The main reason the official MT4 download doesn’t work well on Macs is that MetaTrader is a 32-bit application and the latest versions of macOS Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur and Apple Silicon M1/M2 Macs do not support 32 bit apps anymore. Why Doesn’t The Official MT4 Work Well On Macs? You’ll also frequently see messages that “MetaTrader needs to be updated” which are quite annoying when running the official MT4 download on a Mac. Some features also don’t work in this version of MT4 such as adding indicators and the application in general is very slow and looks dated.

This is particularly true on Apple Silicon M1 & M2 Macs so you’ll find that MT4 crashes a lot or doesn’t work well. The main reason is because the Wine software that Crossover is based on can be very unstable. However, we don’t recommend running MT4 on a Mac this way. This adapted version of MT4 works on Intel Macs and also the latest Apple Silicon M1 & M2 Macs including M1/M2 MacBook Pros. When you download and install the official MT4 for Mac application, it is bundled with a Windows emulation software called “Crossover” which is based on the open source “Wine” Windows emulation software. MT4 on a Mac Using Boot Camp (Intel Macs Only)Ī fully compatible native version of MT4 for Mac is not available but you can still download and install MT4 on a Mac thanks to Windows emulation software. MT4 on a Mac with Parallels (Intel Macs Only)

Why Doesn’t The Official MT4 Work Well On Macs?.

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