Just like that, the video is downloading locally onto your Mac for offline viewing.īefore getting too crazy with downloads, it's worth choosing your preferred download quality. Click on a movie or TV show, click the 'Download' icon, and click 'Continue with download' on the pop-up that appears. From there, downloading videos is dead simple.

Upon opening the app for the first time, users are asked to sign in with their Amazon login credentials and allow or deny notification access. On any Mac or MacBook device, open the App Store, search for ' Amazon Prime Video,' and click the blue 'Install' button (it'll show up as a cloud icon if it's installed on your other Apple devices). This wasn't always possible to do on the Mac, but as of November 2021, it's available via the official macOS application. Related: TikTok's Viral Videos Can Now Be Watched On A Fire TV DeviceĪs with any streaming app, an important component of Amazon Prime Video is being able to download your shows and movies for offline viewing. It's available on almost every operating system, has a growing library of original shows, and is essentially free for someone who already has Amazon Prime. While it may not have the same prowess as something like Netflix or Disney+, Amazon Prime Video is still a worthy contender in the space.

Prime Video is available for $8.99/month on its own, but the most compelling aspect is that it's included for free with an Amazon Prime membership (available for $14.99/month or $139/year). He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.One such streaming service is Amazon Prime Video. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus.

Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back.

At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more.

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