A few addons come with an external program - e.g.zip version - most will be happy to oblige. If you find an addon that is only available in an.
exe files while the addon will work on a Mac, the. Some Addon authors like to package their products as self-extracting/installing.
zip files (which can be opened with Mac OS X built-in software). This will allow multiple machines to have the same UI, shared through a cloud service. For users that play on different machines, it can be beneficial to move the Interface/AddOns and Interface/WTF folder to an online cloud service, such as DropBox with a symbolic link in the original Applications/Warcraft. Copy the World of Warcraft/WTF/ folder too and you'll get all your macros, chat window settings, and addon saved data, too.). (Switching? You can copy that entire folder from a Windows box to get all your addons onto your new Mac. Simply place an addon in your World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/ folder and restart WoW. In fact, all UI Addons are built on an XML/Lua scripting system built into WoW and cannot contain native code, so they will run on any platform World of Warcraft runs on -Windows or Mac. Users are sometimes unsure if Macs are able to make use of User Interface Addons.
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This update indicated the removal of PowerPC support from World of Warcraft.
Shortly before the release of Cataclysm Cataclysm patch 4.0.1 was released in which PowerPC processor based Macs were no longer supported. PowerPC hardware is no longer supported by Blizzard for World of Warcraft.
Issues to be aware of include: differences in the effect of certain video settings on system performance, trouble finding equivalent hardware to that available to the PC player, and the availability of in-game native UI Video Recording exclusive to Mac players. Playing WoW on a Macintosh presents the player with some unique challenges and opportunities, hence this page. The current release of Mac OS X is version 10.8 - "10.8 (Build 12A269)" "Mountain Lion" - released on July 25th, 2012. Mac OS is short for Macintosh Operating System Mac OS X is the 10th major revision (hence the Roman numeral X). Mac is an abbreviation for "Macintosh", a brand of computers manufactured by Fail:Apple-icon-16x16.png Apple Inc. This is an article about World of Warcraft functionality on Macs. 11.7 Using two screens with the WoW window maximised on the secondary monitor (Work around).11.4 Sneaky Faster Video Compression Process While You Make A Sandwich.9.1 Help! My Function Keys Don't Work Like Normal Function Keys!.
1.5 Systems pre-patch for Mists of Pandaria Mists of Pandaria.1 Fail:WoW Icon 16x16.gif System Requirements.