How to play Rock Band 4: Rivals Bundle on Mac
Game summary
Rock Band™ 4 is the greatest party game on the planet, putting you and your friends on stage to perform the greatest hits in music history. Download now to get the core game immediately, including a soundtrack of more than 60 songs, and all of the free feature updates released over the last year like Practice Mode, Setlists, and Brutal Mode. You also get access to the Rock Band Music Store and its 1800+ additional great tracks for purchase.
First released: Oct 2016
Play Rock Band 4: Rivals Bundle on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Rock Band 4: Rivals Bundle 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).
Rock Band 4: Rivals Bundle 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 Rock Band 4: Rivals Bundle like you would on any PC.
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