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I cannot play movie I bought or rented unless I download it.. Why is that? it was not a problem in the past

I cannot play movie I bought or rented unless I download it.. Why is that? it was not a problem in the past. I do not remember when it started to happen but I have been noticing it for a while. So any of the movies which are not downloaded on my iMac, they would not play directly.

Posted on Mar 11, 2018 7:58 PM

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