How to play Cate West: The Vanishing Files on Mac
| Platforms | Portable console, Computer |
Game summary
A series of unsolvable crimes, nicknamed The Vanishing Files, have bewildered the police and paralyzed the city of Arcadia. Cate West, a mystery novelist haunted by strange dreams, has psychic visions that might just hold the key to solving the crimes. Step into the role of Cate and find clues, compile evidence, bring criminals to justice and discover the link between The Vanishing Files and the mystery in her past.
First released: Feb 2008
Play Cate West: The Vanishing Files on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Cate West: The Vanishing Files 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).
Cate West: The Vanishing Files 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 Cate West: The Vanishing Files like you would on any PC.
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