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Clash Of Clans For Macbook Pro & Air – Mac Download

December 12, 2014 | By: Trevor

It’s been six months since we talked about Clash of Clans as one of our favorite games of 2014, so it’s time we revisit some of out thoughts on this popular strategy game! Of course, picking a favorite game, even for a specific year, can be a real challenge.

Can you name just one or would you rather choose your top 3? These days there are many options to choose from and devices to play them on.

You have iPhone and Android games, computer games, games for console systems like Xbox, Playstation, Wii, and more. Then, of course, it seems nearly every popular website these days (not just Facebook) has one or two (or a dozen, or a hundred) browser-games vying for your attention. I believe the one of the next big developments in gaming is to extend a gaming environment to any and all devices you use, at home, work, on the go, or lounging around the house.

You can see Google trying to achieve this by building their own computer operating systems, Android platform, developing software for practically any device you want to be on. That way, you are constantly connected and feeding information into Google.

Unfortunately, we are not fully there yet, and it requires a bit of tweaking to download games such as Clash of Clans for Mac, Macbook Pro or Air when they are originally developed for the mobile platform. I will walk you through various options you have to get CoC working on your Apple computer just like any other mobile device.

“Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video games and imbue them with the best artistic quality. People are enthralled with video games in the same way as other people love the cinema or theatre.” – Andy Serkis

What is Clash Of Clans?

If you haven’t heard of this game yet, you’ve been under a gaming rock somewhere and missed one of the hottest games on the mobile platform for the last couple years. With its distinctive visual style (and its hilarious commercials) it’s a hard one to overlook. Clash of Clans was the first game released by Supercell, which has now released Hay Day and Boom Beach to add to their collection of wildly popular games.

CoC real

Credit: Damian Buzugbe

CoC is similar to other previous strategy and defense games in that you build and protect a base, where you are occasionally attacked by other clans and need to defend yourself. You can also raid other bases to gain their resources and help build your own base. Growing your base allows you to train more troops and have more resources to withstand a raid and even carry out your own raids.

It’s a highly addicting game where you play against other real people from around the world and the game is “always on” meaning anyone can jump in and raid you at any time. To help give you a bit of a boost, Clash of Clans offers in app purchases to speed up getting resources if you’re in a crunch and need to quickly upgrade.

What’s New in Clash of Clans?

Of course, Supercell isn’t going to release such a popular and entertaining game and then leave it at that. They’re constantly updating it with new material. Within the latest updates, here are some of the new features:

  • Air Sweepers: These new tower units are interesting in that they aren’t meant for direct damage, but rather push back invading units so that your other towers will have a little more time to put the hurt on. Of course, you still have to be strategic here: when you set an Air Sweeper, you have to choose its direction (out of eight choices). Maybe they’ll eventually come out with an oscillating feature, like a good floor fan!
  • War prep will alert you if your army isn’t fully prepared before you initiate an attack. Nothing worse than getting over-eager, and then getting slaughtered because you forgot to do your upkeep between runs!
  • A “Dark Spell Factory,” with three unique spells!

There’s always new features coming out, because Supercell knows there’s always new features its players want (such as the ability to upgrade our walls with pink instead of just gold—amirite?), so just keep on logging in in order to see how this game will be kept fresh on into 2016!

Why Play Clash of Clans On Your Mac?

I know what the counterarguments are: people have their iPhones or Androids with them pretty much anywhere and everywhere they go. So why would you want to play this popular game on your Mac? I’ll give you a few great reasons why you want to follow the steps below, no matter if you use a Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, iMac or Mac Pro.

  • Your Mac has a bigger screen than your iPhone, Android, or iPad screen. Therefore, simply having more real estate to play with makes the whole Clash of Clans gaming experience better on a Mac. That is especially true if you have a huge 27″ iMac with Retina Display. After all, you don’t want to constantly have to zoom in, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, zoom out (lather, rinse repeat) just to see what’s going on in your kingdom, when you can have a pretty good idea at one glance.
  • Play when you’re at work or at your desk, you don’t have to bring out your phone. You can play when you get bored while writing that school paper or finishing up a project. It’s good to take 15 minute breaks and playing CoC can be a great way to relax while at your computer. Bringing out your phone, turning it sideways, and poking at it for fifteen minutes will let everybody know what you’re doing. But depending on how your monitor is angled, nobody has to know you’re taking a little brain-break with your favorite game.
  • Any Mac will have a better processor if it’s new compared to a mobile device, so your game will be smoother, faster, and overall better graphics compared to most mobile devices. Granted, there are certain exceptions comparing a brand new iPhone 6 Plus to an old Macbook.
  • Lastly, it’s a great option, just because you can. Why not have more options and places to play the game you love and have more flexibility on when and where you login and play.

Now, let’s get into the meat of why you came to this page in the first place. I’ll outline your options below with a few tips and tricks to make it run more smoothly.

Clash of Clans For Mac Using Bootcamp

One of the easiest ways to run Clash of Clans is to simply run Windows on your Mac and then download Andyroid, a commonly used and stable environment. This option requires a working copy of Windows operating system to install on your computer so make sure you have one.

One great thing about Macs is that they have the app Bootcamp preinstalled on them. Basically, it walks you through very easily how to partition and install Windows onto your Mac with very little work. From there, you have a lot more options when running Windows. Also, you can run any other Windows software program you desire.

  1. Get yourself a copy of Windows 7 or 8 to install. It’s easiest if you get a copy that is preinstalled onto a thumb drive that you can just put in your Mac.
  2. Once you have the copy of Windows, install it on your Mac by opening up the Bootcamp Assistant and going through the instructions. They are very straight forward and should be easy to follow. However, this may take a bit of time so make sure you have an hour or more.
  3. Now that you have Windows on your Mac, open up Bootcamp and run Windows. From there, head over to Andyroid and click the download button.
  4. Once you have Andyroid installed onto your Windows platform, open it up and follow the setup instructions.
  5. You will need to sign in with a Google Play account, so make sure you have one before you set it up.
  6. After setting it up, search for Clash of Clans in Andyroid and click the download button.
  7. Double click CoC and you’ll be up and running in no time!

bootcamp mac

It’s as easy as that. Super quick and simple. However, it requires that you buy a copy of Windows to run the app. Below, I will outline a completely free option if you don’t want to purchase anything. Both methods are completely valid but have various advantages and disadvantages.

Play Clash of Clans Using Genymotion

Now, I will walk you through the my favorite way to get Clash of Clans on your Mac and what I use on my Macbook Pro. Make sure you follow these steps exactly as I write them, it’s easy to miss a step and it won’t wind up working. I’ve tested this method several times and it works flawlessly if followed correctly.

You will need Genymotion, along with Virtual Box. Both are completely free, but you may need to sign up to get the apps to work.

Tip: You may want to change the resolution of your computer to around 800 x 1280 and at 320 dpi so it looks better and fills up more of the screen. Play around with a few different resolutions to see what looks the best.

genymotion clash clans mac

  1. Download Genymotion for your Mac and sign up for a Genymotion account. You need to sign up in order for the app to work but it’s free.
  2. Head over to Virtual Box and download the app from this line “VirtualBox 4.3.20 for OS X hosts x86/amd64” onto your computer.
  3. Open and install both Genymotion and Virtual Box onto your Mac by double clicking the dmg file and going through the install steps.
  4. Launch Genymotion and sign in into your account so you can get a list of potential smartphones to emulate. You can choose any one of the number of devices, but I recommend Custom Tablet.
  5. Choose Custom Tablet to emulate but don’t start the device yet.
  6. Now, you’ll want to head over to Virtual Box and select the Custom Tablet you chose initially in Genymotion.
  7. From there, right click and choose Settings.
    • Change basic memory to 2048mb and video memory to 128mb. This is important!
  8. Head back to Genymotion and change the settings to base memory of 2048mb and screen resolution you want.
  9. Start the virtual device and make sure to sign into your Google Play account.
  10. From there, you may find that Google Apps is not appearing, if not do a search for Google Apps and download it.
  11. Download Clash of Clans and drag and drop it into Genymotion so that you can star to play.

That wraps up the guide on using Genymotion to play CoC. Let us know below if this method worked for you, if it didn’t, then tell us why. Hopefully we can continue to come up with good solutions.

clash of clans mac

Alternatives: Netbook or iPod

If you find that the methods above are too cumbersome and you would rather not have to deal with all these issues there is a very easy solution but costs more than the ones above. One option is to buy a cheap Netbook from Best Buy or head over to Amazon or Newegg for a new computer.

You’ll be amazed that you can find a fully functioning PC running Windows for $200. Granted, you will find that it doesn’t have a ton of memory, RAM, or processor speed but it will be plenty if you just want to use it to play CoC. This way you won’t have to create all these work arounds to get the app to work on your Mac.

The last alternative I would suggest is to get a new or used iPod Touch. A brand new one costs $199 and will be able to run Clash of Clans on its native platform. You won’t have to work with any trouble and it will play perfectly. You can also look for a used iPod Touch for cheaper if you prefer that option. Both of these are good if you don’t want to mess with all the steps above. Like most things, though, you have to pay for convenience.

Let us know what you think about the tutorial above. Has it helped you download Clash of Clans for Mac, and play this amazing game to your heart’s content on some hardware that can really take it to the next level? Did it not work for you, if not, let us know below so we can try to help you out. Also, share this article if you find it to be helpful! A great thing about games like Clash of Clans is that they aren’t just games—they’re entire communities, swapping tips and strategies!

Comments

  1. phil says

    May 1, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    hi my neme is phil and i want to ask how can i play clash of clan in my macbook air..i need help m

    Reply
  2. animescool says

    February 14, 2016 at 11:20 pm

    I installed Clash of Clans but i dont know where it went

    Reply
  3. tycacek says

    February 8, 2016 at 6:30 pm

    the current version of GenyMotion no longer has “video memory” as a setting. There is only “base memory” and “processors.” Does this change the way i need to configure the settings or does the program no longer work for CoC?

    Reply
  4. Keona says

    November 9, 2015 at 1:32 am

    Is there any way i can play on my mac but enter with my apple iD?

    Reply
    • Trevor says

      January 9, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      Yes, definitely. If you sign in using your Apple ID onto Game Center then you should be able to sync your game with your Apple ID.

      Reply
  5. Elias Samir Borghol says

    September 27, 2015 at 11:06 am

    I want to play the game with my account. But I can’t link or conect gamecenter with that google play thing

    Reply
    • Trevor says

      September 30, 2015 at 10:04 pm

      Elias,
      Check out this Cnet tutorial on transferring your game from iOS (Game Center) to Android (Google Play). Let me know if this helps.
      http://www.cnet.com/news/clash-of-clans-on-android-how-to-import-your-game-from-ios/

      Reply
  6. yang says

    September 16, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    I have downloaded both programs and have booted the custom tablet but i do not have a google play store app and can’t download CoC

    Reply
    • Trevor says

      September 18, 2015 at 2:16 am

      At the bottom right there should be a little white bag with the Google Play icon on it. That is the App Store where you can search for and download CoC.

      Reply
  7. Gnol At says

    August 26, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    How do i start the virtual device in VirtualBox?

    Reply
    • Trevor says

      August 31, 2015 at 2:09 pm

      I don’t have experience with VirtualBox. Maybe try a forum for VirtualBox and they can let you know why it is saying its powered off.

      Reply
      • Gnol At says

        September 1, 2015 at 9:50 am

        Okay Thanks a Bunch!

        Reply
        • Trevor says

          September 1, 2015 at 3:20 pm

          Np

          Reply
  8. Alexander Nolte says

    August 20, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    How do you add the google play store to the tablet? I have google play, but cannot access the store on the tablet to download CoC. Any help?

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    • Trevor Nace says

      August 21, 2015 at 3:06 pm

      Are you using an Android tablet first of all? If you’re on an Android tablet, you can simply head over to the Google Play store which is the white bag with the Google Play icon on it. Of course, if you’re on an iPad you won’t be able to use Google Play but you can use the Apple App Store.

      Reply
    • Trevor says

      August 30, 2015 at 9:06 am

      The Google Play store should be automatically added to the Andyroid app. Try deleting the emulator and downloading it again. You should see a small white Google Play bag at the bottom of the screen. Let me know if that works!

      Reply
  9. jewiiipeters says

    August 7, 2015 at 4:34 am

    im not able to download the google apps in the virtual box?

    Reply
    • Tnace10 says

      August 7, 2015 at 4:38 pm

      have you created a Google Play account and logged in to the account beforehand?

      Reply
  10. Joeseph Baldwin says

    June 8, 2015 at 3:06 am

    How do i setup the custom tablet on VirtualBox?

    Reply
    • Tnace10 says

      June 13, 2015 at 6:53 pm

      I’d recommend just using Andyroid instead. It’s easy to setup and works perfectly on a mac

      Reply
  11. Harry says

    April 6, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    I have followed your instructions for getting Video box and Genymotion and they both seem to be working. Google Play isn’t listed in the apps list in Genymotion. In Genymotion I went on to Google and that works fine to search but as soon as I click on a link for google play it won’t go to that page. Any suggestions please?

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    • Tnace10 says

      April 7, 2015 at 12:04 am

      Since writing this article Andyroid has come out with a Mac version. I would suggest going that route, it’s a lot easier and free. Try that and let me know how it works.

      Reply
      • Grant Peace says

        April 7, 2015 at 1:15 pm

        where do we find the download?
        thx

        Reply
        • Tnace10 says

          April 7, 2015 at 11:02 pm

          Head over to Andyroid at: http://www.andyroid.net

          Reply
  12. Max Vettel says

    April 4, 2015 at 12:56 pm

    how to download the play store in it?

    Reply
    • Tnace10 says

      April 4, 2015 at 3:17 pm

      I’m not sure what your question is, can you rephrase it?

      Reply

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