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@azmasm azmasm released this 11 Nov 21:14
· 145 commits to main since this release
v0.4.6
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Game names without a "/" in Finder. Download switch2mac-0.4.6.pkg below, or let the app update itself if you already have 0.4.1 or newer.

Fixed

  • What's New's build updates showed nxnative's whole change notes, a page each: they show three lines now, with More / Less. Hovering over text no longer pops up a box repeating it.
  • A game whose name has a colon ("The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom") showed with a "/" in Finder, because macOS can't show a colon in a file name. Built games are now named with a dash ("The Legend of Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom"); building a game again replaces its old copy, so you don't end up with two.

New

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has a new build, azmasm's build: faster foliage, fewer stutters, a first start in seconds, picture fixes and settings for Frame generation (30 drawn, 60 shown), Fast mode, Render scale and the full docked picture. Recommended on M1 and M2 Macs with 32 GB or more; Build with… offers it on every Mac.
  • The performance overlay (key 1) names the build you're playing, after the game's next build.
  • The overlay of MacNativeGames builds (Tears of the Kingdom and the others) now says MacNativeGames on its grey build line instead of a commit code. Its settings are unchanged. Build the game again to get it.
  • switch2mac's next big release comes under a new name; this version can update itself to it.

Installing

  1. Download switch2mac-0.4.6.pkg and open it.
  2. macOS says it could not verify the installer (switch2mac is not signed with a paid Apple Developer ID): click Done, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
  3. The installer puts switch2mac in your Applications folder. You only do this once: the app updates itself after that.

The zip below is what the app's own updater installs; to install by hand, use the .pkg.

You need a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 26 or later, Xcode with its Metal Toolchain (Xcode 27 for games built with nxnative's newest code), and the .NET 10 SDK; the app tells you what is missing. Switch games also need your own prod.keys, dumped from your own Switch.

Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 and the game names are trademarks of their owners. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo.

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