

You can open the Prime Video app on your device, head to Settings > Stream Download > Stream Quality. While you find a good movie or TV show on Amazon Prime Video, and want to copy to external hard drive so as to backup it or share with your family, how to do? Amazon Video Downloads LimitsĪs you know, users can stream up to 4K Max videos from Amazon Prime Video. It will be interesting to see if Amazon's move will spur Netflix and others to offer Mac versions of their apps.More and more people prefer to choose external hard drive to free up their device's space, or backup their video, audio, photos and other files, or share with their friends. The Netflix Windows app does, however, limit downloads to 1080p. All the others, including Amazon Prime on Windows and Mac, limit PC users to 1080p. Unfortunately, most PC streaming apps, regardless of service provider, don't support 4K viewing except for Netflix, which allows 4K and HDR streaming on PC. Desktop streaming software works similarly to the web browser experience, but the Amazon and Netflix Windows apps allow downloads. While Apple TV is built-in to macOS, it does not have a Windows application, nor does it allow users to stream Apple TV+ content through iTunes for Windows.

Notably, HBO Max doesn't have native Windows or Mac apps. Windows 10 and 11 already support services like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll, Disney+, and others. The ability to download is one of the main reasons to install native PC apps for streaming services. Mobile streaming apps have offered this feature for a while now. However, provider websites do not allow users to download shows and movies.

Watching content from streaming services on a desktop or laptop is typically done via a web browser. Starting this week, the Apple App Store page for the Amazon Prime Video app includes a Mac version, which requires macOS Big Sur 11.4 or later. Its functionality is similar to other versions but offers a download option for offline viewing.

Why it matters: This week Amazon released a version of its Prime Video app on macOS, making it the first major streaming service to have a Mac app.
