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no9

Reputation: 6544

Ways to run custom windows application in OSx

I would like to know options to run custom windows application (delphi) on MacOS.

I know that the optimal solution would be to re-write the application in objective-c, but that would take over a year of development.

I know that I could use "bootcamp" or virtual solution. That includes the expenses of windows + virtual enviroments that is a no-go.

But I wonder if there is a way to actually run windows applications the easy (one click installer) way such as CrossOver or any other similar solutions.

I would be most grateful If you share your ideas!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 151

Answers (1)

Tom Pace
Tom Pace

Reputation: 2387

The way I've done so, after getting feedback from others on other web sites for Beyond Compare, is use Wine. Now I am not certain what all the options are for wine, binary-wise.

I didn't have the time to invest in figuring it out, but someone on twitter, and the beyond compare account itself, recommended Wine Bottler.

http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

When using wine/wine bottler, the windows apps will see the local file system in a curious way. The real mac local drive appears as "Desktop\My Computer\Z:", and what seems to be a new virtual drive appears as "Desktop\My Computer\C:" with the typical windows folders. Also under desktop: a folder called "/" which is the same as z:

I'm sure someone who has a lot of experience could have answered this question with better elaboration, but these are at least based in my own limited and successful experience.

Upvotes: 1

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