How to play Thomas and Friends: Steaming around Sodor on Mac

Game summary

Get ready to roll with Thomas and Friends as they steam around Sodor, preparing the island for some very important visitors! The Duke and Duchess of Boxford are paying a visit and the Fat Controller wants the yard to look its best. Help the engines get everything ready for the arrival of the special guests in this interactive story adventure packed with fun puzzles and games!

Play Thomas and Friends: Steaming around Sodor on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Thomas and Friends: Steaming around Sodor 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).

Thomas and Friends: Steaming around Sodor 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 Thomas and Friends: Steaming around Sodor like you would on any PC.
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