How To Run Citra On Mac?

So, you want to play Citra on your Mac, right? You've come to the right place today! I'm going to cover all you need to know about running Citra on your computer. We'll have some great discussions so grab yourself a beer and a packet of biltong and sit back as we start off our journey.

The Citra application is mainly used as an emulator to run Nintendo 3ds games in any system interface. You can play any Nintendo 3ds games in your Mac if you know the process to run this application.

Downloading and installing the application

To download and install the application from their website:

1. Open your web browser and go to citra-emu.org from your web URL. Click on the download option for Mac OS.
2. Select the “Download for Mac” option.
   
3. The web browser will start downloading the Citra application file. Wait for the download to complete.
4. Click on the file to start the installation process. As the downloaded file is a dmg file, the file will extract the contents. A new tab will pop up showing you the setup file. Click on the “Citra-setup-mac” icon.
   A pop-up will appear warning you about the file opening from the dmg format. Click “Open” to proceed with your installation.
5. Click “Continue” on the first page of Setup options. Create a new folder for your application in your local storage directory. This folder will store your Citra application data for you to use in the future.
6. Direct the Installation Folder to the folder you have created for the Citra database and click “Continue” to proceed.
7. There are two options that you can choose: the “Citra Canary” mode and the “Citra Nightly” mode. We would recommend that you use the Canary mode as this mode gets updated constantly so that you will be able to enjoy the updates and updated features.
   
8. Click “Continue”, read and accept the license conditions to proceed.
9. The installer will start copying the files it needs to start installing and will install the file. Wait for the installation bar to complete. Click “Finish” to exit the installer.
   

Running the application

Test the application with any Nintendo 3ds game. To test run the application:

1. First, you will have to download the game file. Go to the official website of Nintendo to download the game. The downloaded file will be a rar file.
2. Extract contents from the rar file. You can use WinRAR, 7Zip, or any extracting application of your choice.
3. Open the “Terminal” command tab. Type “cd” and move your directory to the folder where you stored the downloaded file. Drag the “unrar” file from the folder to the “Terminal” command tab and press the “E” button on your keyboard.
4. Drag and move the rar file of the game to the Terminal and press “Enter”. Close the “Terminal” tab after the system has completed extracting the files.
5. Now go to the “Citra” folder and select the “Canary” folder. Click on the “Citra-qt” file to open your Citra application.
6. Remove all the existing game directories and add a new directory. Set the directory to your saved Nintendo Ds game file. After the directory is added, the Citra application will show you that the game has been added to the list and it will show you if the compatibility is ok or not.
   
7. Setup your graphics and controller by going to Citra>Preferences and selecting your region, audio output, etc. After you have finished making the changes, click “OK” to close the settings.
8. Now open the game and try to play it with the controller settings that you have set. You will see that the game is running on your system. There may be some lag issues if you don’t have a high configuration graphics card but the game will work perfectly fine.
   

Summary: Run Citra on Mac

• Download Citra Mac Version.
• Open the DMG file, and drag the app file into your Applications folder. If a warning pops up, right click on the app and select open.
• Run the app by clicking on it once in the Applications folder.
• Run the selected game. To do this, you must have a compatible Nintendo 3DS ROM. Click File -> Open Rom and select your rom.
• If you're using a macbook pro with an AMD Radeon chip, you'll need to disable GPU shader cache on the following screen so that you can run the game properly.
• Enjoy!