Playing Command & Conquer on Mac OS in 2026! (Part 1)
Playing Command & Conquer on Mac OS in 2025! (Part 1)
Introduction
So with the new year, I want to give an update on compatibility when it comes to playing the games in the Command & Conquer series in this wonderful new year of 2026. Before we get started, there are a number of ways to get this going. For Mac users, there is Codeweavers Crossover and The Porting Kit along with other ways to run Windows on Mac OS. Regarding the games, you can run the games in some cases, from a free installer from EA themselves, or on Steam, as EA has released the Command & Conquer games to Steam or the EA App for a low price.
Setting Up Steam (Mac OS)
If you are a Mac User, I have guides, both written and video form, regarding how to set up Steam on Mac OS with Codeweavers Crossover. The video guide is found on YouTube, right here:
You can also take a look at the written guide for Steam on Crossover 25, found here:
After setting up Steam, you should be ready for the Steam Installation and playing of the various games. Now, let's take a look at the games!
Command & Conquer (Tiberian Dawn)
There is the original Command & Conquer game which started the entire series! You can play this game on Windows 7 using the free installer provided by EA, or you can play it on Steam now. For Mac Users, the game has issues due to it not being made to run in HD for today's machines if you are using Steam on Codeweavers Crossover, The Remastered Collection, however, will run both Tiberian Dawn and the original Red Alert smoothly using Steam. A more detailed guide for the Remastered Collection is found at the link below:
The prequel to Command & Conquer : Tiberian Dawn is also available for Windows users with a free installer from EA Themselves. You can also try using the free Installer on Mac for Porting Kit or Codeweavers Crossover, or play Red Alert on Steam, but if you have an older Mac, especially among the last of the intel-based macs before the Apple Silicon took over, then you may have difficulties running the game on Porting Kit or Codeweavers Crossover either from the installer or on Steam. This is where the Remastered Collection comes into play with both Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert along with additional materials such as behind the scenes footage or a documentary on the making of the games.
Like before with Command & Conquer Tiberian Dawn, the guide for running the remastered collection is found below:
Now, we are up to the sequel to the first Command & Conquer game, Tiberian Sun. EA has a free installer for the game and it's expansion, Firestorm available online for Windows Users and Mac Users can use for getting the game running in Porting Kit or Codeweavers Crossover using the Free Installer. So far, using the version of Tiberian Sun available on Steam has lagging issues for newer Macs, and issues even starting up if you are running an older Intel-Based Mac up through the phasing into Apple Silicon based macs. So, for the most effective way to run Tiberian Sun on Mac OS, I have provided the written and video guides for running Tiberian Sun on Mac OS using the Installer from EA and Codeweavers Crossover. While the guide for Tiberian Sun is for Crossover 24, it still works well.
So, we can take a look at the sequel and offshoot of Red Alert with Red Alert 2 and it's expansion of Yuri's Revenge. You can play the games on Steam, and if you have a disc drive you can install the games using the CD Installers. Regardless of which route you take, the game will run, but with issues. With the Steam Version of RA2 and its expansion, the game will run and the in-game videos will play, but the game periodically lags in the framerate by 20 to 30 percent. With the CD installation of Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge, you have lags, and the in-game video cutscenes have difficulty playing. So, Red Alert 2 and it's expansion run well, albeit with issues such as game lag or not showing video cutscenes, depending on which version of the game you are running.
Command & Conquer : Renegade
Remember that one time that Command & Conquer had a first person shooter game where you play as a Commando of GDI in the single player campaign or as one of many different soldiers on both sides in the multiplayer game? Well, that game, known as Renegade or Command & Conquer Renegade, runs very well, using the version of the game available on Steam. The Disc version or the First Decade DVD version have not been tested by myself yet, but the Steam version runs pretty well. Now there is a little tip for in case your system's mouse cursor shows up over the game screen, and it's right here:
Go into the "Wine Configuration" tab for the Steam Bottle and go to the graphics, settings, and then check the box for "automatically capture the mouse in fullscreen windows". That way, the application or the game cursor will be shown and your system's mouse cursor is hidden. This will not completely prevent the system's mouse cursor from showing in-game, but will make this bug occur less frequently.
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