Wineskin is a user-friendly tool used to make ports of Microsoft Windows software to Apple's macOS/Mac OS X. How Does It Work? As described in the original Wineskin's website. The ports are in the form of normal macOS application bundle wrappers. It works like a wrapper around the Windows software, and you can share just the wrappers if you choose. If you have wanted to run DMDX on your Mac, follow these steps and you should be ready to go! We will setup DMDX through the incredibly useful Wineskin project, which is a suite of tools built around an open-source tool originally meant to allow Windows-based programs to run on Linux. Wineskin bundles up each app into its own isolated environment.
I've felt frustrated not being able to run the Mac version of KeyKit on a modern Mac (okay, it's from 2008), but I've been pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to install and run the Windows version using Wineskin.Wineskin is a free, open-source application that lets you port Windows applications to OS X without requiring you to own a copy of Windows. I'm using a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and I downloaded the Windows installer version of key73d.
These are the steps that I took (hopefully I remembered them all):
- With the Wineskin Winery application, I created a blank 'wrapper' (an application package where KeyKit would be installed) which I named 'KeyKit.' This was automatically created in the Applications > Wineskin directory under my user directory, but I just moved it to the main Applications directory.
- Double clicking on KeyKit then opened the Wineskin application hidden inside the package. From the small Wineskin window that opened up I selected Advanced, then the Options tab, then checked 'Emulate three button mouse...' which turned out to be necessary in order to be able to use the trackpad's right mouse button equivalent inside of KeyKit.
- From there I clicked on Install Software then selected the key73d.exe file I had downloaded. This ran the windows installer for KeyKit and created the whole directory structure inside of the application package. There was one error message that came up during the installation which didn't seem to cause any problems.
- Once that was completed, clicking on KeyKit now opens KeyKit within an X11 window (a special version -- WineskinX11 -- that is built in).
Opening the file browser within KeyKit shows a Windows-style directory. Opening My Computer shows you a C: drive, which is the Windows C: drive hidden inside of the application package, and a Z: drive, which is the Mac's root directory. Opening My Documents shows you the Mac Documents folder within your user directory.
From the Mac finder, you can access all of the KeyKit files such as the documentation and the library by right-clicking on KeyKit and selecting Show Package Contents. There's a alias for drive_C that leads to the virtual C: drive which includes the KeyKit7.3d folder. I created a keylocal.k at the root of that C: drive which includes the lines: inport('Bus 1') & outport('Bus 1'). This successfully makes KeyKit default to the IAC driver for MIDI input & output. While you're inside the package you could create an alias so you can more directly access the KeyKit folder the next time.
I just installed this last night, but so far, so good. I occasionally get weird errors in KeyKit, but probably fewer than I did when I was running the Mac version on an older Mac. 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 <=
How To Update Wineskin On Mac
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)
Wineskin Winery Mac Error
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 Mac Os
At this time you can Test Run : it works ! If not, you can see an error log.
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).