How to play The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition on Mac

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Game summary

The award-winning fantasy role-playing series, The Elder Scrolls, goes online--with no game subscription required. Experience the world of Tamriel on your own, or together with friends, guild mates, and thousands of other players. The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition comes bundled with 4 DLC Game Packs. Imperial City: Join a PvP-focused battle for the ancient seat of power at the heart of the Empire. Orsinium: Aid the Orcs as they rebuild their great capital city in the snow-capped mountains of Wrothgar. Thieves Guild: Become the newest recruit in the infamous guild of pickpockets, burglars, robbers, and thieves in a dangerous port city of Abah’s Landing in Hew’s Bane. Dark Brotherhood: Join the merciless guild of assassins, the Dark Brotherhood of the Gold Coast, and carve a bloody swath across Tamriel.
First released: Sep 2016

Play The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold 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).

The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold 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 The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition like you would on any PC.
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