If you were using your phone for Kik, you could allow Address Book Matching, which scours your contacts for other Kik users and links up with them. If you already have friends who use Kik, you’re golden. For the purposes of installing Kik, everything should work fine. Some newer games may have compatibility issues, but these are usually mentioned on the Bluestacks website and for popular apps these issues get addressed fairly quickly. You can install any app from the store and it should work on Bluestacks. As it is a legitimate application, you can use the Google Play Store as you would if were you using an Android smartphone. The Bluestacks desktop looks and feels a lot like an Android phone and works in much the same way.

Double click the Google Play Store on the Home screen.

The download button automatically detects your operating system and downloads the most appropriate version.

Download and install Bluestacks for Mac.

If you must use Kik on your Mac, this is the way to do it. True, Kik itself is free, but Bluestacks isn’t exactly pricey, and once you have it you can use it for far more than just Kik. It costs $2 a month to continue using after the free trial but is very good at what it does.

It is a very effective Android emulator that enables you to play mobile games and use apps on your computer in much the same way as you would use them on a mobile device.

It is a commercial program that has versions for both Windows and Mac. Though a whole host of them exist, the emulator I tend to use is Bluestacks. If your buddies are all on Kik, it’s the only viable option right now unless you want to be glued to your iPhone or iPad all day and night to stay in touch. It runs a little slow, as it isn’t a native app, but it does work.

Ironically, even though there is a Kik app for iOS, the best way to get it on a Mac is to use an Android emulator that runs on Mac OS.

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