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!ALERT! MacOS users DO NOT Upgrade to macOS 10.15 Catalina!!


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Howdy Folks,

Just heard from one of our fellow Mac users that they upgraded to macOS 10.15 Catalina and found out the hard way it no longer supports 32-bit apps, including the Steam, MacAppStore or CD versions of COD4 for the MAC!

So if you enjoy playing COD4 on your Mac, easy thing to do is Don't upgrade!

If you have upgraded already (and you know who you are) here are some options (none of which are that great)

1) Backup everything and reformat and reinstall MacOS 10.14:

https://iboysoft.com/mac-data-recovery/downgrade-from-macos-catalina.html

 

2) Install a VMM/Hypervisor and windows (Win 10 32-bit would be fine) and the win version of COD4 from Steam or CD like:

VMWare Fusion (My Choice):

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjYntuhhZ_lAhXpnuAKHakwCAIQFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vmware.com%2Fproducts%2Ffusion.html&usg=AOvVaw2cwjRa20hAdeyvBhC3omGm

Parallels Desktop:

https://www.parallels.com/landingpage/pd/fusion-compete/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7L_ioYWf5QIVGq_ICh11zQbtEAAYAiAAEgKtyvD_BwE

VirtualBox (free):

https://www.virtualbox.org

 

3) Install Windows with BootCamp on your mac: https://support.apple.com/boot-camp

4) Get a real windows box to run COD4

 

 

Things that you'd think would be ok to do but really aren't at the moment:

A ) Use a cloud VM like GEFORCE NOW, unfortunately this allows you to install the latest version of windows COD4 which is 1.8 and incompatible with our servers: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/

B ) Run Wine or a derivative thereof like Crossover but they aren't ready for Catalina yet either: https://www.codeweavers.com/products

 

Hope this helps.  Please post up your solutions.  I went with Win10 32-bit and VMWare Fusion getting 90fps on my 2016 MacBook Pro, so not too shabby.

-YACC

 

 

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forgot to mention BootCamp
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wow !!!!!!!!

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hmm, is bootcamp ok for installing win 10pro 64bits and games ? 

i will not upgrade to catalina soon, but as my pc machine is on his left foot, and sometimes just on one left foot toe, and i got the latest imac (so should be good enough for a lot of games), ...

but i dont wanna screw things up coz the imac is my main tool for work

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15 minutes ago, ChknFngr said:

hmm, is bootcamp ok for installing win 10pro 64bits and games ? 

i will not upgrade to catalina soon, but as my pc machine is on his left foot, and sometimes just on one left foot toe, and i got the latest imac (so should be good enough for a lot of games), ...

but i dont wanna screw things up coz the imac is my main tool for work

Yes BootCamp should be fine but you'll need to reboot into Windows to use it.  

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This makes me a sad goat as I will have to upgrade eventually and installing windows or running windows in any form is simply out of the question for me. I will definitely miss playing but I guess I will get more work done so if there is a silver lining, that is it.

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you guys can do even a better thing then not upgrading... buy a real computer and start using windows instead of those Ischmacks

 

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1 hour ago, the baron said:

you guys can do even a better thing then not upgrading... buy a real computer and start using windows instead of those Ischmacks

 

https://9to5mac.com/2019/11/12/ibm-mac-users-are-more-productive/

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@YACCster great a mac being praised into heaven…. by a MAC SITE!!! 

 

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3 hours ago, the baron said:

@YACCster great a mac being praised into heaven…. by a MAC SITE!!! 

 

With data from a little company called IBM that is over 100 years old and the former manufacturer of the 'PC'

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dont really want to continue this war, but i use both, and for work, productivity, stability, and lots more there is no comparison, the mac is far superior.

maybe not for gaming, but all the rest, even just browsing the net, or even for just printing documents, the mac wins.

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