The official Mac thread.

[Aspyr-Blair]

Aspyr is honored to announce the release of Civilization VI Mac!!! This is a thread for all the Apple heads out there. We will do our best to keep the thread updated with the latest information, as well as ongoing Mac details of this amazing game.

First and foremost, lets go over the officially supported system requirements:

Operating System: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) and MacOS 10.12 (Sierra)
CPU Processor: Intel Core i5 (4 cores)
CPU Speed: 2.7 GHz
Memory: 6 GB
Hard Disk Space: 15 GB
Video Card (ATI): Radeon 6970M
Video Card (NVIDIA): GeForce 775M
Video Card (Intel): Iris Pro
Video Memory (VRam): 1 GB
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard, Steam Controller (optional)

Its important to note that our minimum system requirements are based on a comprehensive knowledge of performance throughout the game. In short, we believe the above requirements are enough horsepower to fuel late game and large maps at acceptable frame rates, and we've set the default settings on every Mac for optimal performance within the game itself. Know that turning up any of the default settings will likely result in decreased performance.

We want to give a special shoutout to the fine folks at Firaxis and especially our friends at 2K QA. Without a great deal of cooperation and support from these partners, the Mac release near the Windows release is impossible.

UPDATE 12/1/16 - Fall patch is now live! Here are our trimmed down details with a link to full patch notes. https://blog.aspyr.com/2016/12/01/civilization-vi-fall-2016-update-live-mac/

UPDATE 1/11/17 - Winter patch is now live! Polish and Vikings rejoice :) Here is a link to our notes https://blog.aspyr.com/2017/01/11/civilization-vi-winter-update-live-mac-steam-someone-say-dlc/

UPDATE 1/19/17 - Aztecs for all!

UPDATE 3/14/17 - We are live with Australian Summer! Linux and Mac are still in sync. Full details from the Windows announcement: http://steamcommunity.com/games/289070/announcements/detail/576861888092920827

UPDATE 4/20/17 - We are finally live with the Spring update!

UPDATE 09/07/17 - The Summer 2017 Update is here! Below is a link to the details: https://blog.aspyr.com/2017/09/07/sid-meiers-civilization-vi-summer-2017-update-live-mac/

UPDATE 01/11/18 - Khmer and Indonesia out now!

UPDATE 03/22/18 - Rise and Fall available now!

UPDATE 07/02/18 - Spring 2018 Update now out!

UPDATE 07/19/18 - Cross Platform multiplayer is now available between Mac and Windows!

UPDATE 4/2/19 - The Antarctic Late Summer Update is now live. All platforms in-sync and can continue cross platform play :)

UPDATE 9/10/19 - September 2019 update is now live! All platforms in-sync and can continue cross platform play. Enjoy Red Death!

[nuLoon]

Originally posted by adrifranchise:

i am not able to locate those files. i get as far as the application support folder but theres no civilization 6 folder. any idea where else it could be?

/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/AppOptions.txt ; EnableWorldBuilder 1

[ga1z3n]

Originally posted by nuLoon:

Originally posted by adrifranchise:

i am not able to locate those files. i get as far as the application support folder but theres no civilization 6 folder. any idea where else it could be?

/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/AppOptions.txt ; EnableWorldBuilder 1

i dont have a sid meier's civilization VI folder under application support. i am not sure where it would be other than that

[Cpenn]

Originally posted by adrifranchise:

Originally posted by nuLoon:

/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/AppOptions.txt ; EnableWorldBuilder 1

i dont have a sid meier's civilization VI folder under application support. i am not sure where it would be other than that

Are you in the library?

[ga1z3n]

Originally posted by cpenner01:

Originally posted by adrifranchise:

i dont have a sid meier's civilization VI folder under application support. i am not sure where it would be other than that

Are you in the library?

i believe i am. the library im in has the application support folder but theres nothing civ 6 related in there

[nuLoon]

Originally posted by adrifranchise:

Originally posted by cpenner01:

Are you in the library?

i believe i am. the library im in has the application support folder but theres nothing civ 6 related in there

Just to clarify, this is the Library in your User folder (which might be hidden on newer Macs), not the root level Library folder. Use shift+command+L to open the User Library folder.

[hopsblues]

Originally posted by nuLoon:

Civ VI instantly crashes after this last patch. I verified the game files and now can get as far as the "Loading, please wait..." before it crashes again. Never had an issue before.

how do you verify files

[ga1z3n]

Originally posted by nuLoon:

Originally posted by adrifranchise:

i believe i am. the library im in has the application support folder but theres nothing civ 6 related in there

Just to clarify, this is the Library in your User folder (which might be hidden on newer Macs), not the root level Library folder. Use shift+command+L to open the User Library folder.

yes i was able to locate it finally. they are hidden on the newer macs

[nuLoon]

Originally posted by hopsblues:

Originally posted by nuLoon:

Civ VI instantly crashes after this last patch. I verified the game files and now can get as far as the "Loading, please wait..." before it crashes again. Never had an issue before.

how do you verify files

Right-click on the game and click Properties. Go to the Local Files tab and select Verify Integrity Of Game Files. Usually resolves common post-install glitches.

[Parane]

Originally posted by adrifranchise:

they are hidden on the newer macs

Hidden?

[backstab_boy]

Defaulting to Metal might be a bit premature, since it does seem unstable (but performance is way better). I've seen some graphical artifacts with tooltips and then occasional steam crashes.

[andrea9292]

Ah... At last night, new patch(317) was arrived.... The version between Windows and Mac are different again. :D

[The Baron of Cheshire]

do we know when croos-platform will be fixed. i have a few days off work and had a lot of civ pencilled in my diary. Sadly i cant play anyone in cpl due to them mostly being mac. please advise when this may be fixed

[Bene Gesserit]

Originally posted by andrea9292:

Ah... At last night, new patch(317) was arrived.... The version between Windows and Mac are different again. :D

Yes, you are right. I hadn't really thought that would happen again. Things were going so well. They haven't updated this thread's OP so another confirmation we are not in sync anymore...Plus ApyrRyan just confirmed it on CivFanatics.

[Kiksit]

So what's the story with the fix for the cross-platform? Have they given any indication that they are intending to fix the issue?

[CH3COOH]

Desync of Mac and Windows versions (1.0.0.317 / 1.0.0.314) just... before the week-end... :( Frustrating, things were going so well since the Gathering Storm update!