As practically there is nothing to write about WineBottler (as it is an app with GUI), we are writing only about Wine from the next paragraph. But Wine is practically a command line application and demands some knowledge to use it. org /Īt the time of publishing this article, there is no default ready-made solution for Mavericks offered by WineBottler. The Philosophy of both Wine and WineBottler is same. Installing Wine or WineBottler on OS X to Run Windows Programs : Basics to Know The experience is not exactly like running an native OS X App. The Windows Kernel basically runs, two computers with full or partial GUI, makes the things to slow down. Secondly, even the cost is nothing to you (?), the software demands huge resources. Apart from the price of these softwares, the biggest thing is – you need to have a Copy of Windows, Windows is, unfortunately for the Rich Peoples.

The widely known two are Virtualization Software. We are writing this guide on Installing Wine or WineBottler on OS X to Run Windows Programs based on OS X 10.8.5.Īs we all know, there are Softwares for OS X to run Windows Applications.

It takes a bit time to work to develop for free things. Both are Freeware, OpenSource and not a huge community is/are involved. One most important thing, at the time of writing, these two softwares might not be fully compatible with OS X Mavericks (10.9) fully by default, with time the developments will proceed to give the next versions compatible with Mavericks.

This is faster way, because lot of resources are not used. Installing Wine or WineBottler on OS X to Run Windows Programs is neither emulation nor Virtualization.

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