Blu-ray movies are enjoyable. Comparing to DVD movies, Blu-ray movies have better capacity, thus a good quality in both video and audio. The most common way to play a Blu-ray movie is via a Blu-ray player hooked to a TV. However, there are some cases we need to play Blu-ray on some other devices, like, a Mac computer, and how do we do that? Do Mac laptop play Blu-ray? If so, how to play Blu-ray on Mac? In fact, there are lots of Blu-ray player programs for Mac, so next I will list three of the best in the market based on the recent reviews and feedbacks, so that you can pick one to play Blu-ray on Mac.

Part 1: Preparations for playing Blu-ray on Mac

No 1. Blu-ray Movie

If you are about to play a Blu-ray movie on your Mac, you probably have already get this part prepared. There are a lot of ways to get yourself a good Blu-ray movie to watch. The most common way is to buy or rent a Blu-ray disc. In order to play a disc, you are going to need a Blu-ray drive. Also. When buying a Blu-ray disc, you have to pay attention on the Blu-ray region code. Make sure you buy the Blu-ray disc with a region code that is same with the region code of your player or Blu-ray drive. You can also download a digital version of the Blu-ray movie from some Blu-ray download sites, it all depend on your actual needs.

No 2. Blu-ray drive

As we all know, Mac computers usually don't come with built-in Blu-ray drive. So in order to play Blu-ray movies on a Blu-ray disc, the next thing you need to do is to get an external Blu-ray drive for your Mac to read and the Blu-ray disc. You need to pay attention here because you have to make sure you get a real Blu-ray drive not a DVD drive, because a DVD drive will not be able to reada Blu-ray disc, and you will fail to play your Blu-ray movie.

No 3. Blu-ray player program

Speaking of playing Blu-ray movie, a good Blu-ray player program is a very important element. No matter it's a Blu-ray disc or digital Blu-ray movie that you are playing, a good Blu-ray player program can greatly improve your Blu-ray watching experience. There are a lot of Blu-ray player programs on the market, and some of them are really good. Next I will introduce some of the best Blu-ray player programs on Mac to you.

Part 2: Programs that can play Blu-ray on Mac

No.1: Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac

As a 100% free all-inclusive media player software, Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac contains all media playback solutions you need for your leisure entertainment, including Blu-ray, DVD, CD, HD (4K), ISO file with AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, FLV, MKV/MKA and other popular formats supported. Besides, Leawo Blu-ray Player's practical bonus features including useful power manager, custom skin / language / background, snap screenshots, especially virtual remote controller make it a better choice for all playback choice. The program is completely free, and you will not be bothered by any ads or malware.

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Leawo Free Blu-ray Player 

☉ 100% free movie player for Mac users to play Ultra HD 4K, 1080P and 720P video for free.

☉ Free Blu-ray disc player to play 4K Blu-ray disc and 1080P Blu-ray disc, regardless of disc protection and region code.

☉ Support multiple audio decoding systems like Dolby, DTS, AAC, TrueHD, DTS-HD, etc.

☉ Adjust subtitles, video and audio during media playback.

No.2: KMPlayer

KMPlayer is a media player that can play Blu-ray materials for free for Windows users. Now the good news is, the Mac beta version for KMPlayer is available so that Mac users can also download and install KMPlayer on their computer and enjoy Blu-ray discs freely. The Mac version of KMPlayer has all the basic functions like play, pause, seek, full screen, skin changing and multiple settings. The playback steps of KMPlayer Mac is easy. Although there are some problems during the Blu-ray playback, and you may fail to open the Blu-ray disc sometimes, KMPlayer is still one of the good choices if you have the needs to play Blu-ray materials on Mac.

No.3: Mac Blu-ray Player

As the name suggests, this program is a player that specifically designed for Blu-ray playback on Mac. The program claimed to be the world's first Blu-ray player software for Mac. All of the Blu-ray Discs, Blu-ray files, and Blu-ray folders (BDMV folders) can be perfectly played on MacBook Pro, Air, Mac mini, iMac, Mac Pro with OS 10.5 to 10.8. However, the disadvantage of this program is also obvious, it turns out you actually need a live Internet connection to play Blu-ray materials. The Blu-ray decryption is handled on remote servers instead of locally on the computer, and the program charges $60 when it's not on sale.

Part 3: How to play Blu-ray on Mac with Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac

As a professional Bly-ray player program for Mac OS, Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac is very easy to operate on. All you need to do is to import your file or open your file from CD-ROM, play it and do some settings if you want to.

To get started, enter the main interface and load the Blu-ray video on the computer by clicking the respective button on the home interface. Click the square tagged with the name of your Blu-ray/DVD drive to play the disc you have inserted into the corresponding drive, and click the green square to open a file on your computer. When you have imported the Blu-ray movie, you can see the loaded Blu-ray movie on the playlist.

Leawo Blu-ray Player can play all forms of Blu-ray on Mac, and it can play them across region. Which means no matter what the region your disc is in, you can play it with Leawo Blu-ray Player with no problems. Download and try Leawo Blu-ray Player for free, it's definitely worth it.