Part 1: How to Play DVD on MacBook Pro/MacBook Air/iMac without Hard Drive
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To enable a successful playback, insert the DVD into the disc drive and the DVD player for Mac will automatically play the movie. But for newer MacBook Air/Pro, it may be a little bit tricky as there is no hard drive. Here we share two ways on how to watch DVD on Mac without DVD drive: external DVD drive or best DVD ripper for Mac.
Way 1: Buy an External Hard Drive
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Part 1: How to Play DVD on MacBook Pro/MacBook Air/iMac without Hard Drive. To enable a successful playback, insert the DVD into the disc drive and the DVD player for Mac will automatically play the movie. But for newer MacBook Air/Pro, it may be a little bit tricky as there is no hard drive. Used MacBook Pro 2012 (Unibody) - 13' macbook for sale on Swappa. Safety, simplicity, and staff-approved listings make Swappa the better place to buy. Install Apple MacBook Pro (13' Mid 2012) laptop drivers for Windows 10 x64, or download DriverPack Solution software for automatic drivers intallation and update.
Since there is no built-in disc drive in your Mac, you can get an external DVD drive for DVD playback on Mac. Apple provides a USB SuperDrive at £65 that works on iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro with Retina Display or MacBook Air. If the Mac DVD hard drive not working for you, there are many other DVD drives available at cheap price. Then you can watch the DVD with a Mac DVD player as normal.
Way 2: Rip DVDs to MP4, MOV, M4V etc
Taking an external disc drive, or the cumbersome DVD discs will increase the burden when you are in travel or on the fly. So there is another more convenient option for you: rip the DVDs and play movies on Mac computers on the go. There are many tools for this job, here we will recommend you MacX DVD Ripper Pro. It works on Mac (macOS Sierra) and Windows (10) to rip any homemade/protected movies to MOV, MP4, M4V, AVI etc for free playback on any QT, VLC, KMPlayer without region code limits or any other trouble. It's fast with no quality loss.
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Notice: The DVD ripper developer only advocates using this self-contained Mac DVD ripper to rip and convert DVDs for legal personal use, instead of illegal reproduction or distribution of copyrighted content. Please obey your local DVD copyright law before doing it. DO NOT do harm to others' lawful rights and interests.