Highball
Which renderer to use
Highball can run each game through three different Direct3D translation layers. This is what the database knows for this title — empty rows are open questions, not failures.
| Renderer | Verdict | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| DXVKDirect3D 9-11 over Vulkan | Untested | no report yet — send one |
| DXMTDirect3D 11 over Metal | Untested | no report yet — send one |
| D3DMetalApple's Game Porting Toolkit | Reported | 1 report |
No dated Highball run yet. When one lands it records the renderer, the engine build and the macOS version it was seen on — which is what stops a verdict quietly rotting. Send one.
Notes
Reported perfect on a base M4 with D3DMetal on the default engine (r28), 24 minutes in the logged session and several longer ones by the player's account, with no issues.
Provenance
Reported by sionnachistigh (highball-db#1199, 2026-11-14), Apple M4, macOS 27.2.1, Highball 0.10.26, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r28, D3DMetal, rated 5 of 5 after 24 minutes: played several times for long stretches by the player's account, no issues. Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! work on Mac?
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! has no native Mac build, but it is reported to run on Apple Silicon through Highball, a free open-source compatibility layer. This comes from community reports rather than a Highball test run, so treat it as a reasonable expectation rather than a guarantee.
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This page is generated from an open database. If you have run Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! on Apple Silicon, working or not, a report takes a minute and fills in the empty rows above. Send a report, or read how the data is put together.