How to play SingStar Guitar on Mac

Game summary

SingStar Guitar is a spin-off of the karaoke-only SingStar series. It was the first game in the series involving a gameplay element other than karaoke, allowing the use of a third party guitar controller such as those used in the Guitar Hero or Rock Band series. Tracklist: 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite Bloc Party - Helicopter Blur - Song 2 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love With Someone Colbie Caillat - Bubbly David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World Elbow - Grounds For Divorce Florence and the Machine - Kiss With a Fist Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls Jamiroquai - Too Young to Die Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a riot Kasabian - Fire KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See Ladyhawk - My Delirium Muse - Supermassive Black Hole Paramore - CrushCrushCrush Pixies - Debaser Pulp - Disco 2000 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure Stereophonics - Just Looking The Stone Roses - Waterfall The Clash - Rock The Casbah The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary The Cure - The Lovecats The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes The Veronicas - Untouched The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl Tina Turner - Steamy Windows U2 - Beautiful Day Vampire Weekend - A Punk
First released: Oct 2010

Play SingStar Guitar on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play SingStar Guitar 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).

SingStar Guitar 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 SingStar Guitar like you would on any PC.
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