Can Mac apps be emulated and run on Windows?
Can Mac apps be emulated and run on Windows?
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There is a translation layer for running MacOS software on Linux called Darling. In theory you could run that in WSL. The only downside is it is in very early development and not really at all usable
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Can Mac apps be emulated and run on Windows?
There is a translation layer for running MacOS software on Linux
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.......what? Oh, are we not replying with unrelated statements? I thought that's what we were doing since he was asking about Windows, and you replied about Linux.
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... And he said it might work on wsl, which is Linux on windows translation layer, including graphics support.
A lot of Linux tooling has opened up to windows users because of it, which would include darling, to run mac apps, via wsl, on windows.
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WSL is the windows subsystem for Linux. It lets you run Ubuntu terminal in Windows. So it would ultimately be running on windows. Though that feels like it would be more complex than running a macOS VM.
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I'm thinking Lost_My_Mind is a statement and not just a username
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Don't do it brother. Just cut your losses and try to find an alternative. There is no end to the suffering should you go down the path of running apple software on non apple hardware.
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Does running OSX in a virtual machine count?
https://github.com/afonsoft/VMwareWithMacOS *I have not vetted these instructions, just an example.
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No, but there's next to nothing on Mac that isn't on Windows, or has some equivalent on Windows.
I run Macs. I don't like Windows. I've used Windows for years, and still use it at work. For 99% of my usage, there's nothing that stops me from using the other platform. It's just a preference. In fact, there are free apps on Windows that cost money on macOS. And I've paid for some of them.
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No
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This the least dumb question in this sub
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Are we talking about Logic or Final Cut here? That’s a strict, plain “no”.
But I would expect somebody would come up with Parallels-like solution now since Windows on ARM is a thing.
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Some old mac classic apps even run in a browser iirc
No, but you can run x86 MacOS on a VM. There's no graphics acceleration unless you passthrough a supported GPU tho.
I have tried and failed this too many times to count because I have an AMD processor.
Yeah, not shocked. Apple never used AMD CPUs. GPUs, yes, but I don’t think you’ll have much luck outside of specific Intel SKUs (or at least, SKUs that are architecturally very similar to ones they used in actual machines sold by Apple.
Sad :/ I never had an AMD machine so haven't tried, but I heard it's pretty well working nowadays.. At least I see a lot of successes on r/hackintosh