Can I buy a TV show from Amazon Instant Video and download it to my Mac? The FAQ file is very confusing. It makes it seem like if you want to watch from a computer, you must stream it. The only time it mentions downloading is for the Kindle Fire, a device that I do not have, and I don't have a need for it either.

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All I want to do is buy the show from Amazon, and download the video files. From there, I can just open the video files and watch them. Is that supported? Also, are these files protected in some way? I have a video converter, and I would really like to convert them to MP4 so I can watch them on my iPod Touch.

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Basically, Amazon explains pretty much anything you may want to understand. According to the help files on Amazon.com, this service (Downloading Amazon Instant Video) is only provided to Windows users. They make you download a special player to download the videos, and that player doesn't work on a Mac. So to speak, you cannot download Amazon Instant Video to Mac directly. Besides, Amazon bought files are DRM protected. However, you can still get Amazon purchased movies, TV shows onto a Mac for enjoying. Below is the step-by-step guide that walks you through the process on how to download & transfer files from Amazon Instant Video to a Mac. Keep reading.

Step 1 Install Amazon Converter for a Mac

Remember this has to be done on a Windows computer due to Amazon's limitations. A program is needed in order to convert Amazon Instant Video into Mac accepted files. Here we highly recommend DRM Media Converter which could do both Amazon DRM removing and video converting. For downloaded Amazon Instant Videos are in protected WMV format which will not be played on a Mac or any Apple devices. Click on the link below to download this professional Amazon Instant Video to Mac Downloader and get it installed on your computer.

Step 2 Add Amazon Downloaded Videos

Go to the folder where you have put the downloaded Amazon Instant Video files, select those you want to transfer onto a Mac, simply drag & drop them into the application. Or you may do this by clicking on 'Add' button on the program and follow up on-screen instructions. Below is the image on how the interface will look like with files imported:

Step 3 Select Mac Compatible Format

If you are thinking about downloading and converting Amazon Instant Videos to Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iTunes or QuickTime, you may want to choose MP4 format which works perfectly on Apple software/hardware. Here you may press on 'Video files to' button, move to 'Common Video' and there you can choose 'MP4' as the output format. Besides, you can use this Amazon Converter for Mac computer to convert any other DRM-ed files into any format you need.

Step 4 Convert Amazon Instant Videos to Mac

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Here you may simply hit on 'Start' button and this smart software will now get started the Amazon videos to Mac supported files conversion task.

Then you may need to wait for a while till the process is finished. Once done, by clicking on 'Find Target' button you will reach the converted Amazon outputs which are now in Mac compatible MP4 format. Now you can freely download and transfer these Amazon Instant Videos to Mac or any Apple devices for playback. Have fun.