It's 1 of the mysteries of the internet: you tin can download Netflix, Amazon and Disney+ shows on your iPad or iPhone, and even a Windows PC, just you cannot download content from these services on a Mac.

You can watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ content on your Mac, to do and then you just need to log on to the website of each service. But downloading is forbidden (and if you run into a service that seems to suggest it will let yous to practice this then it may well be malware!)

If you simply wanted to download some movies to spotter on your Mac during a long train journey, or an international flight, this volition no doubtfulness exist frustrating. Your just option might seem to be to notice content on Apple Television+ or use Apple'southward own iTunes Store, where yous can rent or buy movies or TV shows, and download them to your Mac. But why pay when you could get them for free on one of these pop subscription services?

Unfortunately in that location is only one selection if you desire to download content from Netflix, Amazon or Disney+ and picket it offline: you need to download information technology on your iPhone or iPad.

UPDATE: On 15 Nov 2021 Amazon Prime Video launched a native macOS app on the Mac App Store that will allow Prime subscribers to stream and download Prime Video content on their Macs for offline viewing. The app is free and requires macOS Large Sur (11.4) and afterward. Get Amazon Prime Video for macOS here.

Yous tin get a 30-24-hour interval free trial of Amazon Prime Video hither.

Can AirPlay help?

Y'all might be wondering whether y'all could then utilise AirPlay to stream the content from your iPhone or iPad to the bigger screen on your Mac. AirPlay is Apple's solution for streaming from your Mac, iPad or iPhone to a Telly screen.

Yous might be forgiven for thinking it would be possible to stream content from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac's screen using AirPlay. After all, AirPlay is bachelor on all 3 devices. Prior to iOS 15 and macOS Monterey it was not possible to employ AirPlay to stream content from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac'southward brandish.

At present the 2021 updates to the operating systems are here you should be able to use AirPlay to send content to your Mac from an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac. You volition also be able to utilise your Mac as an AirPlay speaker.

In theory the change should brand information technology possible to stream downloaded Netflix or Disney+ shows from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac. However, when we tried to stream from Netflix to our Mac we saw this alert:

Netflix on Mac

When we tried to stream from iPlayer on our iPhone to our Mac it did play (although it was a bit laggy) and then we call back this is Netflix prohibiting this, probably considering information technology would exist still could be violating Netflix's terms and conditions. If you play downloaded content on your Mac this could pb to termination of your subscription.

Every bit for AirPlay streaming, information technology will not piece of work with every Mac. If your Mac is pre-2018 yous volition non be able to enjoy the new characteristic. You'll need a MacBook Pro (2018 and later on), MacBook Air (2018 and after), iMac (2019 and later), iMac Pro (2017), Mac mini (2020 and later), Mac Pro (2019), and an iPhone seven and afterward, iPad Pro (2nd generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and subsequently), iPad (6th generation and later), or iPad mini (fifth generation and later). If your iPhone, iPad or Mac is older it may still be possible to share content at a lower resolution if you set 'Let AirPlay for' to 'Everyone' or 'Anyone on the aforementioned network'.

Alternatives

Alternatives

While you wait for the new operating systems to go far, at that place are other ways to stream from an iOS device to a Mac, merely y'all volition need to install an app on your Mac. For example, AirServer (£/$14.99) or Reflector (£16.01/$xiv.99) are ii Mac apps that can exist used to stream content from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac. We have a divide article about streaming from iPhone or iPad to Mac.