How to play Harry Potter for Kinect on Mac

Game summary

For the first time, create a witch or wizard character in your likeness that will become part of the gameplay through Kinect's scanning technology. Experience unforgettable moments from all eight films - from having your wand choose you at Ollivanders and being Sorted as a first-year student at Hogwarts, to battling You-Know-Who in a climactic wizard battle Cast spells at your opponents by performing the proper casting maneuvers and calling out spell names utilizing Kinect's controller-free and voice recognition capabilities. Hone your casting, brewing and duelling skills (among others) in class to unlock even more lessons and challenges Challenge a friend in competitive mini-games, or join forces against a mutual opponent in co-op games.
First released: Nov 2012

Play Harry Potter for Kinect on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Harry Potter for Kinect 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).

Harry Potter for Kinect 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 Harry Potter for Kinect like you would on any PC.
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