#Better than wine for mac how to#
#Better than wine for mac mac#

The 64-bit client requires Windows components which are not included in the old version of WINE which SSG installs as part of the 'Mac Download' version of the game. So MOJAVE ONLY, no other version of MacOS will work! No 10.13 High Sierra, no 10.6 Snow Leopard: 10.14 MOJAVE ONLY!!Ģ- The 'Mac Download' version of LOTRO (the Windows version of LOTRO packaged with an old version of open-source WINE) will work on Macs running MacOS Mojave, but will be limited to the 32-bit client. And there is currently a known bug in WINE which prevents WINE 6.17 or later from running properly in versions of MacOS earlier than Mojave. (Remember that SSG's 'Mac Download' version of LOTRO is the Windows version of LOTRO packaged with a very old version of WINE, it is not a native Macintosh application.) Codeweavers Crossover gets around this with a proprietary version of WINE which includes a 32-bit to 64-bit conversion layer which means LOTRO will run in versions of MacOS more recent than Mojave with Crossover but not with open-source WINE. The reason this will not work for Macs using any version of MacOS more recent than Mojave such as Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey is because there is no 32-bit application support in post-Mojave versions of MacOS and both LOTRO and WINE itself have 32-bit components. So this was a good opportunity to develop a simpler procedure based on the procedure I developed last year.īefore beginning this procedure, please keep the following things in mind:ġ- This will work only for Macs running MacOS Mojave 10.14. Crossover was an option but my friend opted to not try it.

#Better than wine for mac mac#

Her Mac is old enough that it can't have MacOS Monterey 12 installed, she has some old 32-bit Mac-native applications she still likes to use, and so she wants to stick with Mojave for now. Using remote access, I helped a friend set up an old Mac running MacOS Mojave 10.14 so that it could run LOTRO better. This past week I had the opportunity to try to trim down that procedure a bit.

A number of people have followed that procedure successfully.

#Better than wine for mac how to#

which detailed how to install the latest stable version of open-source WINE so that SSG's 'Mac Download' version of LOTRO can use the 64-bit client instead of being stuck on the 32-bit client (and also prevent the opening of web browser windows or tabs with nags about installing Windows components that a typical Mac user of SSG's 'Mac Download' version of LOTRO doesn't have the ability to install). Back in June of 2021 I posted this thread.