

There are several broad categories of functionality provided by addons:

In particular, addons must be available free of charge, and may not include advertisements or solicit donations in-game. With the release of Patch 3.1, Blizzard introduced an official UI Add-On Development Policy that limits how addon authors can distribute their addons. Collections of addons that have been put together to form a coherent user interface are sometimes referred to as UIs. Some addons are standalone, and are able to run without any additional addons being installed others can require certain other addons to be installed to work at all, or integrate with other addons to provide additional functionality. by changing colors or positions of UI elements) without changing its functionality, or even replace the default UI entirely. additional buttons you can press to do things), modify the default UI's appearance (e.g. Addons vary greatly in scope and size - they may display information not presented at all by the default UI, add functionality to the default UI (e.g. Move Interface and WTF to the Desktop.AddOns (sometimes called addons, add-ons, or mods) are collections of Lua/ XML code that augment, modify, or replace World of Warcraft's default user interface. Navigate to /Applications/World of Warcraft/ģ. Click on the Burst icon (cog wheel) and select Apply to enclosed itemsġ. make sure you have Read & Write permissionsĦ. Click on the lock and unlock it, entering your admin password when prompted.ĥ.

In the World of Warcraft Info box, go to the Sharing & Permissions sectionĤ. Reset the permissions on your WoW folder:ģ. If they're not working, reset the temp files. There might also be subfolders to look for after you unzip. If these steps are not working, you will need to contact the publisher of the addon for further instructions. You should have access to the Addons button on the character selection screen. Unzip the file into /Applications/World of Warcraft/Interface/Addons.ģ. Download the zip file from your favorite site.Ģ. That being said, I can make sure you have the correct steps for installing them.ġ. We don't control the quality, and we can't support them. First, let me point out that while Blizzard does allow addons to be used in World of Warcraft, we do not develop them.
