Using Minecraft Texture Packs on OS X
Written 18 Jul 2011
Do texture packs work with Minecraft on the OS X platform? Yes, yes they do. Is it as simple as dropping the file(s) into ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks? No, no it isn't. After searching for several weeks on this (it took so long because I was avoiding all the youtube videos) I finally found the solution. Here is how to use texture packs on OS X:
- Download your chosen texturepack
- Open your Downloads folder using Finder
- Go into, or open, the folder created when the texturepack was unzipped during the download
- Select all files (cmd+a)
- Right click the selected files
- Click the menu entry labeled 'Compress # Items' where # matches the number of files selected
- A file named Archive.zip now exists in the folder
- Rename Archive.zip to a more appropriate name
At this point your texturepack is now ready for use. Copy it into ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/texturepacks and start minecraft. The listing in 'Mods and Texture Packs' should be in color, indicating the texture pack is ready for use.