Played this game when It was on Mac OS

[Sarah_Senpaii]

I really love this game, and I desperately miss playing it. I used to play it when it was on the Mac OS system. But then they changed it to only Windows. I haven't been able to play it for over a year or so. I really want to play my favorite game again. I have 5 level 80 characters and about 170 or so masteries. I've been trying to save up for a windows computer, but life keeps getting in the way. Please make this available for mac again! I miss playing this amazing game!!!!!! <3

[Hefutoxin]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468

You don't need a new computer.

[Sarah_Senpaii]

I know that you can do it. The issue is space. Which I do not have. I'll have to figure something out that way. Or literally save up lots of money for a better computer.

[Ashrala]

Originally posted by Sarah_Senpaii:

I know that you can do it. The issue is space. Which I do not have. I'll have to figure something out that way. Or literally save up lots of money for a better computer.

If it's harddrive space you only need to buy another drive (internal or external) to add more space to your computer, not a whole new computer. Of course, this is easier with a desktop then it is with a laptop.

[SeaDog]

I play on a three year old laptop and a six year old pc. The game runs fine on the laptop but still runs at full graphic settings and speed on the pc. I would advise playing it on a pc but maybe you are thinking of a lot more system than you really need?

[SinisterSlay]

I mean realistically you should be directing your complaints at Apple for blocking open graphics APIs.

[Sarah_Senpaii]

I tried the external hard drive thing, and that didn't work. I just don't have enough space on my computer. Even with turning it into bootcamp. The only option I have is getting a pc. But I have no money. I've been looking for work, but I've had no luck. I wish my art could be my job. I'll figure out that one. I wish I had money! XD

[Sarah_Senpaii]

It wasn't apple that I think decided not to do the game but Arenanet or probably both.

[SinisterSlay]

Originally posted by Sarah_Senpaii:

It wasn't apple that I think decided not to do the game but Arenanet or probably both.

It was Apple.
Multi platform games use multi platform APIs like Vulkan, OpenGL. But Apple blocks these because they want to to pay for, license, and use THEIR Metal API instead of an open one.
This of course means a lot of issues, because the game effectively has to be rewritten to support it, or have a middleware to convert it. Gw2 does use a middleware to convert DX9 to DX11 (why not Vulkan I am not sure) and convert to OpenGL.
So I assume anet just doesn't want to both pay apple for a Metal API license, and double their dev and testing for an entirely new API that could have weird issues for a small customer base.
So call up Apple, tell them to start supporting OpenGL again, and you will get a ton more games again, including GW2.

As for affording a PC. I hear you. Terrible times. Maybe a steam deck would work for you? You can even plug them into a monitor, keyboard and mouse and use like a regular computer.
Or get a geforce now subscription.

[Saber]

Originally posted by Sarah_Senpaii:

I know that you can do it. The issue is space. Which I do not have. I'll have to figure something out that way. Or literally save up lots of money for a better computer.

You can stream the game . And it would still be cheaper then getting a brand new pc .

GeForce now [www.nvidia.com] works on Ios and safari and it supports gw2 .

Also if you are not interested in the paid tear you can still stream it for free in 1h long sessions .

[0wnz0r]

its a 10 yr old game, buy a 100 dollar laptop from walmart

[Ajja Sudu Aya]

Originally posted by Saber:

Originally posted by Sarah_Senpaii:

I know that you can do it. The issue is space. Which I do not have. I'll have to figure something out that way. Or literally save up lots of money for a better computer.

You can stream the game . And it would still be cheaper then getting a brand new pc .

GeForce now [www.nvidia.com] works on Ios and safari and it supports gw2 .

Also if you are not interested in the paid tear you can still stream it for free in 1h long sessions .

This is the answer to your problem. No need to worry about HDD space, or your graphic card. I used to play GW2 with GeForce now and it works great.

[Sychon]

Originally posted by 0wnz0r:

its a 10 yr old game, buy a 100 dollar laptop from walmart

Solid advice... if you never leave the home instance.

[Sarah_Senpaii]

I finally got the game on my mac but on windows side of it!!!! :D

[Tyx]

You can play it using Crossover.
It uses WINE, which makes Windows software usable on UNIX systems like MacOS or Linux.
I couldn't run GW2 with WINE allone, so there must be some kind of other magic involved, but with Crossover, GW2 runs on a M1 Mac like a charm.

[Sarah_Senpaii]

Yah the macbook I have has bootcamp assistant. That's how I got this to work!