So, what do you need to do if you want to play your 720p/ 1080p MKV files on a Mac? And MKV is the prefer format when it comes to making an exact digital copy of Blu-ray. Many of 720p/ 1080p movie files downloaded from torrent sites end with. Due to the flexibility the MKV offers, it is getting a rapid growth on the Internet. It can holds virtually anything including video & audio stream, picture, subtitles, languages in one file.
MKV is an open-standard format that's designed to be future-proof. In addition, the MKV format is not in the list of video types supported by iOS devices like iPhone and iPad.
And the 3rd party QuickTime plugin like Perian, which gives you the ability to play all manner of video files, was no longer available in OS X Mavericks or above.
The default QuickTime player included in Mac is incapable of playing Matroska. Out of the box, your Mac can do almost anything just like that of your Windows machine, but playing MKV movies on Mac isn't one of them.
