#Netflix 4k mac pro#
While Apple did add the T2 chip to the high-end iMac Pro released back in late 2017, the T2 chip didn’t come to the standard iMac lineup until two months ago. Unfortunately, however, a great many of the only Macs that actually have built-in 4K (or 5K) displays - Apple’s iMacs - are not included on this list. If you have a recent MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, this isn’t a huge problem, as Apple has been included the T2 chip in those models since at least 2018, and the same is also even true for Apple’s Mac mini.
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The good news is that Apple has finally decided to address this in macOS Big Sur, which will introduce 4K support in Safari 14 and Apple’s WebKit frameworks, but sadly it looks like there’s still going to be a catch, at least when it comes to streaming services like Netflix.Īs noted under “Netflix in Ultra HD” on Netflix’s support page, along with macOS 11 Big Sur and other expected requirements such as a 4K display, playing back content in full 4K resolution also requires a “Select 2018 or later Mac computer with an Apple T2 Security chip“ However, since only Apple’s own TV app gained the ability to handle 4K content, every other streaming service continued to be stuck at 1080p, leaving users to turn to an Apple TV, smart TV, or other set-top streaming boxes if they wanted to get full 4K HDR quality. This was no doubt at least partly so that users could enjoy new Apple TV+ content in all of its 4K glory, but with it also came support for watching iTunes purchased and rented movies and TV shows in the higher resolution as well - as long as you were running a more recent model of Mac.
It wasn’t until Apple split up iTunes with macOS Catalina last year that 4K streaming came to the Mac through Apple’s own TV app.
#Netflix 4k mac 1080p#
In other words, even if you had splurged for the most expensive 27-inch 5K Retina iMac or iMac Pro, you were still limited to watching your movies in 1080p HD, even if you had purchased them in 4K from iTunes, and the same limitations applied to streaming services like Netflix and even YouTube.
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