Wowhead announced today that it has released a download client for Mac OS X. Now the denizens of the cult of Mac can contribute to the collective WoW knowledge base that so deliciously feeds our need for data on lewtz. Just like the Windows version, the new OS X client installs Wowhead Looter, an addon which tallies up information in the background as you play and populates the Wowhead database with stats the game's items, drop rates, quests, and all sorts of other goodness. Just remember that you need a Wowhead account before the Looter can upload information back to the database. Otherwise, you've just got yourself an addon that's all dressed up with no place to go.
[Thanks, Toras.]
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6-02-2008 @ 9:20AM
Jeni said...
Okay, not the right topic...but I keep getting fatal errors when I come to this site due to ads you guys are running on your page. Just an FYI. It's becoming a serious issue and crashing my brower.
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6-02-2008 @ 9:28AM
Tobark said...
What browser?
6-02-2008 @ 9:24AM
Pedro said...
Thanks for the tip =)
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6-02-2008 @ 9:28AM
Silverrealm said...
Woo hoo, FINALLY Mac users get some luvs.
Oh and I also get page error due to ads on my browser at work.
Firefox doesn't have these issues, cause ad's are not allowed.
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6-02-2008 @ 9:32AM
NeSuKuN said...
Just before I download it and contribute:
I've read (even on this blog) that all of the big WoW Databases are now owned by gold farmers. Is it just an urban legend? How can I trust binaries from the same ones which day by day hack accounts to spam/sell/farm?
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6-02-2008 @ 11:10AM
Zala said...
You can trust Wowhead... Trust me :) Andyou can trust me too...
Well this was good timing because i just got my new iMac... 24" for your information. 130 fps outside main cities 90 in Shatt!...
6-02-2008 @ 10:04AM
Rhys said...
To quote from Wikipedia:
"The Inquirer noted that Affinity Media, parent company of Thottbot and Allakhazam, bought Wowhead for $1 million, giving them ownership of all three major World of Warcraft databases.
Affinity Media was the previous parent company of IGE, which generated revenue from selling World of Warcraft gold, but Affinity Media later severed ties with IGE."
6-02-2008 @ 10:11AM
SaintStryfe said...
You're no more helping gold farmers by using WoWhead's client then you are helping Nazis by buying a BMW. There just isn't any connection and hasn't been for a long while.
6-02-2008 @ 10:55AM
innajunglestylee said...
Thread godwinned.
6-02-2008 @ 12:26PM
Akakios said...
@6
What exactly does 130 FPS look like...?
6-02-2008 @ 2:44PM
Ikarus said...
I've heard that the human eye can't really notice a difference above 30-35fps
6-02-2008 @ 10:25AM
synack said...
It's about damned time. I've been bugging them about this for years. Literally.
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6-02-2008 @ 10:39AM
SaintStryfe said...
I just installed it... works nicely. They have some OS X development chops - it works like a very nice Mac App, not a third-rate port. Aces WoWHead, I'll be contributing!
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6-02-2008 @ 3:16PM
Malgayne said...
The app was actually developed by an Apple software engineer named Rudy (http://www.wowhead.com/?user=wowrudy), who happens to be a Wowhead fan. We're very lucky to have his help. :)
6-02-2008 @ 12:42PM
SaintStryfe said...
Awesome. How about he go and start slapping the guys at Vent to actually work with the standard protocol? And make the software look like a Mac program?
6-02-2008 @ 11:01AM
Verses said...
Yaaayyy !!! :D
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6-02-2008 @ 12:32PM
troy said...
"Now the denizens of the cult of Mac can [...]"
Seriously? Is that you John C. Dvorak?
What's next? Windows users are referred to as blue screen fetishists?
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6-02-2008 @ 1:31PM
vlad said...
so it will look really cool but be less functional?
thats macs M.O.
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6-02-2008 @ 2:18PM
Michel said...
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6-02-2008 @ 3:50PM
Buffalufagus said...
I downloaded, and tried it. Works great. Amazing that something can work well and look good. I'll never understand why some windoze users feel that things can't be pretty and functional.
Anyway, kudos to Wowhead for finally letting us Mac users contribute to the site. Even Windows users should be excited as the data on Wowhead should only improve.