1. You can run multiple instances of apps natively on your Mac. Simply open Terminal, then type: open -n -a BlueStacks.app. To type it again easily, hit the Up Arrow, then hit Enter. Do this as many times as you please. If you can't find your Terminal on your Mac, hit Command+Space, then search for Terminal and select it from the list.
2. You just need to login to your Google account as you log in on your mobile, and then you will be able to download almost all mobile apps on your PC.

BlueStacks is an American technology company known for the BlueStacks App Player and other cloud-based cross-platform products. The BlueStacks App Player is designed to enable Android applications to run on PCs running Microsoft Windows and Apple's macOS. The company was founded in 2009 by Jay Vaishnav, Suman Saraf, and Rosen Sharma, former CTO at McAfee and a board member of Cloud.com.

Investors include Samsung.^[7]

The company was announced May 26, 2011, at the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco. Citrix CEO Mark Templeton demonstrated an early version of BlueStacks onstage and announced that the companies had formed a partnership. The public alpha version of App Player was launched on October 11, 2011.^[8] App Player exited beta on June 7, 2014. On July 23, 2014 Samsung announced ^[7] it had invested in BlueStacks. This brought total outside investment in BlueStacks to $26 million.^[9]

BlueStacks App Player[edit]

The App Player, software that virtualizes an Android OS, can be downloaded in versions for Windows 10 and macOS. The software's basic features are free to download and use. Advanced optional features require a paid monthly subscription.^[10] The company claims the App Player can run 1.5 million Android apps as of November 2019.^[11] As of February 2021, BlueStacks have been downloaded over 1 billion times and has more than 500 million users.^[12] App Player features mouse, keyboard, and external touchpad controls.

With the Multi-Instance Manager on BlueStacks, you can create multiple instances using different Android versions in a matter of seconds. This detailed guide will help you understand how to select your Android version in the Multi-instance manager, based on the types of games you wish to play.

BlueStacks for Mac[edit]

On June 27, 2012, the company released an alpha-1 version of its App Player software for macOS,^[13] while the beta version was released on December 27, 2012.

In April 2015, BlueStacks, Inc. announced that a new version of App Player for macOS, 2.0, was in development, which was released in July.^[14]

BlueStacks 2[edit]

In December 2015, BlueStacks, Inc. released the new version BlueStacks 2.0^[15] which lets users run multiple Android applications simultaneously.^[16] BlueStacks 2.0 was also available for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or later, till 2018.

BlueStacks TV (BTV)[edit]

On April 7, 2016, the company released BlueStacks TV which integrated Twitch.tv directly into the BlueStacks App Player.^[17] This addition allows users to stream their apps to Twitch without the need for extra hardware or software. BlueStacks released Facebook Live integration in September 2016, allowing users to stream their gameplay to their Facebook profiles, Pages they control, or Facebook Groups they belong to.^[18]

BlueStacks 3[edit]

In July 2017, BlueStacks released BlueStacks 3 based on a brand new engine and front-end design.^[19] BlueStacks 3 added App Center which personalizes game suggestions, an account system, chat, new keymapping interface, and multi-instance. Multi-instance allows users to launch multiple BlueStacks windows using either the same or different Google Play account.

BlueStacks 3N[edit]

On January 19, 2018, BlueStacks announced the release of the BlueStacks + N Beta which runs on Android 7 (Android Nougat) and claimed to be the first and only Android gaming platform to have Android 7 at the time, since the majority of Android emulators ran Android 4.4 (KitKat), including prior BlueStacks versions.^[20] This beta version is powered by an upgraded 'HyperG' graphics engine allowing BlueStacks to utilize the full array of Android 7 APIs Firewire webcam for mac.

BlueStacks 4[edit]

Bluestacks Multi Instance Manager Mac Download

On September 18, 2018, BlueStacks announced the release of its latest flagship version, BlueStacks 4. BlueStacks 4 benchmarks 6-8x faster than every major mobile phone according to the Antutu benchmark.^[21] BlueStacks 4 also includes dynamic resource management which only initializes the required Android libraries thus freeing resources. A new dock and search offer a clean user interface. New AI powered key-mapping tool auto maps keys in supported games with key customization also available for further tweaking. In addition, BlueStacks 4 supports^[22] both 32-bit and 64-bit version of Android 7.1.2 Nougat.

Development for macOS has been restarted, and version 4 is currently available from the website as of November 2019, first released for Mac in January 2019.^[23]

BlueStacks 4 64-Bit Beta[edit]

On January 17, 2019, BlueStacks released a 64-bit version of BlueStacks 4 via its early access program.^[24] This version runs on a 64-bit version of Android 7.1.2 which allows for improved performance, and more efficient memory usage. The prerequisites for running this build include running a 64-bit version of Windows 8 or later, with virtualization enabled, and Hyper-V disabled. This 64-bit release allows the installation and usage of ARM64-v8a android applications.

BlueStacks 5[edit]

On May 19, 2021, BlueStacks released BlueStacks 5.^[25]

Minimum requirements[edit]

Open Bluestacks Multi Instance Manager

Current minimum requirements for App Player for Windows include: Windows 7 or higher, 2 GB or higher system memory, 5 GB of hard drive space, administrator rights, and an Intel or AMD processor.^[5] BlueStacks clashes with the BitDefender antivirus software.^[26] An update to the latest graphic card driver version is also recommended.

Minimum requirements for macOS are: macOS Sierra or higher, 4 GB RAM, 4 GB disk space, and a model newer than 2014. BlueStacks has explicitly said that they have not supported Apple silicon yet.^[27]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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Emulation and virtualization software is hugely popular among Mac users who want to run operating systems other than macOS on their computer. While the likes of Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion are the most popular tools for running Windows on a Mac, when it comes to running Android, Bluestacks is a widely used option. If you have installed Bluestacks on your Mac to run Android apps, but no longer need it, you should uninstall it to free up space. We’ll show you how to do that in this article.

What is Bluestacks?

It’s an Android emulator for Mac and PC that allows you to run Android apps and games on both platforms. While it’s optimized for games, it can run over 95% of apps on the Google Play store. So, if there’s an Android app or game you wish you could run on your Mac, Bluestacks is the way to do it. Bluestacks is free to download, and once you’ve installed it, while it doesn’t emulate any specific version of Android, its user interface will look familiar. In addition, there’s an icon for the Google Play storefront and center, so you can get started downloading apps and games straight away.

Bluestacks is legal, and as long as you download it from the official Bluestacks websites, it won’t harm your Mac. One of the best things about Bluestacks is that it works with peripherals connected to your Mac, like your mouse, keyboard, and Mac’s webcam. And you can run multiple instances of Android using BlueStacks. So you could play two games at once or use multiple apps simultaneously. Or you could log in from different accounts and play multi-player games against yourself!

How to uninstall Bluestacks on your Mac manually

When you install Bluestacks, it places the application binary in your Applications folder. However, like all apps, it distributes lots of other files in various folders on your Mac. And to uninstall it completely, you need to remove those files, too. Here’s how to do it.

• Go to Applications > Utilities and launch Activity Monitor.
• Search for any processes with Bluestacks in their name.
• If you find any, select them and press the Quit Process button in Activity Monitor’s toolbar.
• Quit Activity Monitor.
• Go to your Applications folder and drag Bluestacks to the Trash.
• Click on the Finder icon in the Dock, then choose the Go menu.
• Choose Go to Folder, and in the text box, paste: ~/Library
• Check each of the folders below for Bluestacks files. If you find any, drag them to the Trash.

/Preferences

/Application Support

/PreferencePanes

/StartupItems

/LaunchDaemons

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• Click on the Go menu again, and this time, in the Go to Folder text box, paste: /Library
• Check the folders listed in step 8 and drag any files with Bluestacks in their name to Trash.

How to uninstall Bluestacks on your Mac easily

There are many steps in the manual method for uninstalling Bluestacks, so you may be wondering if there is an easier way. Well, yes, there is. CleanMyMac X has an uninstaller module that makes it very easy to uninstall any application with just a couple of clicks.

• If you don’t already have CleanMyMac X, you can download it here.
• Once it’s downloaded, install and launch it.
• Choose Uninstaller in the sidebar.
• Locate Bluestacks in the list of apps, check the box next to it, and press Uninstall.

CleanMyMac X will remove every trace of Bluestacks from your Mac, as it will with any app you choose to uninstall. You can even remove multiple apps simultaneously by checking the boxes next to each of the apps you want to delete and then pressing Uninstall.

In addition to uninstalling apps, CleanMyMac X allows you to reset them. Resetting an app returns it to its default state, removing any temporary files and settings that have been added since it was first installed. Often, that’s all you need to do to fix a problem with a crashing or hanging app. To reset an app, do the following.

1. Follow steps 1-3, above.
2. When you locate the app, click the dropdown next to it and choose Reset.
3. Press Reset.

How to uninstall Bluestacks apps

It may be that instead of uninstalling Bluestacks itself, you just want to remove Bluestacks apps. There are two methods for doing that. One uses the My Apps tab in Bluestacks. The other uses Android settings. We’ll show you how to do both.

Uninstall Blustacks apps from My Apps.

• Launch Bluestacks and choose the My Apps tab.
• Click and hold on to the app you want to uninstall.
• You should see an Uninstall icon appear near the top of the Bluestacks window.
• Drag the app over the Uninstall icon and when it turns red, drop the app.
• Click Ok to confirm.

Uninstall a Bluestacks app from Android settings

• Launch Bluestacks and go to My Apps.
• Click on the Settings button at the bottom of the screen (the circle with six dots in it).
• Choose Settings.
• Select Apps.
• Click on the app you want to remove and choose Uninstall.
• Choose Ok to confirm you want to get rid of the app.

Bluestacks is an app that emulates Android on Mac. It allows you to download and run Android apps and games. It’s perfectly safe, as long as you download it from the Bluestacks website. However, as with any app, if you’ve installed it and now don’t use it, you should uninstall it to free up space on your Mac. Follow the steps above to do that. If you don’t want to go through uninstalling it manually, you can use CleanMyMac X’s Uninstaller module to complete the job in a couple of clicks.