However, Macgo has released an upgraded version of their player: Macgo Blu-Ray Player Pro. On a disk with a lot of extras, you may see 100 tracks or more, without many obvious clues about what to choose. They don’t even list tracks by name all you get is a list of numbered tracks with playing duration, and you have to guess what you want to see. The commercial players don’t generate the clickable graphical interface you get with a standalone player, or with DVD player software. The iMac case won't accommodate the far more common tray-load drives or 12.7mm drives.ĪNOTHER EDIT, FIVE YEARS ON: On BR player software, I failed to mention in the original answer that all BR player software on Mac is just terrible. The same physical limitations still apply: 9.5mm thick, SATA, slot-load. There are a wider variety of Blu-Ray combo drives available that will fit the iMac optical bay apparently those drives are now a common option in Windows laptops. But to burn Blu-Ray player compatible movie disks requires third party software, such as Roxio Toast.ĮDIT: I failed to note in the original answer that you can also use a 'combo' drive: CD, DVD recorder/Blu-Ray player. Similarly for disk burning, you can burn Blu-Ray data disks using standard OS tools such as Finder and Disk Utility. For a lot of people, the freeware VLC is a perfectly adequate Blu-Ray player. There are a variety of commercial Blu-Ray player apps, most of which are around $30 ( Leawo Blu-Ray Player, Aurora Mac Blu-ray Player and Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player are the ones I've paid for they often come cheaper as part of software bundles, and Leawo does giveaways sometimes). Remember that Apple has never released a Blu-Ray player application they have never modified DVD Player for Blu-Ray playback. This helps you avoid the risk of pulling the display out of the iMac case.

OWC carries several Blu-Ray players/burners, in both laptop and desktop sizes. Most of the laptop-style bare drives available are both 12.7mm and tray-load, and won't fit the iMac at all.Īssuming that your internal SuperDrive still works acceptably, it might make more sense to buy (or assemble) an external Blu-Ray player, and connect to your iMac through USB. You'll need a 9.5mm slot-load SATA drive, such as the Panasonic/Matsushita UJ-267 CD/DVD/BR burner. Yes you can, but there's a limited range of Blu-Ray drives that fit the bay correctly.

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