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How to watch IPTV on a Mac

You need your own IPTV provider: IPTV Pano is a player and brings no channels. Open IPTV Pano on the Mac, choose Start from scratch, click Add Source and enter the M3U link or the Xtream login your provider gave you. Pano loads the channel list. You then switch channels from a list that opens over the running picture.

You need An IPTV provider that gave you an M3U link or an Xtream login (server, user and password), and a Mac with macOS 26 or later. IPTV Pano sells no channels and no subscription.

Steps

  1. Open IPTV Pano and start

    On the first start, the Welcome screen offers Start from scratch. Click it. If you already use IPTV Pano on an iPhone with the same Apple Account, the screen reads Your sources are already here instead. Click Use Them and go to step 5. For the sources of a device on another Apple Account, click Get from Another Device and tap Allow on that device, as in the Apple TV guide.

  2. Click Add Source

    The window says No source yet. Click Add Source.

  3. Enter the details of your provider

    Type has three choices. For an M3U link, stay on M3U and paste the address into M3U URL. For an Xtream login, pick Xtream and fill in Server, User and Password. For an Enigma2 box in your network, pick Receiver and click Search the Network. Name (optional) sets the name of the source. Click Add at the top right.

  4. Wait for the import

    The window titles show where Pano is: Importing…, then Select groups, where you keep only the channel groups you want. Depending on your setup it continues with Devices, Language and Playlists, and it ends with Done.

  5. Play a channel and open the channel list over the picture

    Choose a channel and it plays. In the header of the player, click Fill window, so the picture fills the window. Click the channel name at the bottom left of the picture, or press the down arrow key. The channel list opens over the lower part of the picture: your lists on the left, the channels of the list in the middle and the guide for the channel you point at on the right. Click a channel to play it. Press Esc or click the picture above the list to close it.

  6. Use the Playback menu and the shortcuts

    The Playback menu in the menu bar has Play or Pause (Option Command P), Back to previous channel (Option Command L), Mute / Unmute (Control Command M) and Toggle Full Screen (Command Return). Search is Shift Command F and Refresh is Command R.

  7. Add more sources later

    Click the gear named Settings at the bottom left of the sidebar, open the Sources tab and click the plus button (Add Source). Right-click a source for Edit, Select groups, Refresh, Check connection and Delete.

Questions

  • Does IPTV Pano include channels?

    No. IPTV Pano is a player. You need an IPTV provider of your own and add what it gave you: an M3U link, an Xtream login or an Enigma2 receiver in your network.

  • Can I use the sources from my iPhone on the Mac?

    Yes. With the same Apple Account and iCloud, the welcome screen of the Mac finds them and offers Use Them. For a device on another Apple Account, use Get from Another Device.

  • A channel does not play. What can I change?

    Open Settings in the sidebar, then the Playback tab, and choose another Player. The change applies from the next channel you open.

  • Can I import an M3U file instead of pasting a link?

    Yes. On the M3U choice, click Import from File. A source imported from a file stays on that Mac and does not sync through iCloud. Get from Another Device takes the text of the file along.

  • Which macOS do I need?

    macOS 26 or later.

About the app

IPTV Pano plays your own IPTV source on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, with a program guide and no account. It sells no channels: you bring the provider.

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