This update indicated the removal of PowerPC support from World of Warcraft. Shortly before the release of Cataclysm patch 4.0.1 was released in which PowerPC processor based Macs were no longer supported. PowerPC hardware is no longer supported by Blizzard for World of Warcraft.
See Supported Video Cards for World of Warcraft: US (Updated: Article ID: 100493) or EU (Updated: 2 Article ID: 100493).NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 775M or AMD Radeon™ R9 M290X or better.Input devices other than a mouse and keyboard are not supported. DVD-ROM drive (required for retail disc versions only).NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640M or ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 or Intel® HD Graphics 5000.These are the system requirements for World of Warcraft through Legion: Minimum System Requirements Despite these problems, the latest model can run WoW with around 70 FPS in Orgimmar/Stormwind and 100 FPS anywhere else. Issues to be aware of include: differences in the effect of certain video settings on system performance, trouble finding equivalent hardware to that available to the PC player, and the availability of in-game native UI Video Recording exclusive to Mac players. Playing WoW on a Macintosh presents the player with some unique challenges and opportunities, hence this page.
#Requirements for world of warcraft for mac mac os x
The latest release of Mac OS X is listed at Apple's web site: (after 10.11: ) Mac OS is short for Macintosh Operating System the first version of Mac OS X was the 10th major revision (hence the Roman numeral X) of the Mac OS. Mac is an abbreviation for "Macintosh", a brand of computers manufactured by Apple Inc. This is an article about World of Warcraft functionality on Macs.
11.7 Two screens & secondary screen WoW window max.1.6 Systems pre-patch for Mists of Pandaria.