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Mass Effect 3: Special Edition on Mac - installation guide
About the game
Mass Effect 3 plunges you into an all-out galactic war to take Earth back from a nearly unstoppable foe – and how you fight that war is entirely up to you. Groundbreaking interactive storytelling drives the heart-pounding action in which each decision you make could have dire and deadly consequences. You are Commander Shepard, the only one who can save Earth from annihilation.
BioWare makes its debut on the Nintendo console with the gripping blockbuster game of the year: Mass Effect 3 - coming to the Wii U console with brand new features and content that fully take advantage of the Wii U hardware. Command the battlefield like never before by using the Wii U GamePad to issue commands and unleash devastating attacks. Bonus content includes a new mission and squad member, an exclusive new weapon, the Extended Cut ending, and an interactive backstory experience detailing previous events in the Mass Effect universe.
First released: Nov 2012
Mass Effect 3: Special Edition on Mac through Parallels Desktop
If you've been using a Mac for any amount of time after switching from a Windows machine, you've certainly heard of Parallels. Parallels is a virtualization software that allows you to use another operating system withing your native OS. This means that you will have access to a full Windows installation on your Mac.
This is the safest way to run any Windows game on Mac, including Mass Effect 3: Special Edition. Read on for easy to follow instructions on how to run Mass Effect 3: Special Edition on your Mac within minutes.
Here's the best part: you only need to do the setup once. After that, you will be able to install games on your Mac just as easily as you can on a Windows machine.
Mass Effect 3: Special Edition on Mac - how to install
Step 1
Visit the Parallels website and get the latest version of Parallels Desktop.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will ask you to do so).
Step 3
When asked, download and install Windows 10. The download is roughly 5.7GB. At various points in the installation process it will ask you for permission, make sure you grant it.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are done with the setup. All you need to do is install Mass Effect 3: Special Edition normally like you would on any Windows computer.
