How to View an mpg on a Mac

Your Mac computer has the Apple QuickTime Player to help you open various video and audio formats like AVI, MOV and MPG (MPEG-1) files, to mention several. You are able to launch QuickTime Player directly from the MPG file's drop-down menu. This will help you to open the ball player and load the MPG video in quick step.

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Open the "Go" menu towards the top of your Mac desktop. Select "Computer" from the drop-down menu. A Finder window opens.

See a folder containing the MPG file you wish to open.

Right-click on the MPG file name. Indicate "Open With, " then select "QuickTime Player. " The QuickTime application launches and begins to play the MPG file.

Right-click on the QuickTime icon in your Dock and choose "Quit" when you're prepared to close this program.