HOW IT WORKS
Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit
Apple’s new tool for developers could be a game-changer for Mac
YOU WILL LEARN
How Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit helps Windows games run on Mac
Apple’s latest M1 and M2 processors provide much better graphics performance
Key fact
Old Macs that used Intel processors included a piece of Apple software called Boot Camp. This enabled you to install Windows – which was designed for Intel processors – on your Mac, and then switch between the macOS and Windows as required. It was a great option for playing Windows games – but Boot Camp no longer runs on the latest Apple silicon Macs.
Hogwarts Legacy is one of the big-name games that seems to run well using Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit.
Whoopi Goldberg caused a bit of a stir online recently, when she criticised W games developer Activision-Blizzard for not releasing the critically acclaimed Diablo IV on Mac. But this is nothing new for Mac gamers, and the sad truth is that Macs have never been any good at gaming. What’s even worse is that this situation is primarily Apple’s own fault. Many Mac models over the years have used underpowered graphics cards that simply weren’t powerful enough to handle high-speed 3D graphics and games. And the arrival of Catalina (macOS 10.15) a few years ago caused a kind of gaming apocalypse, killing off dozens of popular Mac games that could no longer run on Catalina, as well as later versions of macOS.