Watching movies on Macbook Air, Why is it so difficult?

Hey, I was wondering if there is anything I can do to watch movies/Netflix on my macbook air without it delaying every 5 mins? Thanks Eden

That sounds like you internet connection. If you are connecting wirelessly, try connecting direct wire. Otherwise, you need to let the movie download for 10 - 15 minutes, before you click play.

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1) However I do not want to move my itunes Music onto the flash drive, only my Movies, and want to keep my music on my hard drive.
Is this possible?
Yes
2) Do the MacBook Air's not have a separate program other than itunes that can play movies? If so, is there a program I can get to solve this problem? I went onto the App Store to see if there was something I could download, but all the apps were for creating DVD's, not simply playing them.
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