Talk:World of Warcraft functionality on Macs

Mac gamers for the win! Leave your name here if you play on a mac (-:

=Members who play on a Macintosh=
 * 1) &#8465;ilver&#167;&#8465;ide|undefined - (Powermac G5 dualcore dual 2.5 w/ 30" and 23" [23 is sometimes at the office so I can use it with the laptop instead of on the G5 - 30 is more than enough for everything but video editing anyway] )
 * 2) Fandyllic - (MacBook Pro 15" 2.33Ghz; but I also occasionally play on an IBM ThinkPad, Pentium M 2Ghz)
 * 3) Calypso - (iMac G5 1.8Ghz)
 * 4) OwlBoy - (Dual 1.8 G5, 1.25gb RAM)
 * 5) SaudiGamer - Macbook Pro 15" 2.16Ghz
 * 6) Laraul - MacPro 2.66Ghz (4 core)
 * 7) Delock - MacBook Pro
 * 8) EvilMonkeySlayer - MacBook Pro (15", 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 256MB 8600M GT. Also on a homebuilt desktop pc)
 * 9) parl2001 - iMac got the bloody thing partly d/t the upcoming native-UI video capture - turns out a driver software bug is a bit of a ROADBLOCK
 * 10) Nesukun - I mostly play on my hackintosh but also in my macbook when I'm not at home.
 * 11) Ofel - Maac<3

=Comments=

Easy Way to Dual Box
It's possible to open a second copy of WoW by using the command "open -n /Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft/World\ of\ Warcraft.app". Is there any reason this method isn't included? It seems much easier and less "hacky" than the other solutions. Amfr (talk) 14:01, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Mac Guilds
There is a Mac-user guild named the The Reservoir Dogcows. They seem to be a big guild, so I would be surprised if they were all or mostly Mac users, but it's possible.
 * --Fandyllic 4:13 PM PST 5 December 2005


 * Yes I heard of them a long time ago, and yes they are all mac-users, or at least have been / would be if they had enough money to get a mac / play on both macs and PCs - I have some friends in there
 * Silverhttp://avxworkshop.com/img/ss16.pngSide|undefined 20:31, 5 Dec 2005 (EST)
 * I'm a dogcow! It is mostly Mac users, and they are a friendly guild who does a bit of raiding too!
 * --OwlBoy 21:27, 15 Dec 2005 (EST)

Avowry on Cenarius US is the descendant of a Mac guild from original beta; though it's added many PC users since it's still very Mac-friendly. 14:57, 28 April 2007 (EDT)

Stub location
Well, I prefer the stub temp at the top if the article has almost no content and is merely a placeholder until somebody knowledgeable comes along and fills it out a *LOT* - because it draws attention to the fact that it needs to be expanded. Wherever there is more info, though, for instance an almost-complete article, I like it at the bottom so the readers can access the info they need even though some ares are incomplete. You are right, there needs to be a policy on this - i'll add it to my to-do list... a Stub policy page...

Anyway, for this article, I think it fits in the first category and needs to be at the top. I won't move it again, but if you read this and change your mind, then please move it back to the top (-:

I, personally, will be fine either way...
 * &#8465;ilver&#167;&#8465;ide|undefined 20:36, 5 Dec 2005 (EST)
 * I just filled in a bunch of topics that frequently get discussed on Blizzard's Mac board. Think we still need a stub? 14:51, 28 April 2007 (EDT)

Move to Macintosh?
I think this should be moved to Macintosh, and a redirect added. --Ziana 16:39, 3 January 2007 (EST)
 * Apple doesn't even use the full name "Macintosh" in most of their branding/advertising anymore. Macintosh redirects here... I think that's fine. 14:50, 28 April 2007 (EDT)

Video Capture
Well, I tried the video capture the other day. The good news is that it was easy to use. The bad news is that it crippled my fps while it was recording. I went from about 15 fps to 2! I think my mac is slightly below the recommended spec for video recording though- it's like 4 years old...

I've put up the sample here:

http://stage6.divx.com/user/bendyr/video/1678360/Transporter-Malfunction

Stub
Why is this still marked as a stub? 10:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Good question. You should remove it. :P --Sky (t · c · w) 12:26, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

This page needs help, badly. I just updated all the Video Capture stuff, and I'm fairly retarded when it comes to technical stuff.

Dual-boxing on one mac
I don't quite understand why all of that file manipulation is needed. On 10.5 you are able to go to the World of Warcraft.app's context menu, select Show Package Contents, then run Contents/MacOS/World of Warcraft as many times as you want. The only downside is that it runs from the terminal (which is a plus to me). I also use this script to run wow. cd /Volumes/Mac\ HD_2/Applications/World\ of\ Warcraft/ World\ of\ Warcraft.app/Contents/MacOS/World\ of\ Warcraft -console The app is stored on a different partition because wow doesn't install to case-sensitive drives. -console is there because I like to see the console. Would anyone want to test to see if it works on older macs? Sixcorners (talk) 08:37, September 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) !/bin/sh

I use Dual-boxing for my development environment, WoW (+ Launcher) is rsync'ed on launch, almost all folders are just symlink'ed, the account sub-folder of WTF is also linked, so I have the same settings but the global settings (e.g. windowed) is different. In the Interface/Addons folder all Addond except blizzards and those in development are also symlinked to my regumlar install - which keeps them automatically up-to-date. talk

PowerPC No Longer Supported
Shortly before the release of Cataclysm a patch will be released in which PowerPC processor based Macs will no longer be supported. This update indicates the removal of PowerPC support from World of Warcraft. Attempting to run the game after the update will bring up a message stating the hardware is no longer supported, and the game will not run.

You can click on the Apple in the top left corner and click "About This Mac". This will show what kind of processor you have. If you have an Intel processor then your computer is going to be supported after the patch. If you have a PowerPC processor then you are not going to be able to play. PowerPC No Longer Supported

Screenshot cvar Updates
Have gotten an update from Machkhan, US Mac Tech support agent. He consulted with the mac developers to confirm a couple of details about the screenshot cvars for Mac :


 * .tga is not a supported format for screenshots on Macs. This is due to the removal of the QuickTime APIs that was used for this.
 * The screenshotQuality cvar is not supported on Mac.

Source : http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4366252520#5

Have updated screenshots section, let me know what you guys think.

--Bluspacecow (talk) 06:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)Bluspacecow (talk)