That Mac thread!

[Futan]

Use Wine. I use it on my Hackintosh and it runs fine.

[Presbytier]

But if you are running Windows through Bootcamp then you are actually running Windows, not Windows on top of OSX. So if you boot into your Windows partition then you are able to play FFXIV natively on a Mac.

I do this sometimes on a MBP and it works fine.

Yes, but then i have to reboot in OSX to use my Mac Apps.

Use Wine. I use it on my Hackintosh and it runs fine.

Or I can make a simple request for a native app. I mean does nobody even bother reading posts other than the titels anymore. I get there are work arounds, but I don't want to have to use those, I will use them, but i don't get why people get so uptight every time a Mac user asks for a native app(and no I do not believe it would steal to many resources considering GW2 is doing it and ArenaNet is not as big as SE, and before someone claims there is no market for it I go back to the fact that Blizzard and ArenaNet thinks otherwise).

[Dhalmel]

Adding Mac will just slow development. PS3, PS4 (maybe?), PC, and adding Mac would just make things take longer to release and raise the chance for serious bugs to show between clients.

I just can't see this happening unless each client has it's own dedicated team of programmers & QA testers and I'm not talking about 2 or 3 guys.

[Mikita]

It's a valid request, of course.

But the simple truth is that it is not likely to happen any time soon because there -are- relatively simple workarounds available now, even for people as non-techie as myself.

I think that people who have replied so far are not being uptight -- we are being practical and offering options. I use both PC and Mac so I have no built in animosity towards Mac users.

If nothing but a native Mac version will do... well, then... I'm done here. Good day.

[Punainen]

I am interested in this but only so my sister can play with me. She has a mac and is not a huge gamer, so she wont buy a PC just for one game...but I wish she could play with me. :C

[Defmetal]

More and more gamers are using macs, and Apple products make up majority of all games purchased recently. Sure most of those are mobile, but regardless the apple world is expanding rapidly and there is nothing wrong with requesting a native client.

Put it on the app store or release online through account downloads? Sure why not. Most files and content get to be reused. If you've played a game on mac that's also for PC, you see most of the addons work, as do save files, from windows. Like you can install Neverwinter Nights expansion packs for the PC on the mac and they work just fine. So it's just rewriting the main executable to be on mac and keeping all the other content the same.

Some companies will do it for you, like Aspyr. Just pay them to do it and release the updates from square enix.

[indira]

so now we'll have PS3 & MAC limitations

[Wilksha]

so now we'll have PS3 & MAC limitations

Ha, Mac limitations? That's a joke right? Even I as an almost exclusive Windows use knows that a Mac with similar specs as a PC, the Mac will run better then the PC. Why, because all apple hardware is fully tested with the OS and other hardware.
As far as I'm aware video editing is still mostly done on Mac and is way more of a resource hog then most games. If big title games got both a Mac and a PC release for every game, I might actually consider getting a Mac. I'm not even very fond of the Mac OS, but the reliability of a Mac is way better the PC

[Punainen]

so now we'll have PS3 & MAC limitations

Uh... Even if this is comparing 'standard mac' to 'super high grade gaming pc', the limitations of that mac aren't going to be below PS3.... Be realistic here.

[Presbytier]

Adding Mac will just slow development. PS3, PS4 (maybe?), PC, and adding Mac would just make things take longer to release and raise the chance for serious bugs to show between clients.

I just can't see this happening unless each client has it's own dedicated team of programmers & QA testers and I'm not talking about 2 or 3 guys.

I am not asking for a day one Mac client release; I don't even expect one six months after the relaunch. I would however like to see at least a beta client a year from now.

It's a valid request, of course.

But the simple truth is that it is not likely to happen any time soon because there -are- relatively simple workarounds available now, even for people as non-techie as myself.

I think that people who have replied so far are not being uptight -- we are being practical and offering options. I use both PC and Mac so I have no built in animosity towards Mac users.

If nothing but a native Mac version will do... well, then... I'm done here. Good day.

The thing is I recognized those workarounds in my original post. I am not looking for workarounds, I will use them of course, but what I would like is a native client eventually. That is all.