Is there an internal blu-ray drive for macbook pro yet?

Perhaps it was true that there was no internal bluray drive for any mac available in 2012 when this post and your reply was made, but that is no longer true. Other World Computing(MacSales.com) sells several internal bluray drives, for several different mac computers. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find one that will surely work with my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro. I bought an internal bluray drive from there, originally intending for it to go into my Mid-2010 Mac Mini, but I was taking my MacBook Pro apart to upgrade the hard drive, and thought I might rather have the bluray drive in my portable MacBook Pro, rather than my Mac Mini. Alas, it would not work. I have been looking to find if there is one available for my MacBook Pro, and cannot find one(OWC sells ones for MANY Apple computers, but, oddly, not for my exact model and year of MacBook).

For the record, it is foolish to believe that you "cannot get a virus on Mac," as viruses can target ANY operating system. Regardless of your operating system, it is important to pay attention to where you are going and what you are clicking on, and it is IMPERATIVE that you have Antivirus software installed and running on your computer. I, myself, love Macs, and would rather always buy Macs, but they are expensive. Windows is also often necessary for certain software/game titles. Do not, however, delude yourself into thinking that Macs are not susceptible to viruses.

Nope, there's no blueray drive for the MBP or indeed any Mac. I doubt that there ever will be as Apple are moving away from optical media and towards online delivery of software.

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rosykes wrote:

Man - well - any recommendations on an external one then?

Do a Google search and read the reviews on the them. Personally, I do not have one. Another old schooler.🙂

There is no support in the Mac OS for playing Blu-Ray, even on an external drive. There is third-party Blu-Ray player software, but it's new and reportedly still buggy.

http://www.macblurayplayer.com/

I find this hard to believe. I have just brought a slot loading internal Panasonic Blu Ray drive for my mid 2010 Mac Mini. Will be doing the upgrade this weekend.

Will keep you posted on how it goes!

And surely VLC will play blu ray discs? It plays everything else!!!

Hi there

I was wondering how your Panasonic install went on your mac mini 2010? I am looking to add a slot load BluRay drive to mine, so wonderered if yours was a success and if you can tell me where I can get a slot load, internal sata drive that will fit inside the 2010 mac mini?

Look forward to hearing back, cheers

basic Mac user wrote:

I find this hard to believe. I have just brought a slot loading internal Panasonic Blu Ray drive for my mid 2010 Mac Mini. Will be doing the upgrade this weekend.

Will keep you posted on how it goes!

And surely VLC will play blu ray discs? It plays everything else!!!

Oh, sure, it will fit in there. Heck, the system may even recognize for what it is. But with luck, DVD Player will let you watch a DVD, after you have regionalized it. Blu-Ray? Just a round piece of plastic, as far as the OS is concerned.

VLC? Haven't you heard? The entertainment cabal finally managed to emasculate it. Now it won't even do out of region DVDs, much less Blu's

Mmmm, the Mac Mini i brought with the slot loader on ebay did not work some of the cables were frayed off the motherboard, repairable, but it would have cost a small fortune, so........... i sent it back, got a refund 🙂 and brought a new one from apple (without the slot load) i also brought a Samdung (LOL) external blu ray drive, which i have to say, works very well. After searching around on the web i found a program capable of ripping blurays for free and only for back up of course (cant remember what it was called, at work @ the moment - will update later) then just drag and drop them into VLC after ripping (MKV) and hey presto it works.

VLC still works ppppurfect for me on DVDs!😝

My mac also reccognises Blu-Ray, but to play them (not rip) you need to buy an expensive peice of software called Blu ray player for mac. I did download it (Demo only) and it seems to work relativly well but would not pay this price as i rip them to HD anyway as said then play back in VLC.🙂

Okay so I installed this blu-ray slot load drive:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-7mm-Slot-in-load-SATA-Blu-ray-burner-player-Drive-App le-iMac-Dell-XPS-Studio-/180627865716?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item2a 0e428074

into my 2010 Mac Mini and all is running fine. You have to remove the bezel off the front of the new bluray drive but it just clips off, so dead easy.

It's working great with VLC and Mac Blu-ray player, which for about $50 is a great peice of software if youplan to watch your blu-rays on your Mac.

http://www.macblurayplayer.com/

🙂

The software that rips blurays (as a backup) is called MakeMKV

http://makemkv.com/