To play a movie that is saved in ISO file format on Mac OS X, start the built-in DVD Player (find it in the Applications Folder, it won’t be on the Dock at the bottom of your screen by default).
Then in Finder (or on your Desktop) double click the ISO file to “mount” the ISO movie file. Apple DVD Player will automatically recognize that a movie DVD has been loaded and will start playing the movie immediately.
That’s all there is to playing movie DVD’s saved as ISO files on your Mac with Leopard OS X.
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September 14, 2010 at 3:18 pm
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July 31, 2009 at 8:26 am
Joe
this doesn’t work just says some junk about protected
August 18, 2009 at 3:48 am
Anna
same thing with mine! says the media file is not supported.
December 24, 2009 at 2:20 am
mac dvd converter
the media file is not supported.
January 11, 2010 at 5:52 pm
heidi
bless you!! this is just what i needed! i was opening things in the wrong order…one wouldn’t think it would matter so much! finally : D
June 30, 2010 at 9:31 am
bjoarni
this works, just use dvd player, it works on snowleopard, just start dvd player first, and then mount the iso, and it starts automaticly
January 27, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Krystal
Whenever I try to do this a box pops up saying “The following disk images failed to mount. Reason: not recognized”
July 4, 2011 at 11:25 pm
jdubski
this didnt work for me either. Just use VLC. Mount iso by clicking on file.
open vlc. File - open file - point to the mounted iso and voila! gotta love vlc.
July 5, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Aamirio
This worked first time for me, thank you very much. All I did was mount the iso so it appeared in finder with the relevant vob files etc… then i went to applications and opened up dvd player which i never even knew i had b4 this thread, and voila, the dvd played first time, thank u very much sir, appreciated.
July 17, 2011 at 8:22 am
jhencken
Finder just ends up showing me a folder with BUP and other files.
Not sure what “mounting” is supposed to mean, or do…
Shouldn’t this sort of thing be really EASY on a Mac?
September 10, 2011 at 5:32 am
John
Works fine! useful tip! not sure if it makes a diff but i used dvd shrink to create iso.
November 1, 2011 at 8:09 am
Kay Lincoln
Had a lot of trouble loading DVDs until today… Thanks a lot for the useful tip
January 31, 2012 at 12:35 am
Kevin
Thank you much!
February 7, 2013 at 6:04 pm
simon
thank you! works