Want to watch NOW TV on your Mac? No problem. You’ll just need OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) or later to be able to install our NOW TV Player.
You'll need a NOW TV account too, so if you don't have one already, first start a free trial or buy a Pass.
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How to install the NOW TV Player
Step 1
To trigger the Player download, you’ll need to choose something to watch. Head over to the NOW TV site, find a show, movie, sporting event or kids’ show, and hit play.
You’ll then be prompted to download the Player.The NOW TV Player will download to wherever you’ve set as your preferred download location (the default on a Mac is the Downloads folder).
Help tipIf you accidentally clicked I've already got this but you don't already have the Player installed, don’t worry – you can download the Player here instead.
Step 2
The file will start downloading:
Open the downloaded file and it will start installing:
Step 3
Drag and drop the Now TV Player into your applications folder.
Step 4
The first time you launch the NOW TV Player, you’ll see a message like this (it may look slightly different, depending on your browser). Just select Open: