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(Availability) Bedrock engine on Mac & Linux

Hey there! We're a Mac & Linux household, and we love the Java edition, and run our own server. But we'd also really like to enjoy the cross-platform play of the Bedrock engine. I'm sure it would also be really nice for you all not to have to maintain the Java codebase as well.

Or -- at least add cross-platform play to the Java Edition.

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    I also want to point out that Education Edition which is available on Macs (Current Intel ones not just future Apple Silicon) is Bedrock based so this seems to be arbitrary and not a tech issue.

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    This is the suggestion with the second most votes, however the first and the third most voted ones are getting under review, seriously?!?!?

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    Chrome OS would be a nice touch as well since Education Edition is already available there.

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    Yeah just make it part of the App Store

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    Especially with Macs getting ARM-based chips, and Mojang already have Minecraftt working on iOS, making it for macOS is just copy, paste, and remove some buttons. It would be the same even without Apple silicon, but with it it's much easier - in fact it will be automatically available in the Mac app store if Mojang doesn't specifically set an option.

     

    For Linux - It's another thing. We have the Minecraft Bedrock Linux launcher, which just emulates Android (lol). Minecraft Bedrock is in C++, so I don't understand why it's so DIFFICULT to just make it for macOS/Linux!

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    If I could ask anything of Minecraft developers, it would be this. Bedrock needs to be available on Mac. All of my friends play on Bedrock, and I am stuck with only Java on my MacBook Air. Mac users should be able to choose between Java or Bedrock, like on windows 10. The other option would be to allow cross play between Java and Bedrock, but since each version has exclusive features, it probably wouldn’t work for cross play. When the “Better Together” update was added, it shouldn’t have excluded Macs.

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    this is good but whats the point of having java then

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    As a now Windows player (previously on a Mac) I would have appreciated to be able to play with all my friends who don’t know the difference between java and bedrock editions. Bedrock can also perform much better and would likely be welcome to people using MacOS because it’s just not for gaming. Many family computers are macs too and Microsoft would hit another huge demographic of families and students.

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    Raspberry pi edition shows it is possible because the OS is based off of Linux and we have education edition on Mac.

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    This would be huge, I anticipate that the reasons for not having bedrock on mac are varied, but it would be great to be able to run bedrock on MacOS. 

    Hopefully Big Sur will lead to forced compatibility, since you can just play the iOS version on MacOS, but still, would be great to actually have access to a bedrock made for MacOS.

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    Yes, PLEASE. I really would like to enjoy realms with my girlfriend, but I have MacOS :(

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    I had to post a comment because someone was so grotesquely wrong, I needed to correct it.

     

    macOS IS NOT BUILT ON TOP OF LINUX. It's built on top of BSD. One is an OS designed to perfectly emulate Unix. One is ACTUALLY UNIX.

     

    Second - Microsoft is being extremely lazy about this. Porting from openGL 2 -> Metal has been done. Lots. There's no excuse for there not to be a Bedrock edition for macOS other than Microsoft sucks as a group of individuals - not their products - as people.

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    Honestly having Minecraft on my mac would be a dream as I really want to play with my friends better and access things like Hypixel as well as get better at PVP as I think mobile controls are great but fighting is kinda wonky so pls Mojang pls add Minecraft bedrock addition for mac

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    For OceanicArtist87: Hypixel is for Minecraft Java, not Bedrock

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    Removing the java edition doesn’t need to happen. Like win10 you can download both bedrock and java

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    I want to see Bedrock on Linux but not at the expense of Java.

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    And that is why it might never happen. Microsoft would rather force ten people to but a new computer than help thousands play and rebuy their game on what they already own.

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    The reason this hasn’t happened yet is because Minecraft is owned by microsoft and so is only available on the microsoft store.

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    Given that you can run the Android version in Linux using MCPE Launcher, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to do. Unfortunately, it often means you can't run the latest (because it takes time to catch up) and that means no realms.

    I'm trying to set up a gaming league with my son and some friends but this is stopping me from using Bedrock because there are some linux users. I'd love to support the wider ecosystem of devices that bedrock does, but I can't.

    Do it. Now.

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    PLEASE I BEG YOU DO IT

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    I do not support it as I have had bad expereances with bedrock edition, for example it takes forever to load, the UI is garbage and crossplay is a joke. also bedrock ruined minecraft on the consoles by removing liked features like the minigames, replacing them with laggy servers that crash every five seconds. and removing the fun tutorial world and replacing it with nothing! besides java has much more features like furnace minecarts, the debug stick, and petrified wood.

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    Though honestly it doesn't really matter to me as I only play old versions of minecraft PE (anything that has the nether reactor) and java 1.12.2 as anything newer crashes my core 2 duo macbook from 2009.

    though if it does get added to mac, I do hope they don't remove java edition or i will have to take my macbook off the internet forever.

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    I have desperately been wanting bedrock on Mac. I host a realm on xbox and I love it, but i’m always wanting to have the option to play on mac. Building is easier on mac, and I always loved the feeling of playing java. I just love having the cross comparability of Bedrock, despite it not being supported by MacOS

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    Please add bedrock edition to mac I will rebuy it just come on and I am sure more people want it on mac please I want to play normal bedrock edition on mac I trust in you mojang make the right choice

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    please add bedrock on mac and Linux my friends dont have java soooo

     

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    Based on current info, this could change after Apple launches Apple Silicon Macs tomorrow and after Microsoft has time to develop for them but, it looks like Minecraft for iOS will not be on the Mac App Store on Apple Silicon (looks like Microsoft unticked that box). Hopefully they come to their senses though!

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    The fact that the game written in the language native to linux (this being C or a C variant) is not ported to linux, as well as the fact that it is not on MacOS X given that it is now SO simple to run an iOS game on Mac.  PLEASE, mojang and microsoft, give us support! I would much rather not lose java edition, but if that's what it takes, so be it. Also, given that new macs may not support java edition because of ARM based chips, it feels like a good idea.

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    Yeah this would be good as long as it doesn't replace java

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    at the moment it seems like newer Macs with Apple's new chip will support iOS apps (like Minecraft on iPhone) and then download it on Mac and use your keyboard and mouse.

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    We need a bedrock on mac!!! i even pay again.