Kodi is a software application just like most of the apps you may find in the Apple store. This particular open source media payer software application is so popular that you could literally find setup guides for it across all the different OS platforms. Kodi app installation is more or less similar to most of the app installation that you would perform on your Mac. Kodi XBMC installation file is mandatory for installing the app on your Mac. Installing Kodi alone will not do the job for you because Kodi add-on installation is also a must in order to get all the exclusive features of the software. Let us give you a setup guide for installing Kodi 17.
Kodi Installation Guide
Follow these instructions in order so as to setup Kodi 17 app on the Mac.
- As mentioned earlier, download the installation file from the official Kodi website.
- Once the download is complete, just double click on the file to proceed further.
- Mac will prompt you to drag the Kodi disk image and drop it onto the app folder. Do so.
- After this, you could launch the app to access Kodi.
In order to prevent app download issues on your Mac, you need to follow the below instructions.
- Click on the Apple icon the top left corner of your Mac.
- Go to ‘System Preferences’ and then go to ‘Security & Privacy’.
- You can find ‘Unlock’ icon the bottom left corner, just click it.
- In the ‘Allow apps downloaded from’ section, make sure that the option of ‘Anywhere’ is turned on.
Mac users would face such a problem if their device is not set to allow app downloads from unknown developers. If you have set it up that way then you could very well reset it back once the Kodi installation process is complete. Now let us give you the Kodi add-on installation procedure.
- Open the Kodi app and go to ‘Add-ons’.
- Click on ‘Package Installer’ icon from top left corner.
- Select ‘Install from Repository’ and then select ‘Kodi Add-on Repository’.
- Then select ‘Video Add-ons’. You have the option of selecting any of your favorite Kodi add-ons here. If you are a huge fan of ESPN then click on it and install it as your Kodi add-on.
- Wait for the process to complete and once it is done, you could find the ESPN add-on enabled notification.
- From the Kodi app home screen, you can select ‘Add-ons’ tab from the left side.
- Now select Video Add-ons.
- In the following section you could find all the video add-ons you have installed.
Some of the popular Kodi add-ons are USTVNow, ESPN, Popcornflix, NBCSN, Fox Sports Go, Crackler, iPlayer WWW, NFL Game Pass, Plex, YouTube etc.
Users can follow these instructions to setup Kodi on their Mac. In addition to this, we highly recommend you to use VPN for Kodi in order to stay secure and anonymous.
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