Comments on: Check if Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Will Run on Your Mac (in Bootcamp)

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:58:48 +0000

dude, of course it will, if you run it on bootcamp and plan to set mods on it then you should run it on mid settings, but, without any mods it will prolly run a stable 30 fps high setting

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:47:55 +0000

did you have to download any drivers?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:45:06 +0000

Hey grant, did you ever get the game to play on boot camp?

By: Juls

Juls — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:12:32 +0000

I installed Skyrim on my Macbook Pro 13″ Mid 2012 BOOTCAMP (Windows 7 Prof) and it installed properly. But a box that says “Failed to Initialize Render…Blahblah” pops up and it won’t start. Am i missing something or is my MBP failing me again?

Here is the Specs:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model: MacBookPro 13″
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
Memory: 4 GB
Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 4000
VRAM (Total): 384 MB

By: Snave

Snave — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:47:36 +0000

Ok I just bought a brand new iMac this morning here are the specs:
3.1GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
• 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2x8GB
• 1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB GDDR5
• Apple Magic Mouse

Can I run Skyrim or not

By: Hawk

Hawk — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:03:05 +0000

Hi i’ve got a Mac OSx version 10.6.8 and 3.2 GHz Intel core i3 4GB RAM 1333 Mhz DDR3 And from what i can see macbook pro is the only thing people use to play skyrim is my bootcamp windows 7 mac able to run skyrim on steam or pc disc at a pleasurable gamerate? Plz reply!!!!!!!!!

By: tylerd

tylerd — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:00:53 +0000

i’ve got the exact specs you posted but i get a message that says “failed to initialize renderer”, just wondering if you had any information about this issue?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:20:35 +0000

One vote of warning here. I have an 2011 iMac, i7, Radeon 6970M 2GDDR5. Installed Windows 7 with Bootcamp, applied all of Microsoft’s updates (roughly 100), and downloaded Steam and Skyrim, and started playing.

A minute or so into playing the game, the display goes haywire. Most of the time, it goes “blank” – just solid grey with thin vertical lines. The only way to get control of the Mac is to perform a hard reboot.

Apple Hardware Test reports no issues with any of the hardware components, so I’m guessing it’s some sort of issue with the graphics drivers (an issue between DirectX and the AMD drivers?).

I should note — I set this up in July, and was playing for a month before the problems started cropping up. I’ve tried rebuilding the Bootcamp partition, but the problem persists. It may be that one of Microsoft’s updates has fouled the graphics subsystem, but that’s would be a bear to diagnose.

By: Jason1138

Jason1138 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:30:34 +0000

Has anyone actually confirmed this? At the moment I am having problems running it through Bootcamp. I just bought a retina display and installed Windows 7 Home 64Bit. I installed Skyrim this morning and it appears to install fine, it detects the optimum setttings as high, and then it appears to launch.

However, once the load screen appears I start having problems. Instead of a normal graphic (like picture of a race/dragon etc) I get a red screen and when I hit load/continue whatever the game crashes. I am still just starting to troubleshoot this problem but I would love to know if anyone else had a similar problem.

FYI I am running skyrim with the HD pack and the Dawnguard DLC.

By: DisabledAngel

DisabledAngel — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:26:30 +0000

Do you really have to ask that? Of course the latest and greatest macbook can run it, as a matter of fact it will probably be playable on max settings.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:37:01 +0000

I have a 2010 MacBook
2.4 GHz
2GB RAM

It won’t work any suggestions?

By: DR

DR — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:39:53 +0000

You know, there is that thing, they call it a driver.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:57:54 +0000

I’m probably going to get the new MacBook with Retina Display, 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache, Intel HD Graphics 4000, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching. Will it run? I’ll probably put it through Boot Camp.

By: Stacie

Stacie — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:47:11 +0000

I have a 2008 MacBook with:

- Intel Core 2 Duo
- 2.4 GHz
- 4 GB Ram
- GeForce 9400M – 256 MB

Will Skyrim work on my Mac?

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:11:51 +0000

Thanks for this man, Skyrim looks good for my Mac. Already have it on xbox and I wanted it on the computer for all the awesome mods. Did this list take you a while to compile?