Playing Genshin on Mac using PlayCover is slowly cooking my laptop pls Hoyoverse 😭

So I play Genshin on my Mac using PlayCover with IPAs, and while it technically works, my Mac gets insanely hot….even tho i have a powerful processor

I know Genshin isn’t optimized for macOS yet, and PlayCover is basically a workaround pretending my Mac is an iPad. It does the job, but it’s clearly not ideal.

I really wish Hoyoverse would consider an official Mac version or at least some form of proper optimization. Apple Silicon Macs are powerful enough, and a lot of us are already playing anyway, just in cursed ways that shorten our laptop’s lifespan.

If there’s ever a petition, sign-up, survey, ritual sacrifice, I’m in. PLEASE HOYOVERSE 😭🙏🙏

Any other Mac players suffering like this?

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SailcrVee2026-01-13 18:24

I play Genshin the same way and my laptop never gets hot at all, not even a little? :o Are you using an older model? I'm using a Macbook Air M2 from 2022.

The only issues I've had with Playcover is every now and then, when I try to open the game, I will get a pop up that it was closed incorrectly the last time and then I need to force close it first before booting it up again. One time this did not solve the issue and I had to re-install the whole game. > <

centurytunamatcha2026-01-13 18:27

I live in a tropical hot country and I use m1 pro, so yea huhu

SailcrVee2026-01-13 19:09

Ooh, I see. I live in Belgium which is anything but a tropical, hot country lol.

What version of MacOS do you have? I have been scared of updating my Mac ever since I put Genshin on it in fear of Playcover no longer working lol. I'm still using Ventura 13.5.1

centurytunamatcha2026-01-14 13:00

Sequoia 15.6.1 still good

SailcrVee2026-01-14 14:01

Okay. I will try to update then. ><

MDaneelOlivaw2026-01-13 18:26

+1 on that!
I think Genshin can work on iphone, ipad, right? It's ridiculous that it can't run on mac (my air should have more than enough power for that and it also frustrates me).

tyjz73_2026-01-13 18:28

The version for PC and Mac is completely different to the mobile version. You want the mobile max graphics to be the same on a laptop?

MDaneelOlivaw2026-01-19 18:48

something that works would be a start :)

MiniMages2026-01-13 18:47

That is apples fault.

corecenite2026-01-13 18:29

mac's "powerful processors" are meant for heavy media use; that's why content creators, filming and audio industry use mostly macs. it's not meant for gaming

same goes even with phones. you can't see even a flagship phone who takes tremendous photo/video which is also a heavy gaming phone...and vice versa. something has to be tuned down so that another can be tuned up.

luciluci55622026-01-13 20:21

The thing is though, Macs and iPads use the exact same chipset. So they're just as capable for gaming. Even our resident whale dhcwsp uses an iPad.

The only thing holding it back is the OS compatibility itself.

Least_Egg_93712026-01-13 19:39

It reminds me of that one time when a genshin player recorded their macbook that was smoking up while playing genshin on it.

feiscube2026-01-13 19:57

Are you playing with 120fps? I’ve noticed turning that on causes my Mac to struggle a lot but cutting it down to 60fps I was able to set everything else to max settings and it works great. I do have a recent MacBook though (I believe it’s M3 Pro)

bbajr2026-01-13 20:36

i play genshin n wuwa on macbook air m1 with playcover. genshin is the smoothest.
I think u r playing on retina settings. That's why it's running hot.

I put 1080p resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio and 1.0 resolution scaling. It runs very well on my potato.