As of 5 August 2026 macOS 11 (Big Sur) will no longer be supported in EVE Online. This version of macOS stopped receiving security updates in 2023 and is now unsupported by Chromium and Steam.
Those running macOS 11 will need to upgrade to macOS 12 (Monterey) or later to continue playing EVE Online. Apple Computers or Macs made before 2015 may not be able to upgrade to a newer macOS version, so affected pilots may need to explore alternative hardware options.
We will also be reaching out directly via targeted emails to those impacted by this change.
Well that sucks, are you sure it won’t run the game on macOS Sierra? I mean OS 11 is only 5 years old and Windows XP is like 24 and I am sure someone is playing on XP. I don’t understand why people insist on upgrading the OS. MacOS is tons better on performance, Windows is so hard to learn you need a phd just to find the mouse cursor! What’s up with all the buttons on the mouse, there are 3 now and one is wheel? I am almost at the point to just go back to using a wooden abacus with beads on it. Does EVE support the abacus?
I guess it really doesn’t matter, since I have Windows 11 and plan to upgrade to that AI OS they are coming out with in 2027. It will be totally awesome having a 3D AI giant paper clip telling me how to think. Oops I got some drool on my keyboard just now, why isn’t there an app for cleaning the drool off my keyboard Microsoft?
Well, these users could try using WINE for MacOS or its different implementations in more easy-to-work-with User Interfaces like “PlayOnMac” or something similar - if it also works with the X86-Emulation from newer Silicon-Architectures, that is (feel free to comment on that).
Also: I’m not sure how far it is, but Asahi-Linux can use Silicon-Architecture Macs’ Hardware pretty well by now, too (check for specifics since not all drivers for the different Iterations of the M1-Mx-Architectures might be reverse-engineered yet!).
I’ve got a much older 2009 Intel-Core2Duo Macbook still, that I put a “normal” Linux-Distro (Manjaro, but wouldn’t recommend it for newer users, I just know it already for a while, but there are also problems with this Distro and others are rated better for beginners who also want to use Arch-Linux based Systems right away - since SteamOS is based on ArchLinux, too).
Oh, mentioning Linux also got me an idea: could you guys update the in-game Linux-Tech-Channel and clean-up the very outdated Description for the Linux-Client in there? That’d be really sweet of you!
Cheers, thanks and keep up the good work or make it so
If your hardware isn’t at least modern enough to have virtual TPM 2.0 on the cpu or hardware TPM 2.0 on the motherboard, you shouldn’t even be allowed to connect to the internet. For crying out loud, it’s been available on Intel cpu’s since 8th Gen.
Had to edit because older Intel cpu’s had older TPM. Not sure when AMD Ryzen cpu’s have had it. Either way, your ■■■■ is old and a risk to everyone else.
Well some of us don’t care much for TPM and all the “new and improved” features. These so-called security features is what lead us to ransomware and other insecurities about the PC.
I hear you, my current PC cost me a whole paycheck. Now the way it looks, Windows 12 is going to be forced AI OS, requiring a whole new learning processor. The computers get smarter and we get dumber as time passes. If I didn’t have so much cash invested in my current PC, I would hold out as long as possible to see what happens with the new Windows 12 next year. From the leaks, we cannot install Windows 12 without one of these new CPUs.
Long story short, “Hey people have stopped buying new computers and are just fixing and upgrading the ones they own. How do we make them buy our newest overpriced product?”.
Just as well. Those weird chips Apple uses and the drop of 32-bit gaming support means the company doesn’t care much about gamers anymore. Don’t consider this a blow to veteran player with Macs, consider it a push to go to some OS creator that cares about them and they need to go sooner than later.
Yes yes, and according to early Windows 11 leaks it was going to be “Windows As A Service”, cloud only, Co-Pilot mandatory, blah, blah, blah.
Microsoft is not going to tie an OS to proprietary hardware where you have to upgrade your PC to upgrade your OS. That’s Apples schtick, and why they’ve always been ( except for the brief time when they got rid of Jobs and dumped proprietary hardwar, where they only failed because they still priced their mediocre crap ridiculously like they were some sort of “elite” computer company ), and will continue to be, a minority share of the pie, only succeeding in being slightly more popular than the bottom of the barrel Linux. Microsoft knows a walled garden dies. They’ve watched Apple long enough.
I agree that there is a lot of that going on. People don’t need to buy a new computer every year or even triennially. But it’s also true that at some point, old is too old. For me, I keep my Macs for 10 years. For 10 years they function as good as new. But at the 10 year mark they start showing signs of aging (compatibility and upgrade issues mostly). So a new computer is usually an improvement and worth the investment.
