Winebottler Mac Download
Mac users interested in Winebottler for mac 10.5.8 generally download: WineBottler 2.0. Wine is an operating system enhancing tool. In simple terms Wine will allow you to install Windows application on your MAC. WineBottler Combo Free. Wine & WineBottler builds for OS X - run windows applications on OS X. How To: Running Windows applications on a Mac doesn't have to involve the hassle of setting up a virtual machine, installing the Windows operating system on it and finally getting to use that single application you needed - you could take the WineBottler route instead.
Latest Version:
Requirements:
Download nox for mac. Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Author / Product:
Mike Kronenberg / WineBottler for Mac
Old Versions:
Filename:
WineBottlerCombo_1.6.1.dmg
MD5 Checksum:
d50962cc216ccfe1e9975da3f5b79619
WineBottler for Mac allows users to bottle Windows applications as Mac apps! WineBottler packages Windows-based programs like browsers, media-players, games or business applications snugly into Mac app-bundles.- Your company provides you with a login, mail, calendar and contacts that only work on certain browsers?
- You quickly want to test your websites in Windows-based browsers.
- You want to play games, that are not ported to OS X?
- Your online trading platform or accounting tool only runs on Windows?
- Your audio book player is not available on OS X?
No need to install emulators, virtualizers or boot into other operating systems – the app runs your Windows-based programs directly on your Mac. This is possible thanks to a Windows-compatible subsystem, which is provided by the great OpenSource tool Wine.
Select from a wide range of software for which WineBottler offers automated installations. It is as easy as hitting 'Install' – and Wine Bottler will leave you with a neat app on your desktop. The tool does not come with the programs themselves, but with scripts, that take care of downloading, configuring and installing everything into an app for you.
Double-click your .exe or .msi and convert it into an app with WineBottler. You can run the generated app like every other program on your Mac. For advanced users, Wine Bottler for Mac gives you a selection of options: install special dependencies and even turn your .exe into a self-contained app - that is an app, that contains everything to run it.. even on other Macs. Porting to OS X never was easier.
Note: Requires Wine and 64-bit processor.
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Although there are usually equal (or sometimes better) alternatives to the best software applications on Windows, this is not always the case. We have previously covered use of the VirtualBox tool to create virtual machines which run inside your normal operating system, and this is one method for accessing Windows software on an OS X computer (or vice versa), but it is heavy-handed. Especially if you only intend to use one application.
For Mac owners, a more efficient method (particularly for those interested in running the Windows application and not Windows itself) is to use WineBottler, a free open source tool that converts Windows programs into OS X programs so that they can be run natively.
It sounds too good to be true, but it actually works. WineBottler is a 'wrapper' interface for Wine, an open source API layer that allows Unix based operating systems to run Windows applications. Read on to learn more.
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Step-by-Step Instructions
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Navigate to the download page and grab the DMG file for WineBottler. Mount the file and then drag both Wine and WineBottler into your Applications folder (Wine is the environment and WineBottler the front-end that you will use to access it).
Launch WineBottler by clicking the entry in the Applications folder. When the interface appears, it is divided into three main sections - Existing Prefixes, Install Predefined Prefixes and Create Custom Prefixes. Select the Create Custom Prefixes tab.
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You will need a Windows installation file (such as an .exe, or executable file) to continue. This is a file that will not normally run on your Mac, so if you do not have one then you are in the right place - just head over to the Windows downloads and select an application like you would like to run.
In WineBottler, click Select File and locate the Windows installation file. If the file is an executable file with the extension .exe then check the Copy Only box.
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If you wish to create a standalone Mac version of the installer that can be run on other OS X machines that do not have WineBottler installed, check the Self Contained box. Check the Silent Install box and then click Install.
Select a file name for the Mac installer, and choose a location on your computer to save it to. Click OK and WineBottler begins to create an OS X version of the Windows application. Once this process is complete, check the folder you specified for the new file.
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Double-click the new file to launch the application and begin the installation process. The installer will look and feel exactly the same as it would on a Windows environment. Follow the on-screen prompts and allow the application to install itself to the emulated Window drive on the Wine environment.
Once installation is completed, the application will launch automatically and can be used just as if it were running on Windows.
Tips & Advice
- Portable applications, e.g. ones that do not require installation, work best with WineBottler. This is because you do not have to go through the installation process each time you wish to use the application.
- Not all Windows applications can be run in WineBottler, although many of them do.
- Creating standalone installers that run on any Mac will use up more disk space. This is because the Wine libraries must be packaged alongside it, so it can run on an OS X system that does not have WineBottler installed.
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