For those who are prone to watch 4K/HD Netflix on Mac running Mavericks or earlier operating system, the advisable way is to download and install a plug-in called Silverlight, which is a web browser plug-in from Microsoft and functions similar to the Adobe Flash Player. With it, you can watch Netflix movies on 2016 MacBook Pro/Air running Mac OS X 10.9 or before for free. Follow the steps below to download and install Silverlight on your Mac computer.
1. Choose any title to play. 2. Click Install Now. 3. Select Save File. 4. Double-click Silverlight.dmg in Downloads. For Safari, the Downloads menu is in the upper right-hand corner of the browser. For Firefox, the Downloads menu is a separate window located in the Dock. Note: Supposing you fail to find out the location of the Downloads folder, press Command + J to bring up the Downloads section in your browser. 5. Right-click or hold Control on your keyboard and opt for Silverlight.pkg. 6. Choose Open on the pop-up menu. 7. Select Open on the prompt that says 'Silverlight.pkg is not from the Mac App Store. Are you sure you want to open it? Opening Silverlight.pkg will always allow it to run on this Mac.' Follow the prompts to complete installation.
5) Click ‘Search’ in the top left corner and type in Netflix 6) Click on Netflix in the Google Play Store 7) Click Install 8) Open Netflix and enjoy! If you have any questions, please comment. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums.
After the Microsoft Silverlight downloading and installation, you can eventually fire up your Mac computer to watch HD/4K UHD Netflix movies on your MacBook Pro/Air. The whole procedure is downright free.