How to play (heart) Sudoku on Mac

Game summary

(heart) Sudoku provides unlimited puzzles at 17 difficulty levels. Novices and experienced players alike will enjoy our extensive feature set, tutorial, and advanced hint system. The more you play, the more you will enjoy Sudoku! Our multi-stage hint system starts with a gentle reminder to get you back on track, and works up to demonstrate the exact technique to use. Our hints ease those frustrating moments and teach you how to be a better player. Features include: - Puzzle generator for unlimited play - 17 difficulty levels, something for everyone - Tutorial teaches you new techniques - Enter games from the newspaper - Solver helps you with games from the newspaper - Advanced techniques at the higher levels, including X-Wings, sashimi fish, and XY-Chains - Choice of six color schemes - Undo/redo - Automatic or manual pencil marks - Save your game while you try alternatives - Highlighting helps you discover patterns - Game clock; compares your time to other players - Avoids graphic frills that distract from play - Choice of digit styles, including Kanji and Hanzi All games are true Sudoku, with symmetry and a single solution that can be discovered by logic alone. If you doubt that a puzzle can be solved by logic, simply have the hint system explain it to you step by step. If you enjoy Sudoku, this is the app for you!
First released: Jan 2011

Play (heart) Sudoku on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play (heart) Sudoku 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).

(heart) Sudoku 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 (heart) Sudoku like you would on any PC.
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