How to play Private Eye on Mac
| Platforms | Computer |
Game summary
Humphrey Bogart played him. Robert Mitchum played him. Now it’s your turn to become Philip Marlowe, the world’s most famous private eye! It all starts with an innocent girl who hires you to find her missing brother, but it soon leads to a trail of greed, blackmail, revenge, deceit and murder. Find out who is guilty before the bad guys or the cops get you.
First released: Dec 1996
Play Private Eye on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Private Eye 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).
Private Eye 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 Private Eye like you would on any PC.
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