How to play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - The Vile Lair on Mac

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Game summary

The Vile Lair is the sixth official add-on for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It adds a new quest where the player has to buy all upgrades to the Deepscorn Hollow hideout (also added by the DLC), after which it becomes the player's property. The add-on also adds some new items and a new merchant to the Wawnet Inn.
First released: Jul 2006

Play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - The Vile Lair on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - The Vile Lair 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).

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - The Vile Lair 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 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - The Vile Lair like you would on any PC.
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