If you have other methods of playing DotA (Warcraft 3) on Mac other than what I mentioned above, please do share them. I have a few general questions about running Warcraft 3 in a VirtualBox VM Windows XP on a MacBook Pro:ġ) Will the game lag, the video rendering, etc.?Ģ) Most importantly, will it damage my Mac? Either operating system scenario needs a CD-KEY from the game purchase. Now, I am wondering, if I install Warcraft into this virtual machine, and play the game ~5 hours a day, will it crash my Mac? Mac users can install and play Warcraft 3 and Frozen Throne in MacOS, and Windows users can install and play Warcraft 3 and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne as well. I use VirtualBox, and already have a Windows XP install, running, that works perfectly fine. Possiblility 3: Finally, using a virtual machine. I do not want to go through all these troublesome things, thus I do not prefer this method. Well, it sounds good for me, but I've never doen it before and I'm afraid I'll crash or need to reformat my Mac when partitioning, and Apple also recommends keeping a backup for your Mac when using Boot Camp. Possibility 2: Using Boot Camp and install Windows.

Thus, I come across some forums suggesting using a VM or using Boot Camp to install Windows and play. With some simple debugging, Warcraft III works now, after following these simple steps: Navigate to /Library/Quicktime/. Windows Mac Please log in to submit feedback. Due to potential compatibility changes, the system requirements may change over time. However, I already own the PC version, and I dont want to waste another $60++ bucks to buy the Mac version (it's an old game). Console.app, however, notified me that it was trying to load ponent, and failing. Below are the system requirements for Warcraft III (Reforged and Classic) on Windows and Mac.

Possibility 1: Buy Warcraft 3 for Mac (it does exist). I have Google and done some research on how to play DotA on the Mac. I want to play a PC game called WarCraft 3 (with the DotA mod).

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