Blizzard Launcher (the application may actually be called the "World of Warcraft Launcher") is a utility application introduced with patch 1.8.3 to ostensibly provide news links and a minimal set of pre-launch configuration options for the actual game and the patch downloader. Behind the scenes it would also theoretically provide some measure of scanning and protection from trojan viruses and third party cheat programs.
Cataclysm 4.2.0 Patch Download
In the upcoming expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the launcher will be updated to "stream" installation and patch data. The new launcher is broken up into three stages of download progress:
For World of Warcraft, it was essentially replaced by the Blizzard Launcher with the "stream" installation update from patch 4.0.1. Although, standalone patches were still being made for download until patch 4.2.0. For Warcraft III, the Blizzard Updater was used up until patch 1.27b when it was replaced with a Blizzard Installer built around the Battle.net desktop app which lasted up to patch 1.31.1.
I found this around page 32 after searching "world of warcraft" on patches-scrolls. Click "download" next to your language, click "download" on the next page, wait for the timer and click "download" again.
background downloader starts for a seconds and then it tells me that it is a not an authorized download, blizzard updater says there is no patch file to apply, and BNUpdate gives me a "Localization.xml file cannot be loaded" error.
Delete (or move elsewhere) the MPQ listed in the error and restart the client. I was able to extract maps, and vmaps with the following files (after patching and letting the client finish downloading).
You should also be patching either with your internet disabled or WoW servers blocked so the Launcher which runs automatically after some patches won't bork you to 5.x. Only allow internet connections when running backgrounddownloader.exe.
The minimum supported Mac OS X revision for WoW will be changed in a post-1.9.0 patch, from 10.3.5 to 10.3.9. If you are running 10.3.5 - 10.3.8 and need to get the free update, you can use Software Update or you can click here for the direct download. This change will make it easier for us to release future updates to the game, for example to support upcoming Mac models based on Intel processors. 2ff7e9595c
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