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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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    if the goal of bedrock was to make a unified Minecraft, then excluding the other desktop versions of Minecraft seems silly to me would love to see Minecraft bedrock on Mac OS and Linux.

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    it would be great for me cause all my friends play on bedrock and because of that I don't play Minecraft often

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    1 year and counting Linux user here, I would love to be able to crossplay with windows friends on Linux without having to use Windows, I have no bad feelings towards windows, I simply prefer the way a Linux operating system works. Java edition has some troubles with some distributions because some operating systems like Debian will occasionally not support a java edition because it's support date is later than the Debian end of life for that particular release of it.

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    Mojang & Microsoft: Please make this happen. Whatever is happening behind closed doors that is preventing the release of Bedrock on Mac & Linux, please solve it (politics, business decisions, technical issues, etc.). It's time to bring the rest of the operating systems under one fold here.

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    I know this is a very late post but I really want bedrock for Mac because Java kind slower than bedrock and would like to play multiplayer easier with me friends than having to make a server and that would not be fun but bedrock makes it a lot easier I hope they make this a thing 

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    there's Education Edition (Bedrock-based) on macOS and Bedrock Dedicated Servers on Linux. I don't see any technical issues, it's quite possible and is done. Bedrock deserves a full porting to mac and Linux.

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    Yes please, I just got a MacBook Pro today and I’ve been trying to find a way to port it, but if they actually make it for macOS, then it will be perfect. Will we have to buy it again though? I already bought it for Xbox, iOS, w10, and a Java acct.

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    Adding crossplay to Java is fundamentally impossible except in very special, unique cases involving specially designed servers. I would love to see Bedrock come to MacOS and Linux, but if it means Java gets any less support I’m out. Java is the objectively superior version of the game and we need to respect that.

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    I have a mac in my household and i would love to have bedrock on it!

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    I own two accounts compatible with Windows 10 and a version on my Switch. My son and I have been playing between Switch and PC but we'd love to get his mom in on it on my Macbook. I'm another vote for this to come to fruition!

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    I use Linux, and i agree with having a bedrock engine on mac and Linux but not at the expense of the java edition because i like both (though i prefer java)

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    I have a few friends playing on our bedrock realm who are stuck on their phones because there is no bedrock for mac. I personally think there would be huge demand for this, and as for resources, I would expect the extra sales would easily make up for it.

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    I would LOVE having Bedrock on my Mac... because that old HP 2000 is so. Slow. But I think that Java Edition needs to stay. I own it, and I love how you can mod it. And I don't want to have to buy an RTX card to have shader mods.

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    I'm sure the percentage of Mac players is much lower than it could be because Mac users, like me, won't buy the Mac version because it's incompatible with iPads (etc.). I want to play from my Mac with my kids on their iPads, and my friends on their everything else.

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    Yes, this would bring the minecraft community together in a whole new way of including everyone. it would also be fine if they just made one version of Minecraft all together including macs

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    No way Microsoft is gonna let this one happen

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    Great Idea! Sort of. The way you make it sound, no. What you want is crossplay between Java and Bedrock, which would break the game. I think what you're aiming towards is Bedrock edition for Mac and linux, which is EXACTLY what we all want. How would we go about it? Slap Minecraft right on the app store, and give the game the same treatment as Windows 10 for free. Since linux is mostly outdated, there shouldn't need to be a solution for that.

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    the fact that this is the second most voted post in this category and that open source projects such as dragonproxy and geyser where created to allow crossplay means people actually care a lot about the subject


    It's not only about mac, Linux and java users individually, it's about them and their friends! I made a server with friends and some of them prefer to play on console... well they did not bought the game because most of us where already owning a java edition and the server was java based.

    I also think that people owning the java game are usually here since long before Microsoft acquired mojang, meaning they are the loyal fanbase creating a lot of content (just take a look on how many project, mod, skin and stuff they created) and inciting new people to get on Minecraft.

    Optionally Java users are also the ones who helped making Minecraft such a big success.

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    The Education Edition is on Mac and that uses the Bedrock Engine  

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    I personally think java and bedrock should stay separate editions, and keep whatever dev team structure they are using now. But for Mac at least, porting the (normal) bedrock engine should be a piece of cake, since education edition(which is literally the bedrock edition, but with added educational features) is already on Mac. It would probably only take up a day or two to do. iOS apps are easy to port to Mac as well, so you also do that and just do the Mac and iOS builds at the same time. And bedrock already has a login system, and it would be easy enough to assign a license to your xbox account(also more or less how education edition does it). Linux might be a different story though, but I don't know. Oh, one last thing. I wouldn't care if you made us buy bedrock Edition possibly again. I'd buy it anyway. And I'm sure many, many other people feel the same way.

     

    TL;DR Bedrock edition is already on Mac, it just needs to be made available to normal users, and there is practically no reason it can't or shouldn't happen. As for linux, that might take some time.

     

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    Please support a Mac version of Bedrock, so that at home we can have our iPads, PC & Mac all play Minecraft together. We purchase the Mac version of "Minecraft Java Edition" but it doesn't work together with the iPad Minecraft app - we can't play LAN games together as a family.

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    Should NOT be at the expense of Java edition.

    At the very least until there are some major changes to how modding/some Redstone mechanics works in bedrock.

    However bedrock would be nice on MacOS especially if we could have the "super fancy" mod with ray tracing or whatever, but that might need special hardware I don't know.

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    It's 2020 and as you know, everyone is quarantined. Gaming is at an all-time high. I as many others have a MacBook and as you know, we can't play Minecraft on the java edition because it is not cross-platform play. Please fix this so we can play with our friends. thanks 

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    I use to play Minecraft bedrock with my niece she would play on her iPad and I would play on my NIntendo Switch. My NIntendo Switch broke however. I would like to still play with her though but the only pc I have is a Mac. I would really like to play with her again Mojang.

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    Bedrock for Mac, please. It's the only way I could possibly do realms with my family.

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    i usually play Minecraft on my phone but i feel uncomturabul playing on mobile and i think its unfair there is no Minecraft bedrock for mac i payed for Minecraft java but is still not the same 

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    I am literally the only one of my friends that plays java instead of bedrock, and I have a Mac. I still prefer Java, but having access to bedrock edition would be nice as well, just so I can play with my friends.

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    Bedrock needs to be on MacOS. I know Minecraft is owned by Microsoft and all but this is extreme. The appeal of Minecraft is that it is a way to connect and excluding so many players that don't want a Windows device is kind of mean considering this is Minecraft we are talking about. Bedrock should be on MacOS because 99% if its appeal (I think) is that it is cross-platform* (*Sike! No Mac or Linux). What kind of promise is that? I really think it should be added to both MacOS and Linux or at least MacOS.

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    Didn't Catalyst just come out? You could use that to make a port and put it on the app store or bundle it separately. It should not be too hard as I (an iOS developer) have managed to do it without much trouble and I am only one person.

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    I feel like they won’t do this for Linux because there is no App Store. However they could possibly pull it off for Mac!