With VLC not interested in updating their Application for the Mac it is time for us Mac users to look elsewhere until something else comes along.

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Not to worry though, MKV files can be played on a Mac easily, you just need to download a free application or codec that supports playing the high quality video format.

Ultimately which is the best is up for debate, but since theyre all free there is no reason not to try them all and discovering which is the best for your specific needs.

VLC 2 recently came out with some pretty significant changes, and even if you dont plan on using it to play.mkv movies, its a worthwhile app to have on any Mac.

Some users report performance issues with playing MKV from VLC, but Ive had no such problems.

To get the most out of XBMC, copy any MKV video files to the Movies directory in the users home folder and youll be able to quickly find them within XBMC.

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Although it is generally a great media center app, the most recent update took a strange turn and the interface is more confusing than it needs to be.

Nonetheless, it still plays MKV files quite well, if youre going to use it drag and drop the MKV video onto the Plex icon to load the movie, otherwise trying to navigate through Plexs confusing new menus will likely leave you frustrated and lost.

Its easy to install and sits as a preference panel, and once its installed there is nothing extra required to use, just open the once unsupported videos in QuickTime Player.

Perian is quite good, but some users encounter strange issues with OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion, so this may not be the best solution until Perian gets updated with full support for the latest versions of Mac OS X.

Low and behold, MPlayerX works wonderfully to play MKV files, and the interface closely matches QuickTime Players black minimalist theme.

This is definitely another worthwhile choice for watching HD video on the Mac, and its available free on the Mac App Store.

Thanks to everyone who recommended this, this may be my new favorite video player.

For general versatility, VLC is a must-have app for all computer users, MplayerX is really giving it a run for its money, but for overall media center functionality XBMC is great.

For some reason QuickTime plays HD MP4 videos in very low quality if they are encoded to H264.

All I saw was options to install Google Chrome and make Yahoo the default homepage for Chrome.

After install is where I suspect the MacKeeper gets installed.

It says the Application needs to be updated to run smoothly on Sierra.

Ran that update and my fan on my iMac has been running while playing a video.

I launched Activity Monitor and saw MacKeeper running in the background.

Did an advanced search for all the files associated with MacKeeper and removed it.

VLC for Mac still doesnt feel like its built for the Mac software.

It still feels like a Windows Application that happens to run on a Mac.