31JAN2018
Super Blue Blood Moon happened and everyone came to get these files and Dropbox has temporarily suspended my links. Oh no!
Wineskin is a tool used to make wrappers to run Windows software on Mac OS X. The wrappers are in the form of a normal Mac Application, which can be double clicked and ran just like its native. They can also be used to make a distributable 'port' of software.
The instructions below for creating your own wineskin packages will still work. In the meantime I'll work on getting my prebuilt wineskin package links back up.
06OCT2015
Updated files! These are working in OSX 10.11 El Capitan. Read Previous posts.
Download Registax 6.1.0.8 for OSX 10.11 El Capitan
Download AutoStakkert 2.3.0.21 for OSX 10.11 El Capitan
- 10.14 (Mohave) 10.13 (High Sierra) 10.12 (Sierra) 10.11 (El Capitan) 10.10 (Yosemite) 10.9 (Mavericks) For macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and later, 64-bit MEGAX can be used. Alternatively, the Windows version of MEGA7 (and earlier) can be ran on macOS by using virtualization software such as VMWareFusion.
- Third-party tools include WineBottler, PlayOnMac, and Wineskin. There's also the free Porting Kit, which makes installing classic games easy, and the commercial CrossOver Mac, which is the only application here you have to pay for. We'll be using WineBottler for this tutorial, as it seems like the most popular option among Mac users.
04JAN2015
Many pieces of software used for astronomy do not have equivalents that can be used by those of us running OSX on macintosh computers. I have made a few wineskin wrapped versions of the software that I am currently using and I have made them available here for you.
You must first download Wineskin Winery and install it.
You can then wrap Software such as Registax and AutoStakkert so that they will run almost seamlessly in OSX. If you want to skip this step, you still need to install wineskin winery, but you can use the wineskin wrapped versions of Registax and AutoStakkert that I've prepared below. They are currently running without issue on OSX 10.10.
Download Registax 6.1.0.8 packaged in Wine for OSX.
Download AutoStakkert 2.3.0.21 packaged in Wine for OSX. This wrapper has the windows ffmpeg executables already installed that will allow you to import .mov files without having to transcode them.
Enjoy!
If you want to run Wavosaur audio editor on MAC OS X, it's now possible : with Wineskin, one can do a wrapper that handle a Windows software into a Mac app.
And we have done it for you !
Download Wavosaur 1.1.0.0 for MAC OS X
=> Wavosaur for MAC OS X <=
It has been tested and works for :
- OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
VST plugins are working : just be sure to use the Windows dll version (not the Mac version)
Download the ready-to-use Mac app or follow this guide for building a Wavosaur application for MAC :
How to build a Mac app from the Wavosaur windows executable with Wineskin
Wineskin is a free tool able to build a MAC port for Windows application : http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com.
The ports come as normal Mac application bundle.
Wineskin is based of course on Wine.
Here's a step by step guide, you need an internet connexion and a MAC computer :
1) download Wineskin Winery
2) download Wavosaur 32 bit and extract Wavosaur.exe on your HD
3) download MFC42.dll
4) unzip and launch Wineskin Winery app
Wineskin Winery app
If there are no packages / wrappers, just use the 'update' button and '+' button to add engine from the Web. You may need to restart the app to make the engine appears in the list.
5) click 'Create New Blank Wrapper'
Enter the name for the Mac program : 'Wavosaur' is a good choice !
6) if you get some windows asking you for installing .NET support or Gecko support, just click 'cancel', Wavosaur doesn't need .NET framework in order to run. It just needs a dll file, we'll add it on step 10)
not .net
7) After some time, you should get the window as seen below :
click 'View wrapper in Finder'
then close the Wineskin Winery App
8) right click on Wavosaur.app and select 'Show Package Contents', you should see a folder, a shortcut and a Wineskin.app
Wavosaur on Maaac !
9) open drive_c /ProgramFiles and copy Wavosaur.exe into it
10) open drive_c /Windows/System32 and copy MFC42.dll into it
11) launch Wineskin.app, and select 'Advanded'
12) click on 'browse' for the Window EXE and select Wavosaur.exe from the 'drive_c/Program Files'. You can also set an icon if you want => Wavosaur Mac icon
Wineskin Mac 10.15
Set Wavosaur
Wineskin For Mac 10 11 Download
At this time you can Test Run : it works ! If not, you can see an error log.
How To Update Wineskin On Mac
13) close the Wineskin.app, now you can use Wavosaur.app by double clicking on it, like any Mac application.
Copy Wavosaur.app anywhere you want (/Applications sounds like a good place).