![]() In fact, if all you want is multiregion playback, you can hit eBay with $10 and buy an old 1x or 2x DVD-ROM drive from 1996 or so that is RPC1 by default, as all region coding was handled in software at that time. The Mac Pro is even easier to modify, and with its extra optical drive bay, there are many options for those who don’t want to update firmware or replace what Apple supplied. ![]() The Intel Mac mini and iMac both use standard-sized drives, and while the Matsushita drives that Apple likes to supply are not flashable, Pioneer drives and others (check for your specific drive) can be flashed from RPC2 to RPC1 – region free. Those same solutions are all available with desktop Macs, and there is even a Universal Binary version of Region X, though the PowerPC version works fine under Rosetta. In the original article, I went over drive replacements and a utility, Region X, to reset the region counter in OS X, as well as a software alternative called VLC. ![]() ![]() Much has changed with the introduction of Intel Macs, enough that an update is in order. 2006 – A while back, I wrote an article about making your Mac’s DVD player region free.
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