How to play Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Collector's Edition on Mac
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Game summary
Contains: Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm PC/Mac Game // Exclusive Behind The Scenes DVD & Blu-Ray Two-Disc Set // Collector's Edition Soundtrack // Heart of the Swam Art Book // Zerg Rush Mouse Pad // Starcraft II: Torrasque Ultralisk & Portraits (exclusive in-game content) // World of Warcraft: Pet Baneling (exclusive in-game content) // Diablo III: Blade Wings and Banner Sigil (exclusive in-game content)
First released: Apr 2013
Play Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Collector's Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Collector's Edition 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).
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Collector's Edition 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 Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Collector's Edition like you would on any PC.
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