How to play Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess on Mac

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Game summary

Wings of the Goddess (アルタナの神兵 Arutana no Shinpei?, lit. "Divine Soldiers of Altana")[77] Expansion pack JP 2007 NA 2007 PAL 2007 The fourth expansion of Final Fantasy XI was announced on May 12, 2007 at the Square Enix Party event in Japan.[78] The expansion shipped for PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 on November 20; the PC version was delayed until November 21 due to manufacturing issues. The expansion went live and became playable on November 22, 2007. On November 20, 2007, Square Enix updated Final Fantasy XI in preparation for the expansion. This update included a new large-scale battle known as "Campaign" and various new spells and job abilities.[79] The Dancer and Scholar jobs were introduced in the expansion, and their equipment known as "artifact armor" was released in the March 10, 2008, update.[80]
First released: Nov 2007

Play Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess 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).

Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess 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 Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess like you would on any PC.
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