CodeWeavers has Released CrossOver 16 for Linux and MacOS

SAINT PAUL, Minn (December 12, 2016) — CodeWeavers, Inc., developer of CrossOver the easiest, fastest way to run Windows software on Mac and Linux announced today the release of CrossOver 16. With CrossOver 16, you can run thousands of Windows software titles, without the need for a Windows OS license.

CrossOver 16 supports Microsoft Office 2013 on both MacOS and Linux. This brings the convenience, ease, and interoperability of the full featured, modern Office suite to our Linux and MacOS customers.

CrossOver 16 is the first version of CrossOver to support 64-bit Windows applications, with automatic install recipes for a few popular titles already. CrossOver 16 also incorporates code from the upcoming Wine 2.0 release, the open-source technology that allows Windows applications to be run on Unix. The net effect is that CrossOver 16 users will be able to run many more Windows applications, with enhancements to their performance and graphics.

CrossOver 16 is immediately available at www.codeweavers.com.


About CodeWeavers

Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy, CodeWeavers focuses on the development of Wine the core technology found in all of its CrossOver products. The company’s goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, faster and more painless to port Windows software to Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-source Windows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the United Kingdom and elsewhere around the world. The company is privately held.

Change Log For CrossOver Mac and Linux :

16.0.0 CrossOver - December 13, 2016

• Application Support:
  • CrossOver now supports Microsoft Office 2013!
  • Microsoft Office 2013 can be activated with either an Office 365 subscription or a product key.
• Core Technology Improvements:
  • CrossOver 16 is based on Wine 2.0, with thousands of improvements to Windows compatibility across the board.
  • CrossOver now supports 64-bit Windows applications, with new bottle templates and 64-bit dependency management.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Quicken 2014-2016 updates will now apply automatically during installation.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented saving very large files in Microsoft Excel 2010
  • Fixed a bug which prevented opening hyperlinks from documents in Microsoft Office 2010.
  • Shell folder links will now be updated when importing bottles into CrossOver from an archive file.
  • Fixed an audio bug which could cause Blizzard games to emit unwanted noises from the speaker.
  • Fixed a bug in Tencent QQ which caused the application to hang when adding a new contact.
  • Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 will display correctly again.

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CrossOver Mac and CrossOver Linux sale going on now

We will be having a CrossOver Mac and CrossOver Linux sale going on until October 31st 2016 this sale price is only $39.95 for a 1 year activation key / serial number. We only sell activation keys and CrossOver is a digital download only. Simply click on one of the links below to get your copy of CrossOver before this sale ends.

CrossOver Mac and CrossOver Linux can get your Windows productivity applications and PC games up and running on your Mac or Linux machine quickly and easily. CrossOver runs the Windows software that you need on Mac and Linux at home, in the office, or at school without purchasing a Windows license, without rebooting your computer, and without having to use a virtual machine. And CrossOver can run a wide range of Windows games and entertainment applications.

A brief overview of CrossOver Mac.

 

CrossOver Mac is a powerful and useful Mac OS X application that enables you to easily install and run the desired Windows productivity applications or PC games on your Mac with just a few mouse clicks.

 

Provides you with an easy to install environment for running a huge selection of Windows applications on your Mac

 

The best thing about CrossOver Mac is that you can enjoy various Windows software on your Mac at home, in the office or at work without purchasing a Windows license.In other words, you do not have to go to the trouble of installing a Windows virtual machine or creating a Boot Camp partition on which you can install a Windows copy. The fact that you do not need to reboot your system to logon on a different operating system or share your resources with a Windows virtual machine translates into a faster and smoother application usage.

 

Extensive list of supported Windows programs and support for running a multitude of others that haven't yet been tested

 

CrossOver Mac comes with support for a long list of Windows programs and games, you can visit CrossOver Mac’s support page and view What Runs on CrossOver. Additionally, you can access the CrossOver Software Installer and search for the desired application using the built-in search form.

What is more, you can configure CrossOver Mac to install certain programs or games via specific installers and into the desire Bottle. The Installation process will guide you through the necessary steps to deploy your software.

 

Powerful and handy tool that enables you to use virtually any Windows program on a Mac

 

CrossOver Mac is easy-to-use and kind to your Mac’s resources, and provides a simple and clean user interface. From CrossOver Mac’s main window you can choose between two simple options: “Install Windows Software” and “Run Installed Software”.

As expected, the first option takes you to the above mentioned CrossOver Software Installer window from where you can install the programs you need while the second option enables you to run the installed programs.

 

About CrossOver Mac

 

CrossOver Mac is a commercial product that provides Mac OSX users with an easy way to install various applications and games that run only on the proprietary Microsoft Windows operating systems. Technically, the application is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) front-end for the well known Wine software, which provides a set of APIs and libraries to emulate several Microsoft Windows OSes on top of your Mac operating system. 

 

Features at a glance

 

By default, the program comes with support for a very large selection of Windows applications, allowing users to install and use them without the need for a Microsoft Windows license. However, this does not mean that you won’t have to own a specific software license. It is distributed as a binary packages that supports Mac OSX 10.8 or higher.

 

Supported Windows applications 

 

Considering the fact that CrossOver is just a simple user interface for Wine, it comes with support for all the applications that can be installed by the latter, such as the entire Microsoft Office 2010/2007/2003/XP/2000/97 suite, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Access.Among some other Windows-only applications that can be installed by this software, we can mention Internet Explorer, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Visio, Quicken, FrameMaker, Shockwave Director, QuickTime, Windows Media Player, as well as numerous games.

Codeweavers CrossOver 15.3.0 for Linux and Mac OSX has been released

I am delighted to announce that CodeWeavers has just released CrossOver 15.3.0 for both Mac OSX and Linux. CrossOver 15.3.0 has important bug fixes for both Mac and Linux users.

Mac customers with active support entitlements will be upgraded to CrossOver 15.3.0 the next time they launch CrossOver Mac. Linux users can download the latest version from https://www.codeweavers.com/.


Change Log For CrossOver Mac and Linux :

 15.3.0 CrossOver - September 20, 2016

• Linux:
  • CrossOver should no longer complain about a missing libpng package on Debian 9.
  • CrossOver will no longer have problems with its Perl dependency on Debian 9.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Steam crashes when loading certain fonts have been fixed.
  • Fixed some crashes in GOG Galaxy.
  • Fixed a crash in the Microsoft Office 2007 diagnostic tools.

For a limited time get CodeWeavers CrossOver Mac or Linux for 1 year for only $39.95 when you make your purchase in the new Wine Reviews store.

CodeWeavers CrossOver Linux Brings Improved Support For Windows Apps

Wine is a free and open-source compatibility layer software application that is aimed to allow applications designed for Microsoft Windows applications to run fully on Linux and Unix-like operating systems.

To make things less hectic for developers, Wine also has its software library called Winelib allowing developers to compile Windows application and later port them to Linux.

Codeweavers developers whose aim is to make it easy for users to run Windows-based apps without the need for purchased licenses, rebooting or the use of virtual machines allowing Microsoft Windows productivity apps and games to run smoothly on Linux based operating systems.

The program utilizes the latest version of Wine which at the moment is version 1.9.15 which is adopted for commercial Crossover applications that provide an easy to use GUI for Wine on Linux ad Mac.

CrossOver 15.2.0 has been released and it brings improved support for Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2010 suite making it easier to embed fonts when exporting documents to the PDF file format and address a recent issue concerning crashes that occurs when signing into the Tencent QQ Instant messenger software.

 The new version of Crossover also brings improvements to the automatic detection of the available amount of video RAM and also correctly identify various graphics cards that were somehow not correctly recognized in the previous version of the software.

Run Microsoft Windows Applications and Games on Mac, Linux or ChromeOS save up to 20% off  CodeWeavers CrossOver+ today.

 

Codeweavers CrossOver 15.2.0 for Linux and Mac OSX has been released

I am delighted to announce that CodeWeavers has just released CrossOver 15.2.0 for both Mac OSX and Linux.  CrossOver 15.2.0 has important bug fixes for both Mac and Linux users.

Mac customers with active support entitlements will be upgraded to CrossOver 15.2.0 the next time they launch CrossOver Mac. Linux users can download the latest version from https://www.codeweavers.com/.

Change Log For CrossOver Mac and Linux :

 15.2.0 CrossOver - July 26, 2016

• Bug Fixes:
  • Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 can now correctly embed fonts when exporting to PDF format.
  • Fixed a crash in Tencent QQ instant messenger.
  • Several graphics cards which would previously go unrecognized by CrossOver will now be properly identified.
  • CrossOver's automatic detection of the amount of available Video RAM is improved.

For a limited time get CodeWeavers CrossOver Mac or Linux for 1 year for only $39.95 when you make your purchase in the new Wine Reviews store.

 

CodeWeavers CrossOver for Android and Chromebooks beta to soon be released

James Ramey the president of CodeWeavers posted on his personal Facebook account earlier that a beta version of CrossOver Android could be released as soon as Monday August 1st 2016. CodeWeavers has been working on their Android and now Chromebook version of CrossOver for over a year now. The long wait is about over folks, if you ever dreamed of running Microsoft Windows Games or productivity application on your Android device it will soon be possible.

James also posted earlier in the week on his blog about CrossOver running on Android.

Sometimes, you find yourself staring at something you could never have imagined being possible based on its humble beginnings. The Wright Brothers pilot the airplane for 12 seconds; then, Neil Armstrong lands on the moon. The first microcomputer kit is made available in 1975; then, 120 million computers are sold in the world so far THIS YEAR! The Patterson–Gimlin video captures Big Foot on film in 1967; then, Big Foot stars in a series of beef jerky commercials. No one could ever have predicted that these initial events would lead into much bigger and better things. …

In 1996, CodeWeavers was started with the single goal of making Windows based applications run on Linux computers. It was the simple, honest, and noble goal of our founder, Jeremy White. In 1996, the technology pundits were convinced that Linux was set to take over the world. The only outstanding obstacle for the Linux platform was running Microsoft Office software. Hence, CrossOver was born (maybe more or less hatched). In 1996, there were no smart phones, no tablets, no Android, no Google, no Pokémon Go. There was no indication that computers would be more mobile, more connected, or more compact. And yet, here we are today.

So where is ‘here’, you ask? TODAY, Google released Android for Intel based ChromeBooks. AND CrossOver for Android installed and ran on a Google ChromeBook. More importantly, we were able to install the Steam Client into CrossOver for Android and run LIMBO and other games. MORE IMPORTANTLY, we have DirectX 9 support, keyboard support, mouse support, and sound support TODAY!!! PEOPLE, we are staring at a Leprechaun riding on the back of a Unicorn while taking a picture of a UFO. We are running CrossOver through Android on a ChromeBook running a Windows based game launched from the Steam client. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE…EVER!!!

There will be more testing. There will inevitably be some cleanup work to do. There will be . BUT… CrossOver for Android is working and real and supporting the Steam Client and able to launch games and is actually playable. From our most humble beginnings, I don’t think anyone, Jeremy White included, ever dreamed that CrossOver would be able to run on ChromeBooks. And yet, here we are with people flying planes, people landing on the moon, and Big Foot. I’d say that’s pretty rare company for a small software developer from Minnesota.

For a limited time get CodeWeavers CrossOver Mac or Linux for 1 year for only $39.95 when you make your purchase in the new Wine Reviews store.

 

Codeweavers CrossOver 15.0.1 has been released

I am delighted to announce that CodeWeavers has just released CrossOver 15.0.1 for both Mac OSX and Linux.  CrossOver 15.0.1 has important bug fixes for both Mac and Linux users.

Mac customers with active support entitlements will be upgraded to CrossOver 15.0.1 the next time they launch CrossOver Mac.  Linux users can download the latest version from https://www.codeweavers.com/.

Change Log For CrossOver Mac and Linux :

 15.0.1 CrossOver - January 13, 2016

• Mac OS X:
  • Fixes for various user interface bugs on OS X 10.8
• General Improvements
  • The final, release version of Wine 1.8 has been merged into this release.
  • We now have better support for display of Chinese characters in situations where not all Chinese fonts are available.
  • Various non-English translations have been improved.
• Application Support:
  • The backup feature in Quicken has been fixed.
  • Quicken versions 2004 and earlier are again able to open database files.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented StarCraft from running on OS X.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented South Park: Stick of Truth from running.
• Linux:
  • CrossOver will install successfully on CentOS 6.7.
  • CrossOver will install successfully when D-Bus fails.

Run Microsoft Windows Applications and Games on Mac, Linux or ChromeOS save up to 20% off  CodeWeavers CrossOver+ today.