Mac Installation Guide

Minecraft: Education Edition can be installed on individual Macs manually. This article provides information on how to install Minecraft: Education Edition on Mac.

Before you begin

Before installing Minecraft: Education Edition, ensure these prerequisites are met.

• Your Mac must meet the system requirements, see System Requirements.
• Users need to have the correct permissions based on the setup and installation method used at your organization.
• Your Mac is ready to install software from known developers. To check:
  1. Navigate to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General.
  2. In the Allow apps downloaded from section, make sure App Store and identified developers is selected.
     Note: If the section is grayed out, you need to contact your IT administrator to change the setting.

Example of Security & Privacy settings

Install Minecraft: Education Edition manually

Follow these steps to manually install Minecraft: Education Edition on Mac.

1. From the Apple Products section of the Get Minecraft: Education Edition page, select MAC.
2. Confirm the location to download the installation file to and click Save.
   Result: The installation file begins downloading to your Mac.
3. After the installation file finishes downloading, open the installation file.

When prompted, drag-and-drop the Minecraft: Education Edition application into the Applications folder.
Result: Minecraft: Education Edition is installed and ready to play. To open Minecraft: Education Edition, locate the application in the Applications folder.