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macOS wine 32/64-bit Setup

Run 32-bit apps on macOS Catalina (10.15) and Big Sur (11.0).

Installation

Dependencies

First install homebrew brew.sh

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

wine-crossover

Install via homebrew formula.

brew tap gcenx/wine
brew install --cask --no-quarantine wine-crossover

Run win32 binaries

Initial setup for win32

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winecfg

Run any supported app

List of supported app can be found on AppDB.

cd path/to/file
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine APP.exe

Run regular (64-bit) binaries

Default WINEPREFIX is ~/.wine.

Initial setup

winecfg

Run any supported app

List of supported app can be found on AppDB.

cd path/to/file
wine APP.exe
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qianwch commented Nov 16, 2022

In ventera, win32 prefix could not be created.

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doole commented Nov 23, 2022 •
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I didn't upgraded yet to macOS Ventura. Thanks for info @qianwch, I'll check it after the upgrade.

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ilake commented Jan 5, 2023

It works, thank you very much 🙇

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Jacke commented Jan 12, 2023

Ventura:

❯ WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winecfg
preloader: Warning: failed to reserve range 0000000000010000-0000000000110000
wine: WINEARCH set to win32 but '/Users/stan/.wine32' is a 64-bit installation.

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doole commented Jan 12, 2023

So, I guess win32 prefix is no longer supported...

$ brew install --cask --no-quarantine gcenx/wine/wine-crossover
==> Caveats
wine-crossover supports running 32-bit & 64-bit windows binaries.

wine-crossover does not support creating a 32-bit wine prefix.

To enable noflicker set the following registry key in your prefix:
[HKCU\Software\Wine\Mac Driver]
"ForceOpenGLBackingStore"="y"

[...]

🍺  wine-crossover was successfully installed!

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Jacke commented Jan 12, 2023

@doole what we can do about it? Currently, I’m using VMware, but I wanted to make wine works. It’s silly for Apple to just do everything to break compatibility by pushing useless Rosetta on their M1 chips

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doole commented Jan 14, 2023 •
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@Jacke maybe CrossOver support it

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Ventura:

❯ WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winecfg
preloader: Warning: failed to reserve range 0000000000010000-0000000000110000
wine: WINEARCH set to win32 but '/Users/stan/.wine32' is a 64-bit installation.

Same behaviour from Monterey.

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