Devices and Mac OS X version

How to Make VLC as Default Player on Mac. Instead of going through the hassle of choosing the VLC player every time you try to open a video, it is better than making the VLC media player your default media player. Steps on how to make VLC as the default player on Mac: Step 1. Select any file that you want to open and right-click on it. Supports Windows, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 - Supports Mac OS 10.5 and above. System Requirements. VLC Streamer will not play DRM protected videos. Videos from the iTunes store do include DRM. VLC Streamer is designed to work on your local network, and the free helper app has to run on your Mac or PC.

VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.

If you need help in finding the correct package matching your Mac's processor architecture, please see this official support document by Apple.

Web browser plugin for Mac OS X

Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.

Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player

We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Vlc Player Mac 10.7 5

Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.

Vlc Player Mac 10 7 5

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required

Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required

Use VLC 0.8.6i. Format flash drive mac fat32. Get it for PowerPC.

Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.

Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma

Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.