So, Steam For Mac
Currently, the version of installs your library of games within the Documents folder. The reason originally chose to install within the Documents folder is due to the fact that when you uninstall from the Mac OS you simply drag to the trash. Installing the games in the Documents folder meant for easy access when cleansing your Steam library. Unfortunately, this caused quite an uproar in the Apple community. The problem is that many Mac users have automated backup for the Documents folder, and this causes gigabytes of game files to start backing up as well. Additionally, it is a Documents folder, not the Applications folder or other form of dedicated location. If you know a Mac power user, you can only imagine the nightmare they endure when someone tinkers with their settings and routine usage.
Fret not, however, for Valve listens to the feedback and are planning an update to fix the widely vocalized complaint which will relocate the root folder to “Library/Application Support/Steam.” Read Valve’s official statement below. “So we thought we’d take a moment to tell you why we decided on the Documents folder in the first place, and what we plan to do about it. Our original inclination was to put game content under “/Library/Application Support/Steam”, along with the other support files Steam uses. The problem is that uninstalling an application is meant to be as simple as dragging it from the Applications folder into the Trash. However, uninstalling Steam this way will leave all of your game content on the drive, which could easily be quite a few gigabytes of wasted space. Our solution was to put the content in a very visible and often used location so users could easily find and delete the game data if they didn’t want it anymore.
That’s right, we chose the Documents folder specifically because it was visible and often used — the very reasons users don’t want it there. We’ve taken your emails and forum posts to heart, and we’ve come up with a different solution for users who uninstall Steam. We are working adding a feature to Steam to detect when you drag it to the Trash, and ask you if you want to delete your game content files as well. This will allow us to put your game content in an non-intrusive location. In an ideal world we would let you choose where the game content files are located, and in the long term that is a goal of ours, but due to architectural issues with our engine this is not as trivial as it may sound. As soon as the feature to help users uninstall Steam completely when they drag it to the Trash is complete, we will be moving the game content folder into “/Library/Application Support/Steam.” Steam launched for Mac just two weeks ago with. The platform will be launching Mac supported titles every Wednesday, with being this week’s notable release.
Check out our first impressions on the Mac version of the platform.
Let's be frank: Apple's Mac hardware is not well optimized for gaming. Making matters worse, the marketshare gap between Windows and macOS is profound. That said, the iPhone and iPad are gaming powerhouses for the mainstream consumer, and they aren't showing any signs of slowing. While venues like covering Mac gaming still are about, nobody else really has much to say about the situation.
So, let's talk about it. Apple's hardware is great, but not for gaming Looking to hardware, Apple uses integrated graphical chipsets in many of their machines, leaving dedicated GPUs to the most high-end Macs. These machines are primarily geared towards creative professionals, and not gamers, leaving that audience underserved. But, Apple does have a solid workaround for owners of modern machines thanks to the recent macOS 10.13.4 update. Apple's macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 over Thunderbolt 3.
Summarizing the situation, a Mac owner with Thunderbolt 3 can buy an external enclosure, and drop in a graphics card that can be upgraded over time. This comes at a pretty profound price premium, though. With enclosures generally around $300, and a card with any heft hitting $300 and increasing dramatically, doing so is a non-trivial expense in addition to the computer itself. Plus, without hacks, Nvidia card support is non-existent. BootCamp to install Windows on a Mac is workable, but eGPU support in BootCamp doesn't exist without workarounds right now. So, given Apple's GPU choices, it isn't a great one.
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So Steam For Macbook Air
Apple jumping into Virtual Reality With the eGPU, comes Apple's first tentative steps into virtual reality. At the 2017 WWDC, while talking about eGPUs, Apple officially added support for VR as well. HTC Vive now works on macOS and at the same time. This certainly paves the way, especially with an eGPU, for more immersive gaming on the Mac, even if adoption has been tepid to start. Apple has the smallest gaming platform, and the biggest Primarily when it comes to gaming, we think of large role-playing games like 'Skyrim' or first-person shooters like 'Destiny' or 'Halo,', but just counting these this ignores the biggest market for games.
So-called 'casual' gamers by far make up the largest sector of those who play, and more often than not they do so on their mobile device., in July 2017, iOS had over 783,000 games available on the App Store. This is a stunning amount of titles. Apple's for porting over iOS applications to the Mac might be a big deal for gamers.
This probably won't help with huge AAA titles, but popular ones such as 'Alto's Adventure,' 'Clash of Clans,' and the like. If this proves to be effective, it could encourage larger-scale mobile developers to give the Mac a second look, at least for more casual titles. Apple has used this new platform to port a few apps of their own in macOS Mojave; News, Home, Stocks, and Voice Memos. It will become fully available for third-party developers in 2019. 32-bit apps, OpenGL, and Metal Metal 2 also got screen-time at WWDC. Apple, with new titles expected to use Metal 2 as an alternative. Most games running on macOS already use OpenGL which has caused quite a bit of discontent among developers.
Games and graphics-intensive apps that use OpenGL will eventually cease to run as Apple's OS march continues, without maintenance by the developer. This is further complicated by Apple's declaration that 32-bit apps will after macOS Mojave. But, Apple has provided the ability to make apps 64-bit for a decade. So, it's not like this is a big surprise, unless you're a Valve front-end developer apparently.
Steam On Mac
As of June 13, 2018, the Steam app itself still isn't 64-bit. Mac App Store, and Steam help —but aren't the solution Don't get us wrong. Porting houses and are doing a fantastic job. But, they are only two companies and they are vastly outnumbered by the AAA publishing houses.
This all sounds pretty dire. But, popular titles have still shown up on Steam or the Mac App Store. Titles like 'Firewatch' launched on Mac at the same time as other platforms, and 'Civilization 6' was pretty close to day and date. But, this also exposes some problems. 'Firewatch' launched towards the tail end of 2016 and to this day the Mac App Store is still promoting the game after minor updates. It is a fantastic game, but it shows the lack of other content the Mac App Store has to work with. Steam, the go-to PC gaming platform, has been available on Mac for years at this point.
But, as readers are likely aware, the vast majority of games on it are Windows-only. Looking specifically at the macOS games filter that Steam provides reveals a lot of small titles and new content highlights instead of new, popular games. We saw this lack of availability recently as, which allows you to play powerful desktop games on your iOS/tvOS device using your Mac or Windows PC to do the heavy lifting.
As we perused the top games Valve recommended to test, the vast majority were not available on macOS. Valve and Apple have been working together lately, and though from the iOS App Store, they are once more. Even as Apple has made improvements to the platform, and fully embraced gaming on iOS with nods to it on tvOS, it still has not been enough to entice publishers to throw more weight behind the Mac.
In the last several years, very little has changed overall with the lion's share of PC gamers clearly opting for Windows over macOS. We aren't going to claim to be big Mac gamers. We have a few, but the couple of AppleInsider staffers who game have Windows PCs, or consoles —or just play on our iPads or iPhones. Looking to the future, gaming on the Mac overall seems unlikely to get better.