How to install and use WhatsApp for Mac OS/MAC Book/Laptop

WhatsApp for Mac is a reality! Discover how to install. One of the main complaints from users is that WhatsApp for Mac (and PC) does not exist. Those responsible for the application must be considered that WhatsApp only a service for mobile devices, as they are always accompany users.

But... Can we tender WhatsApp on Mac? Can we tender WhatsApp for PC? Officially in, but hey, we want to tell you a trick you can use it for instant messaging service  Mac from the PC it wants. But first things first.

What is WhatsApp?

Surely most already know the answer to this question, but if there is a clueless who still do not know, say that WhatsApp is a cross-platform instant messaging application used the world over . With it is possible to communicate with other people through text messages, send pictures, send audio messages and even send our location at any given time.

WhatsApp is available for different platforms officially, but they are all mobile platforms. WhatsApp WhatsApp for Mac or PC does not exist officially , although it is possible to use it and we will explain how to use the messaging application on a iMac , MacBook Air , MacBook Pro, Mac Mini or other Mac that you have (well, most of these instructions are also valid to have WhatsApp on a Windows PC).

What do we need to have WhatsApp on a Mac

To install and use WhatsApp from a Mac computer, only need to meet very basic requirements.

• A Mac with Intel processor from 2006 onwards (excluding MacBook, Mac Mini and iMac early 2006 with Core Solo and Core Duo).
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion or Mavericks with the latest available updates installed.
• 2GB of free space on hard disk drive and 3GB of RAM minimum (although in some cases it can function with 2GB).
• The free app BlueStacks. This will be in charge of making that WhatsApp can run on a Mac.
• A Gmail account to access Google Play Store.

What is Bluestck?

BlueStacks is an Android emulator for Mac and Windows . Thanks to this application we can emulate the Google mobile operating system on your computer and install any app from the Play Store like we have in our hands a smartphone or tablet with Android.

Thanks to this free emulator is possible to have WhatsApp for Mac and Windows .

What more could you want? Now we can haveWhatsApp on your computer! Free and very easy to install and configure.

Install WhatsApp for Mac and PC

The process for installing BlueStack and have WhatsApp for Mac is simple and following the step by step that we leave should be fine to run it in a few minutes.

1.-The first step, logically, is to download the latest available version of BlueStack . You only have to click on this link and start the download.

2.-After the download, run the file and BlueStacks_AppPlayer-Beta.dmg just have to drag the icon to the Applications folder BlueStacks.app from the window that will open on your Mac.
3.- Installation takes seconds and once you finish, we will go to the Applications folder and run BlueStacks.app .

4. Depending on your Mac, the first run will take more or less. Once implemented we will find similar to this interface:
5. Now we must configure access to the Play Store with our Gmail account. To do this you click on My Apps and in the window that appears on the Continue button.
6.-In the next window (a black window that explains that we will add a new Google account)), you click on the Next button at the bottom right.
7.-In this step we can decide to create a new account or access an existing one . In our case we will choose to go with an existing, so we click on Sign in (if you do not own Gmail account you can choose the other option to create a new one).
8.-introduced our Gmail email address, password, and you click on Sign in the bottom right (to close the keyboard that appears on screen you click on the Done button on the keyboard itself).
9.- If we entered the data correctly, it will indicate that Google account is now linked to the phone (with BlueStacks emulated in this case). We click on Finish Setup lower right.
10. Now the emulator will tell us that we need to configure 1-Click Sync . We click Continue again on the blue button and then on the Proceed button on the new window that appears.
11.-Again we have to write our data access Google account that we used in the previous section.

12.-We ask that we select our model device even on the list then none . Just you click on Done at the top right and in the window that appears on Finish.
13.-Will we see the setup window and now have a button that says Let's go! We click on it.

14. Punctured on the magnifying glass button on blue found in the top in the gray zone.
15. a seeker of apps displayed. In it we wrote WhatsApp and you click on the Install button on the first result .

16.-In the new window will show results from different app stores. Punctured on WhatsApp Messenger first icon that appears on the list in the first column .
17.the download process starts and in a matter of seconds (or minutes depending on the speed of your Internet connection) will finish the download and installation .

18. closed the finder apps and you click on the My Apps option. By accessing the tab see WhatsApp Installed the state. We click on the app to run.
19.-We will welcome you and just have to click on the Agree button and continue to the next step. In this step we will have to enter the phone number you want to associate the account of WhatsApp on your computer. 's important to enter the country code . For example, in the case of Spain would put 34 and after the 9 digit number. Once these data covered click on OK and confirm that the number is correct in the new window.
20.will receive an SMS with the confirmation code on your mobile number to associate the account of WhatsApp. At this point it is important to mention that WhatsApp only work on one device at a time, so if we set it on WhatsApp for Mac through BlueScale stop working on our smartphone . If we agree, enter the code and click in OK. We inform you that our license will last X time (depends on which we had before our smartphone) and you can use WhatsApp from your Mac or PC.