Devices and Mac OS X version
- Download VLC Media Player for Mac to play nearly any audio or video file without additional codecs. VLC Media Player has had 4 updates within the past 6 months.
- Without internet you can’t stream videos. And if VLC can’t transcode your videos correctly like HEVC, you can turn to a more professional video app like Brorsoft Video Converter(or Mac) to do batch conversion. It supports converting almost all of the video files MKV, AVI, H.264, MPEG-4, H.265, MOV, MPG, FLV, MTS, MXF, TiVo, VOB and more.
VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. 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.
VLC Media Player is often seen on Windows Operating System. This version named VLC for Mac can run on Mac OS X and is endowed with the same functions as on Windows. It one of the best free, open source video players available for Mac devices. Key Features As already mentionned above, this VLC is especially conceived for Macs.
If you need help in finding the correct package matching your Mac's processor architecture, please see this official support document by Apple.
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.
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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Free Vlc Player Mac
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
Vlc Player Mac Os
Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.
Vlc Video Mac
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma
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Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.