CrossOver : Fusion parallels or virtualbox are three tools that allow you to virtualize windows and run non-native windows apps on mac computers.
Fusion parallels or virtualbox are three tools that allow you to virtualize windows and run non-native windows apps on mac computers. In addition crossover allows you to run windows apps natively on mac os x without using an emulator. Wine is a free implementation of windows apis for unix systems the crossover engine is.
the list of supported apps includes popular apps like microsoft office, autocad, windows media player 9, adobe photoshop, dreamweaver mx or internet explorer; also, 3d games like half life 2, call of duty, counter strike or portal. For a full list click here.
to install an app you can either insert a program cd/dvd (crossover will automatically detect its content) or select an installation file. Most windows apps have not been tested so you can find out for yourself if crossover can run a particular app. To run a program without installing it use the command run option.
CrossOver runs on
Mac
and is available under the
Demo
license
— the installer is 1 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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