Among Us gained its popularity during the Coronavirus lockdown period. The sudden surge in the number of users made it a popular game and it took the industry by storm. Ever since then a lot of people are playing Among Us in their free time. It is a simple game with no high-end graphics and needs only decent system requirements.

Is Among Us Available for Mac?

As mentioned earlier, Among Us is officially available for Android, iOS, and Windows only. This means there is no official support for the Mac lineup of computers yet. But thankfully there are some workarounds that you can try to make it work on your Mac. If you own a MacBook running the latest Apple M1 chip then you can readily play Among Us by simply downloading it from the App Store. But if that’s not the case, things will be a little bit complex, but gets the job done.

How to Install and Play Among Us on Mac

We are diving the method into two parts. Follow the first method if you own a new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Mac Mini that comes with Apple M1 Chip. If you are having an older version of a Mac computer with an Intel CPU then follow the second method.

Install Among Us on Newer Mac Computers

As you might already know, then new Mac computers with Apple M1 chips will natively support all apps for iPhone and iPad. That means you can simply go to the App Store and install any app that you want. Not just with Among Us, this will work with any apps on the App Store. One of the biggest highlights of the new M1 chip powered Mac computers is the fact that it natively supports all the apps available for iOS and iPadOS.

As this is the case, it’s just a piece of cake to install Among Us on your Mac. During the new M1 powered Apple Mac event, Apple stressed the fact that these new machines could natively run all iOS and iPadOS apps. Along with some other app icons shown on the list, Among Us icon was also there as well in the presentation.

Step 1: Open up App Store

Step 2: Head over to the search box and type “Among Us”.

Step 3: On the top right section, you will be able to find two options – Mac Apps and iPhone and iPad Apps. Make sure to click on the second option for all apps to show.

Step 4: Now, Among Us will be appear. Just hit the install button and wait until it gets installed.

Step 5: Once installed, open it up as you would normally do with any app.

Step 6: Setup your profile name and start playing Among Us on Mac without any third party software.

This is how we install and play Among Us game on MacBook or Mac computers powered by the Apple M1 chipset. This is the first generation of the M series chip from Apple. All future Mac computers to come with the Apple M series chip will definitely support all apps for iPhone and iPad of sure.

Play Among Us on Older Macs

Older Mac computers come with Intel-based CPUs. Apps for iPhone and iPad does not support Intel-powered machines. So to get things to work, we will need to use some additional software like Android Emulators to install Among Us on Mac. For first time users, things might look a little complex. But once everything is done, you can play any Android games on your Mac computer easily.

Step 1: For this method, first we need to download an Android Emulator for Mac. BlueStacks is the best Android Emulator for Mac computers as of now. I will be using Bluestacks to demonstrate the installation procedure, steps will be almost similar.

Download Bluestacks for Mac

Step 2: After you are done downloading and installing Bluestacks on your Mac, open it up.

Step 3: Click on the Play Store icon to open up Google Play Store

Step4: It will ask you to log in to your Google account in order to use Play Store. Just click the login button and enter your login credentials to sign in to your account.

Step 5: Once Google Play Store is opened, click on the Search bar and type ‘Among Us’.

Step 6: From the list of apps that just appeared, click on the original Among Us apps and click on the install button

Step 7: Wait until the installation is done.

Step 8: Once Among Us is installed on Bluestacks, you will be able to find Among Us app icon on Bluestack’s home screen. Clicking on the icon will launch the game and you can start playing it easily.

We have successfully installed Among Us on Mac computers running Intel chips.

Final Words

These are the two methods that will help you to install Among Us on your Mac computer easily. If you own a newer version of Mac computer that came out in 2020 or after, you may follow the first step itself as it is the simplest of simplest method ever. Or if you are using an older Mac computer with Intel CPU then you are required to use an Android Emulator to get the job done. In this case, you will have to follow the second method. Both the first and second method will work on M series chips powered computers.

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This is our full review of the CleanMyMac X software after using it on my MacBook for some time now. By the end of the article, you will have a clear idea about CleanMyMac X, and should you get it or not?

CleanMyMac Review

To make it super simple, I will categorize everything accordingly so that you can find everything the software has to offer.

After I installed and opened up the software, the very first thing I noticed was the user interface and the overall design of the software itself. The UI of CleanMyMac X is lit and is something that I liked very much. Once you open the software for the first time, you will be taken to the “Smart Scan” section.

Smart Scan

If you do not want to go through everything manually then the Smart Scan option is there to help you out. Smart Scan is an option that is available in CleanMyMac X that will search and find pretty much every junk file, threats like malware, and ways to improve the speed of your computer. Just click on the “Start” button and the software will automatically fetch every detail for you.

I was surprised to see the results after scanning. My computer had about 5.02GB of junk files that were eating my hard disk space. Had I not taken a move now, the number will just keep increasing. Apart from the junk file detection, CleanMyMac X also showed something that will optimize my computer and speed it up overall.

This is all for Smart Scan, if you want to go through everything quickly, then this is the option that you should go with.

Now let’s go through all other options present in CleanMyMac X and how it helps your computer.

Cleanup

This is the section where it shows all the junk files and sort of stuff like that.

System Junk

System Junk options will let you get rid of all the temporary files that are left by the OS itself and apps/software that you use. These are junk files and you no longer need it, Cleaning it will increase the remaining space on your hard disk and makes your workflow easier.

Photo Junk

This option lets you clean up all the unnecessary and duplicate photos that are stored on your computer. If you are already syncing your photos with iCloud then there is no point in keeping the photos locally. This option helps you in quickly finding and cleaning them.

Mail Attachments

This section shows the amount of space used by mail attachments. These files are actually locally stored in your computer itself. If you do not need them then you can get rid of them easily. Always make sure that you are not deleting any important files for that matter.

iTunes Junk

There are chances that iTunes might be storing additional backups of your phone or other files. Clearing them can save you a lot of space in your hard drive. And that’s exactly what these options are used for.

Trash Bins

Finally, under the “Cleanup” section, we have Trash Bins. As you might already know, all the files we delete actually end up landing in the Trash Bin. If you want to permanently delete them then you need to delete it from the Trash as well. It can be done with a single click using the option in CleanMyMac.

Protection

Options and tools in this section help you in keeping your mac away from malware, adware, or anything that can potentially harm your computer.

Malware Removal

If you think your computer is infected by malware then you can use this option to clear malware from your computer. It is always good to scan your computer from time to time to have peace of mind. I scanned my computer using the Malware Removal tool and did not find any threat. But if the software detects some, then you can take steps to get rid of them and clean your computer.

Privacy

As you might already know, the Internet is not at all a safe place. For example, whenever you visit a website, your search history, autofill form details, cookies, logs, etc are actually stored in your computer itself. And somehow if someone managed to access these data then they can take over all your accounts. So it was advised that you clean these things so you are safe.

Privacy option lets you clear browser history, chat logs, etc.

Speed

Optimization and Maintenance are two options that come under the Speed tab. Optimization, as the name suggests, will help you to optimize your computer for better speed and performance. The more apps you run, the heavy will be the system load. There will be tons of apps running in the background that makes your system lag. You can disable those background apps that you don’t use and this way make your Mac faster.

The maintenance section will show you things that could improve the performance of your computer. Doing things like Flush DNS Cache, Free Up RAM, Reindex Spotlight, etc can improve the system performance.

Applications

Uninstaller

Even after uninstalling apps, there will be some files left by the app that makes no sense. So, it is always recommended that you delete them as well. CleanMyMac X will help you in doing that. The software will also help you to find software and apps that you have not used much and if needed uninstall them as well.

Updater

As the name itself indicates, Update helps you to find the latest version of apps installed in your computer and update them if available,. It is always better to have the latest version of the app installed.

Extensions

This options lets you find extensions, plugins and widgets that you don’t use and clear them up.

Files

Large and Old Files

There are chances that you might have forgot to delete files after the use. Let’s say you copied some files a few months back and after it was done, you did not delete the files. But the files are still there in your computer eating up lots of hard disk space. Large and Old Files option will help you to find files that you have not opened for months and delete them to free up space.

Shredder

You might have heard about file recovery software, right? It is possible to recover permanently deleted files from our computer. But if you do not want that to happen then Shredder will make sure that the files you deleted will be deleted forever and cannot be recovered.

So, these are all the options in CleanMyMac X that will help you to clean your Mac.

CleanMyMac X Pricing

CleanMyMac X comes with flexible pricing options as per the number of computers you own.

• License for 1 Mac
  One Time Purchase – $89.95
  One-Year Subscription – $34.95

• License for 2 Mac
  One Time Purchase – $134.95
  One-Year Subscription – $54.95

• License for 1 Mac
  One Time Purchase – $199.95
  One-Year Subscription – $79.95

Custom plans are also available if you have more number of macs.

Final Verdict

After using CleanMyMac X on my MacBook, I was able to quickly clear about 5.02GB of junk files, remove unwanted extensions, uninstall apps not used for long, and finally optimize my computer for maximum performance.

I would suggest you try CleanMyMac X on your computer and see the performance difference yourself. You can opt for the free trial and use the software to see how it works.

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