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I just upgraded to macOS Mojave on my 2017 MacBook Pro and found that the DVD Player app has disappeared. Does anyone have the same problem and is there a way to recover it? I saw on various sites that an updated (64-bit) version of the app should be included with the new OS, but I cannot find it anywhere.
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, 4 TBT3), macOS Mojave (10.14)
It didn't really disappear. Apple has placed it in /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications.
Click on your Desktop to make Finder frontmost, and press shift+command+G keys to pop the Go to Folder dialog. Enter the path above, and press GO. You can drag and drop DVD Player to your Dock, and then with a right-click on the DVD Player Dock Icon, tell its options menu to Keep in Dock.
DVD Player is now a 64-bit application.
Personally, I use the free VLC application and keep it updated.
It didn't really disappear. Apple has placed it in /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications.
Click on your Desktop to make Finder frontmost, and press shift+command+G keys to pop the Go to Folder dialog. Enter the path above, and press GO. You can drag and drop DVD Player to your Dock, and then with a right-click on the DVD Player Dock Icon, tell its options menu to Keep in Dock.
DVD Player is now a 64-bit application.
Personally, I use the free VLC application and keep it updated.
Spotlight is so great!
If you used it to launch applications, you would not missed DVD Player...
It's not on my installs. I can't say if it will be replaced. That's something only Apple knows.
Look! There it is. 😎
There goes Apple, changing s**t for changes sake. 👿
It does seem like an odd decision. Even for them. So it goes.
Thanks! I don't know why they moved it, but I'm happy it's still there. VLC is definitely a good alternative, thanks for the tip.
The Get Info option which shows regions & PAL / NTSC etc. seems to have been dropped too - or is there a hidden way of getting this info from the Apple DVD Player?
DVD Player missing from macOS Mojave
