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How to Watch OVID on Mac

You can stream OVID on Mac. Here’s how to sign up, download, install, and start streaming OVID using your Mac. Learn how to get the most out of your Mac while using OVID.


OVID

OVID is a streaming service providing access to thousands of documentaries, independent films, and international content. The service offers films covering urgent political and social issues, climate change, and economic justice, as well as creative documentaries made by world-famous directors, modern features, and genre films. New films are added to the collection every two weeks.

Mac

Mac is a computer that can be used to watch Live TV Streaming Services and On Demand Streaming Services.

Limited Warranty

Your Mac probably isn't covered against mishaps and malfunctions. We've partnered with 5Devices to give The Streamable readers a protection plan for any internet-connected device, including your Mac, iPhone, etc starting at $2.67 per device per month. And the good news is that it covers devices you already use (ie. no need for proof of new purchase).

Can you stream OVID on Mac?

How to Sign Up and Download OVID on Mac

Web Browsers

  1. Click here to sign up for OVID.
  2. Watch content on the OVID website.

How to Sign Up for OVID on Other Streaming Devices

If you have other devices, you can learn how to sign up for and use OVID on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, Android TV, iPhone/iPad, Android Phone/Tablet, Windows, Samsung Smart TV, Sony Smart TV, and VIZIO Smart TV.


What features are available on OVID?

No Parental Controls

There are no parental controls for OVID.

Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, and STARZ have parental control features.

Up to 3 Devices

OVID allows you to stream on up to 3 devices simultaneously.

Offline Downloads

You have 30 days to start playback and then you have 48 hours to finish playback.


TV Shows

There are tons of docuseries to stream such as “The Adventures of Modern Art,” “The Hitler Chronicles,” “Middletown,” “No Gods, No Masters: A History of Anarchism,” and “The Owl’s Legacy.”

Movies

Categories range from Recently Added to Exclusive to OVID, Curated by Friends of OVID, Academy Award Nominees & Winners, Animations, Black Lives, Immigration & Migration, LGBTQ, and many others.

Films of note include “F11 and Be There,” “Tattoo Uprising,” “Edith + Eddie,” “Geek Girls,” “A Man Called Ove,” “A Quiet Passion, Ava,” “Full Moon in Paris,” “Alice,” “Alois Nebel,” “The Book of the Dead,” “The Exquisite Films of Kihachiro Kawamotō,” and academy award-winning titles like “Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter,” “Facing Fear,” “Hotel Terminus,” “If a Tree Falls,” “Kings Point,” “Rabbit à la Berlin,” and “Small Wonders.”

DIRECTV STREAM Cash Back

Let us know your e-mail address to send your $50 Amazon Gift Card when you sign up for DIRECTV STREAM.

You will receive it ~2 weeks after you complete your first month of service.

Sling TV Cash Back

Let us know your e-mail address to send your $25 Uber Eats Gift Card when you sign up for Sling TV.

You will receive it ~2 weeks after you complete your first month of service.

Hulu Live TV Cash Back

Let us know your e-mail address to send your $35 Amazon Gift Card when you sign up for Hulu Live TV.

You will receive it ~2 weeks after you complete your first month of service.