How to play Age of Empires on Mac
Age of Empires is one of the top-rated games based on real-time historical strategies. The game was developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. At the time of writing this article, this series has a total of Nine Games released. You will be able to play the game on your Mac using any one of the following methods.
1] Use a Virtual Machine
A virtual machine is a computer file that behaves like a complete computer. You can run it in a window with a different operating system. It is well partitioned from the rest of your computer system, so it cannot interfere with the primary operating system on your machine. Since Age of Empires is a Windows-dedicated game, you need to run Windows operating system on a virtual machine to play this game on your Mac. There are many virtual machine software available in the market that will let you install Windows OS on a Mac, and some of the popular names include – Parallel Desktop and VMWare Fusion.
2] Use BootCamp
Apart from the virtual machine software, you can also use Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition on your Mac. Boot Camp is rather the Apple-endorsed way of running Windows onto your Mac. So these are how you can play Age of Empires on your Mac. Do let us know which one of these suits you better.
