Being a Mac user, I can proudly say it is one of the most powerful machine ever built for the Developers. When I switched to Mac from Windows, for 2-3 days I found it very difficult to operate Mac. But now, I can’t think of switching back considering the User-friendly GUI and my love for UNIX. Though everything is just amazing, but there’s always room for improvement and Mac is no exception to it.
Most of the people don’t even realise that many of the apps that they used to run on Windows are not available for Mac until they hit the roadblocks. Some of them end up paying the hefty amount for Parallel Desktop and other install Windows via BootCamp. In case you don’t need complete Windows experience and just want to run some apps or programs, we have a better solution for you. Today, at GizmoStorm, we are with How To Run exe Files On Mac Without Installing Windows :
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Global Nav Open Menu Global Nav Close Menu; Apple; Shopping Bag +. So I go to the Flash Player site, click on 'Download' and.it saves an.exe file to my desktop. My Mac asks, 'What program do you want me to open this with?' Good question, Mac, because.exe files are for PCs! Anyone know why the site is not recognizing that I'm submitting my download request from a Mac?
- Mac running on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or above.
- WineBottler and Wine app installed on your Mac. Both the app comes in a single package, just drag both the apps to Application folder.
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How To Run exe Files On Mac Without Installing Windows
Step 1: Done with installing WineBottler and Wine app? If not, please follow the pre-requisite section before proceeding further. WineBottler packages the Windows-based applications like media players, applications, business tools and any other significant program that has not been ported to OS X into mac bundles.
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Step 2: Keep your .exe file that you want to run on your Mac handy.
Step 3: Now head over to the file and double click on it. I am a big fan of classic games and Sonic is one of them, so in my case, I’ll be using Sonic.exe
Step 4: It’ll ask you if you want to run the .exe file directly or want to convert it to Mc bundle first, the choice is totally yours. For illustration purpose I am selecting the latter.
Step 5: A window will pop up. Keep the settings same, but the particular settings highlighted in the screenshot totally depends upon your choice. Select any one of them according to your needs, it’ll not be a problem.
Step 6: Press the Install button, sit back and relax as Wine will do rest of the work for you. Finally, you’ll be gifted with the Mac bundled application of your favourite windows .exe file.
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In case you didn’t understand the procedure, we have a video tutorial for you :
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Devices and Mac OS X version
VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.
Web browser plugin for Mac OS X
Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.
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Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player
We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required
Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required
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Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.
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Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma
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Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.