How to play Breath of the Wild Second Wind on Mac

Game summary

The Second Wind Expansion project is a large-scale mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Nintendo Wii U and Switch. This project aims to provide several overhauls to the existing content within the game, fixing various bugs that have been noted during development as well as providing a new depth to gameplay with additional content and features.

Play Breath of the Wild Second Wind on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Breath of the Wild Second Wind on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Breath of the Wild Second Wind installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Breath of the Wild Second Wind like you would on any PC.
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