Why Can’t We Get Minecraft Bedrock on Mac with Apple Silicon?
It’s 2025, and Apple’s M-series chips have proven themselves as some of the most powerful consumer CPUs on the market. MacBooks and iMacs with Apple Silicon rival high-end PCs in raw performance while sipping power like mobile devices. Yet for some reason, there’s one glaring omission for gamers: Minecraft Bedrock Edition is still not available on macOS.
Why is this? Apple already has Minecraft Bedrock running smoothly on iPhones and iPads. The same ARM-based hardware powers Apple Silicon Macs, and the game runs perfectly on iOS devices with touch controls. So, why haven’t Microsoft and Apple made a deal to bring the same version to macOS, especially now that there’s near-hardware parity?
It makes no sense from a performance perspective. The M1 and M2 chips handle games like No Man’s Sky and Resident Evil Village with ease. Minecraft Bedrock is a much lighter game by comparison. The cross-platform advantages of Bedrock (better performance, unified multiplayer, access to the marketplace, and mods) are things Mac users are missing out on.
Currently, Mac players are stuck with the Java Edition, which is fine for some, but it doesn’t have the same feature set. Meanwhile, Bedrock is available on basically every other platform: Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, iOS, Android, even Raspberry Pi at one point. So why is macOS left out?
The issue likely comes down to licensing and business politics between Apple and Microsoft. But as the lines between mobile and desktop hardware blur, it feels outdated to keep these ecosystems siloed. Millions of Mac users would happily buy Bedrock on the Mac App Store. Apple could take its cut, Microsoft could expand its reach, and players could enjoy a unified experience across all devices.
If Minecraft runs great on an iPhone 12, it would fly on an M3 MacBook Air. The tech is already there. All that’s missing is the cooperation between two companies that, ironically, are already working together in other areas (like Microsoft Office and iCloud support).
It’s time for Apple and Microsoft to make it happen. Mac gamers have waited long enough.
