How to play Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Inverness Airport (EGPE) on Mac

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Game summary

The SIM720 Inverness Airport download has been created as a replica of the real world site. The package includes a wealth of custom created and placed objects, and a high resolution ground polygon. In addition, the precision placement of runways and taxiways, and the custom night-lighting, provides incredibly realistic take-off and landing experiences. The Inverness Airport download has been designed for high compatibility and includes photo real blending with Default, Orbx FTX Scotland and Horizon. It’s also DX10 compatible and includes a separate configurator tool which enables you to configure settings such as AI traffic and scenery compatibility.
First released: Jul 2015

Play Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Inverness Airport (EGPE) on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Inverness Airport (EGPE) 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 - Inverness Airport (EGPE) 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 - Inverness Airport (EGPE) like you would on any PC.
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