Estimated time: 10 minutes
- Click this
- Open the PlayOnMac.dmg file when it finishes downloading
- Drag the PlayOnMac.app file onto the Applications folder in the menu that opens
- Close the menu that opened, and you can delete the PlayOnMac.dmg file
- Open your Applications menu and click the PlayOnMac app you just installed
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- Copy and paste this into your address bar, then press enter:
playonmac://www.playonlinux.com/repository/download.php?id=4
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- If it asks how much memory your graphics board has, select 1024
- Copy and paste this into your address bar, then press enter:
playonmac://www.playonlinux.com/repository/download_update.php?id=8134
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- If it asks for a virtual drive name, type "C"
- If Steam isn't already running, select "Steam" and click "Run" in PlayOnMac
- Steam will take a minute or two to update on first start
- Log into the steam account you used to buy the game
- In the left sidebar, select Age of Empires II HD
- Click the "Install" button in the middle of the page
- Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
- When the game has finished downloading and installing, open PlayOnMac again
- Select Steam, then click "Open the Directory" in the bottom left sidebar
- In this folder click "steamapps", then "common", then "Age2HD"
- Delete "Launcher.exe"
- Rename "AoK HD.exe" to "Launcher.exe"
- In Steam, click "Play" for Age of Empires
- In the future, you just open PlayOnMac to run Steam and start the game
- Congratulations on installing AOE2HD on a Mac!
- While signed in, go to the following URLs and click "Subscribe"
In the event of an update, the game will break and you won't be able to see other games.
- Right click the game in Steam and select "Properties"
- Go to the "Local Files" tab and click "Verify integrity of game files"
- Once finished, complete the step where you rename the file again