Playing dvd's on macbook air

Is it possible to play dvd's using macbook air?

absolutely , either an Apple Superdrive
or go to best buy and get a USB LG DVD player/ burner for $30

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  • Playing DVD movies on Macbook Air

    Can I copy a protected DVD movie on my Intel imac to a USB flash memory card for later playback on Macbook Air without a DVD drive?

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  • HT5630 I am attempting to watch a DVD on my macbook air with the apple super drive but the dvd will not play.

    I am trying to watch a DVD on my Macbook Air using the Apple super drive but it will not play.  I can view CDs but not watch movies.  Can someone give me instructions on how to watch a DVD?

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  • Wireless Access to iMac DVD Drive from MacBook Air

    Help please? Could access the IMac drive and DVDs from my MacBook Air until recently. Drive is no longer accessible. Have also lost ability to print remotely to printer attached to iMac (have tried re-setting permissions etc). Can also no longer access the HD on the iMac using wireless access from the MacBook Air. Also have a Mac Book (one of my offspring's) which has same problems. Tried re-pairing with Bluetooth etc. and checking sharing in sys prefs, but to no avail. Anyone got any ideas?!? Probably something dead simple, but I've been trying to get it going for so long - I give up!

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  • HT201335 Does air play work with my macbook Air?

    Does air play work with my macbook Air?

    Hard to say without knowing the model. You can go to About This Mac - more info to verify. It needs to be mid 2011 or later.
    This is the article you should reference
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404

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    If I buy a game on my iMac will I be able to play it on my MacBook Air also?

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    got a brand new macbook air and want to set up an original Windows 8 DVD via bootcamp. Probleme: my external DVD needs 2 usb port connection so I want have a chance to plug in an usb drive at the same time.
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  • When playing dvds on my Macbook my TV states "mode not supported"  Any ideas?

    When playing DVD's on my Macbook my TV states "mode not supported". Any ideas?

    The DVD may be in PAL TV format and not compatible with North America, Japan, parts of South America and Asian equipment which is NTSC. PAL is compatible with Europe, Asia and parts of South America.

  • Usb dvd drive with macbook air?

    hi all!
    i have a macbook air.
    its a 13 inch core i5,4gb, 128gb ssd late 2011 model with uk specs.
    i need to get a dvd drive for it and am wondering if an ordinary usb dvd drive would work with it or not?
    i dont want to get the macbook superdrive for £60 if i can use a decent samsung dvd writer for £20 from ebay.
    please advise!
    many thanks !!

    There are probably very few that won't work. However, at the very least I would check out with the model specifications that there is OS X compatibility as stated by the manufacturer of the drive.
    I've tried a couple of drives that I have and both work just fine. But in my case it was a curiosity more than anything else, because I went ahead and bought a Superdrive (which by the way, I've only used a few times).
    I think we are approaching a time when these optical drives are really going to be as unneeded as a floppy.

  • Why won't YouTube play on my new Macbook Air?

    I recently just purchased a brand new Macbook Air for work. 4th Gen. It's awesome. However, I also recently discovered that almost no videos will play from YouTube. I'm using Safari. After finding this out, I went through all the troubleshooting steps. I reinstalled my Flash Player. I tried it from a different browser. I opted out of the HTML 5 trial on YouTube. I changed my firewall settings. I did a software update. Downloaded java. I emptied the cache. And still...nothing. Sometimes the advertisements will play through but then when it gets to the content, the message "An error occurred, please try again later." I can't even tell you how annoying this is after so many page refreshes. I figure it has to be something wrong in the Mac itself, but I can't figure it out. Please...someone help!

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        From the drop down select "Reset Safari".
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        Check the box next to "Remove all website data".
        Click "Reset".
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  • Gallery movie won't play properly on new Macbook Air

    I uploaded a movie last night, but when I try to play it on my new Macbook Air, using Safari, it only loaded 1/4 the way and won't play any further. But it plays fine on my Windows computer. Every time I try to go back and play it, it gets stuck in the same place. It won't load any further, and I can't get it to reload from the beginning (where the loading progress bar starts at the very beginning). Google Chrome won't play it at all. I'm assuming this is a quicktime problem. I haven't done the last Mac OS update yet (I'm at work, my Macbook's at home). Any guesses on what I need to do? Just update the OS? And if I reinstall Quicktime, how do I do that?

    Any guesses on what I need to do?
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  • How Play Blu-Ray on MacBook Air?

    Mavens,
    Have you ever travelled with your MacBook Air...intending to view a few Netflix originated Blu-Ray discs to fend off the boredom of yet-another-bland-hotel-room...only to discover the Apple SuperDrive doesn't support Blu-Ray?
    What did you do? Is there a legitimate way to view Blu-Ray discs on an Air? Are there reliable 3rd-party drives/software available?
    Your suggestions are invited.
    Thanks,
    Plane Wryter

    Step 1: Connect the Blu-ray drive to the MacBook Air via the USB interface
    Step 2: Get the MacBook Air Blu-ray Player
    Step 3: Install and run MacBook Air Blu-ray Player software on your MacBook Air
    Step 4: Play Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray ISO file, BDMV folder on MacBook Air
    Insert your BD into the Blu-ray driver and MacBook Air Blu-ray Player software will load and the BD will be played automatically.
    Otherwise, you can press "Open Disc" button to select BDMV folder or press "Open File" button to choose Blu-ray ISO file to play.
    Finally, you can have a great Blu-ray fun on your MacBook Air.
    By the way, you can change it into full-screen mode, which will bring you into a more fantastic Blu-ray media world.

  • How do I iWork from DVD on my macbook air?

    I just bought a new MacBook Air and I would like to install iWork 09. I have the Family Pack iWork DVD.  Since I don't have a DVD drive, I tried to transfer the iWork folder from a back up of my old computer and it did not work. What is the easiest way to do this? Thanks in advance for the help.
    Molly
    Oops... Just found the answer. Use remote disc and install using my other computer.

    Good you found the answer. It was really a question for the MacBook Air forum.

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