Can you play Minecraft on Mac?
Minecraft runs natively on macOS. It ships an official Mac build, so you can install and play it directly — see the Mac system requirements below, then check them against your MacBook with the free interactive checker.
Minecraft has no published macOS requirements. The specs below are the Windows (PC) requirements, shown for reference.
PC (Windows) system requirements
Minimum
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 10 (November 2019 Update or higher), 8 or 7 (64-bit with the latest updates; some functionality not supported on Windows 7 and 8) Processor: Core i5 2.8GHz or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 or equivalent DX11 GPU DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: Performance increases with higher-end systems. Not supported on Windows 10S.
Recommended
Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 10 (November 2019 Update or higher), 8 or 7 (64-bit with the latest updates; some functionality not supported on Windows 7 and 8) Processor: Core i5 2.8GHz or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 or equivalent DX11 GPU DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: Performance increases with higher-end systems. Not supported on Windows 10S.
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