How to play Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Grumman HU-16B Albatross on Mac

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Game summary

Guess HU? Virtavia is back with another stunning warbird, the Grumman HU-16B Albatross for Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition. Serving mainly as a search and rescue aircraft with the US Air Force, the Albatross is an amphibious flying boat, first flown in 1949.
First released: Mar 2016

Play Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Grumman HU-16B Albatross on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Grumman HU-16B Albatross 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).

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Grumman HU-16B Albatross 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 Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Grumman HU-16B Albatross like you would on any PC.
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