Hi folks,
Oct 03, 2019 By Ken Thomases A quick update on our progress in making CrossOver Mac compatible with Catalina. A few tips for turning off automatic updates and a blurb about what we are doing for you if CrossOver isn't ready by the time Catalina drops. Symmetry for Mac! Yes, Symmetry is free for 48 hours!And while the GOG.com version has a Mac version for 32-bit Mac OS, I ported it to 64-bit compatible so also Catalina 10.15.x users can play this game. The other option has been to use the open source program called Wine along with Wineskin Winery to install and run it on a Mac. With the release of macOS Catalina this method no longer worked and if you had the Watchtower Library already installed it would stop working when you upgraded to Catalina. Nov 04, 2019 I run a number of Windows programs on my Mac using Crossover, so I'll be holding out hoping CodeWeavers does indeed solve the problems they've had getting Crossover to work on Catalina. I assume if they do that, we'll eventually get a Wine-Catalina solution for LOTRO.
As you are probably aware, we have been working hard to provide support for 32 bit applications on macOS 10.15, Catalina. This has proven to be a monumental challenge, as we are effectively adding back a facility that Apple has taken away.
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I am happy to announce that we have finished a first alpha build of CrossOver 19 for macOS 10.15. This build is intended for customers that have upgraded to Catalina only to find themselves unable to run their favorite Windows applications with CrossOver. Our hope is that this build will get those customers back up and running.
If you are a customer that is running Catalina and you have an existing CrossOver install, please contact us to ask for access to this build.
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Note that this build is very rough and has barely been tested. We have found that it seems to run most already installed applications. It does have trouble installing a few new applications (certain MS Office versions and a few .NET versions), and the way launchers work in the dock is not great. We haven't yet had time to test it much more substantially than that, so we would consider a fairly risky package to use, and only recommend it for people who are otherwise dead in the water.
If you are not running Catalina, or do not have any CrossOver installation, we recommend you stick with 18.5 for now. We plan to start our beta process shortly and we hope to have a production quality version of CrossOver 19 before the end of the year. We strongly recommend that everyone that can wait for that version.
Cheers,
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Jeremy
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About CodeWeavers
Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy,CodeWeavers focuses on the development ofWine – the core technology foundin all of its CrossOver products. Thecompany's goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, fasterand more painless to port Windows software to Mac and Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-sourceWindows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the United Kingdom and elsewhere aroundthe world. The company is privately held.
Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy,CodeWeavers focuses on the development ofWine – the core technology foundin all of its CrossOver products. Thecompany's goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, fasterand more painless to port Windows software to Mac and Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-sourceWindows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the United Kingdom and elsewhere aroundthe world. The company is privately held.