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    Run Windows apps on Mac

    Oct 20, 2020 3 minutes
    Nick Peers

    IT WILL TAKE

    25 minutes

    YOU WILL LEARN

    How to run 32-bit Windows apps on your Mac in Catalina

    YOU’LL NEED

    Porting Kit (macOS 10.8 or later), SIP disabled (Catalina only)

    There are several ways to run Windows-only apps on your Mac, but only one allows you to run them directly from your Mac desktop, and that’s Wine (winehq.org). Its command-line nature makes it fiddly to use, but thankfully more user-friendly variants exist.

    Of these, CrossOver for Mac 19.0 is by far the best way to get Windows apps working on your Mac, still manages to take a lot of hassle out of the process.

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