Call of Duty: Black Ops
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Developers | |
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Treyarch | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
IW 3.0 | |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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Call of Duty | 2003 |
Call of Duty 2 | 2005 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (series) | |
Call of Duty: Black Ops (series) | |
Call of Duty: Ghosts | 2013 |
Call of Duty: Online | 2013 |
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | 2014 |
Call of Duty: Heroes | 2014 |
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | 2016 |
Call of Duty: WWII | 2017 |
Call of Duty: Warzone | 2020 |
Call of Duty: Vanguard | 2021 |
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 | 2022 |
Key points
- Windows and Mac versions cannot play online together and are sold separately on Steam (not Steam Play).
- Windows version is poorly optimized and CPU-heavy.
Availability
- All Windows versions require Steam, including retail.
- Windows and Mac versions are separate (not Steam Play).
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues and Fixes
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Mods and Third Party Utilities
Black Ops Advanced Config Tool
Available from this post in the Black Ops forum on Steam. Allows the user to further customize his or her graphics options and settings.[1]
Call of Duty®: Black Ops requires an initial hard drive space of approximately 24GB to download and install the game via digital download (8GB of compressed files, 8GB of decompressed files and 8GB of installed files). Upon installing the game, 16GB (compressed and decompressed files) may be deleted from the hard drive. Please make note of where the compressed and decompressed files are being saved on your hard drive in order to later locate these temporary files for removal. }}
Version differences
Mac OS X players cannot play multiplayer with Windows players and vice versa. Other features from the PC version are not included:[1]
"The following features from the PC are not included in the Mac version of Black Ops *Friends – Players cannot invite or join via request to a multiplayer server. Public multiplayer is all that is offered. *Private Matches – Only public multiplayer servers are available. *Remote Console – Players will not be able to purchase and host their own server. *Theater Mode – Players will not be able to create multiplayer movie files"
It also includes the First Strike DLC which contains 4 multiplayer maps and one zombie map.
Additional
"Due to performance concerns, Aspyr does not recommend purchasing or playing Call of Duty : Black Ops on any Mac that has an Nvidia Graphics Chipset. Nvidia is currently working on providing an graphics driver update that will provide official support for the latest Mac Book Pro with the Nvidia 650M Graphics Card."
"NOTICE: Apple Intel Chipsets only. Power PC Processors (G4 and G5) are not supported. NOTICE: The following chipsets are not supported for Call of Duty Black Ops ATI Radeon HD 2000 series, HD 4670, HD6630M NVIDIA 8000 & 9000 series, GT100 series, 320M, 330M Intel Integrated GMA950, x3100, HD3000 & 4000 NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive)"
System requirements
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