World of Warcraft™

Oh hai there Mac Community!

We've complied a list of threads and what not to help our Mac Community with issues about WoW, or informational topics. Since a lot of users and Blues contribute useful information, we want to make sure this information is readily available, in case people are in need of support or just need information about WoW on a Mac.

Happy gaming, and I hope this FAQ helps you guys out, as this is my goal.

Categories

a. Installation & Patching
b. Crashes & Freezing Issues
c. Connection Issues
d. Graphical, Voice, and Sound
e. In-game Technical Issues
f. Guides and Walkthroughs

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a. Installation & Patching

"Unable to connect. Please check your connection and firewall settings." When attempting to run Digital installer from Battle.net

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2016643365

Basic Installation troubleshooting

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2016642182

"Failed to apply patch. Please try again later." Error

This tends to happen when you bypass your launcher. You can read more at the link below.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3657607123

Failed to download information about the next patch.

This tends to happen on restrictive networks like college, schools, public, military and work places.

Try using the Patch Mirror we have available for 4.3: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3657606962

b. Crashes & Freezing Issues

Assertion: Failed to read file from local

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3657605977

Blizzard Updater Failed with an Internal Error (Mac)

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2016272004

WoW Launcher Auto-Closes

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2522464230

General Crash/Assertion Errors

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1920718980

c. Connection Issues

High Latency/Lagging

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3711331282

Freezing on WoW Login (Add-on related)

If you notice that your are freezing upon login, or at the character screen, read below.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3657275859

d. Graphical, Voice, and Sound

Video Distortion

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2522434323

e. In-game Technical Issues

f. Guides and Walkthoughs

The WoW Performance Guide For Macs

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/969747052

Common Mac Terms & Issues

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/978167837

Account and Password Security for Mac 2.0

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2657516044

General Maintenance for Your Mac/WoW Experience

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2267487308

Mac Resources to use for your troubleshooting

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2016791990

The WoW Movie Recording Guide

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2416205513

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