Mac G5. When I log into Netflix and try to play the movies they have available online it says "Our apologies — instant watching is currently not supported for Macintosh." Is there perhaps a plug-in or another way around this so I can watch movies on my computer?
I have a Power Mac G5, (meaning I bought it in 2005 and it does not have an Intel processor, it is an older model than the macs now available). When I log into Netflix and try to play the movies they have available online it says "Our apologies — instant watching is currently not supported for Macintosh." Is there perhaps a plug-in or another way around this so I can watch movies on my computer?
The only way to watch Netflix instant watch movies on a Mac is if you have XP or Vista installed on Boot Camp or a virtual machine - in other words, you have to have an Intel Mac, so unfortunately, you won’t be able to watch them on your current machine. Per Netflix, the reason it’s unavailable for the Mac is a lack of publicly available DRM technology - which is all the studio’s fault, really, for insisting on it. It doesn’t look like the issue is going to be resolved any time soon, either. Sorry!
2 Responses to “Is there a way to watch Netflix movies on a mac?”
By lightningfastfords on Oct 30, 2009 | Reply
I have a( i mac) and I can watch movies just fine
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By pervnotfangirl on Oct 30, 2009 | Reply
The only way to watch Netflix instant watch movies on a Mac is if you have XP or Vista installed on Boot Camp or a virtual machine - in other words, you have to have an Intel Mac, so unfortunately, you won’t be able to watch them on your current machine. Per Netflix, the reason it’s unavailable for the Mac is a lack of publicly available DRM technology - which is all the studio’s fault, really, for insisting on it. It doesn’t look like the issue is going to be resolved any time soon, either. Sorry!
References :