Does macbook pro early 2011 play bluray movies?

I was just curious because i put a bluray in my CD slot and it just spits it out.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jan 1, 2014 2:40 AM

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Posted on Jan 1, 2014 2:43 AM

No. You will have to get a Blue Ray compatible player plus third party software to play Blue Ray discs.


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Jan 1, 2014 3:01 AM in response to kimberlybethh

Apple considered Blu-Ray a doomed technology and decided never to go thru the licensing ringamarole in order to have that functionality. Given the fact that my local music and video shop is virtually giving away its Blu-Ray inventory for a few bucks a pop (compared to what they cost when they came out), I guess they were right.


But you can buy an external drive and the software to run it.

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Nov 10, 2014 1:01 AM in response to kimberlybethh

If you want to play bluray disc, you need a external bluray drive and a third party bluray player like Macgo Mac Bluray Player and VCL Blu-ray player software, as Mac itself doesn't support bluray. You can buy a driver and download a bluray player on CNET: http://download.cnet.com/Macgo-Mac-Blu-ray-Player/3000-13632_4-75453324.html

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