Neil Edwards 1261686 Posted April 13, 2017 at 07:34 PM Posted April 13, 2017 at 07:34 PM is there any software that is available to apple mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1275389 Posted April 13, 2017 at 08:52 PM Posted April 13, 2017 at 08:52 PM Hey Neil, try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Savara 1369362 Posted April 15, 2017 at 01:11 AM Posted April 15, 2017 at 01:11 AM Unless you run a virtual machine, or Boot Camp, there are not any that natively support OS X. There is also Wine, an emulator that can run some of the controlling software (like VRC) Senior Student (S3) Chicago ARTCC Events Coordinator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Littlejohn Posted April 17, 2017 at 05:53 PM Posted April 17, 2017 at 05:53 PM I can confirm that VRC works with using CrossOver on a Mac. I went that route because I wanted something that could run natively within MacOS, and not through a VM or booting into windows (I already have a PC; if I wanted to use Windows natively, I'd use that). The other reason was that you'd have to buy the license for Windows (read: buy the OS) You can try crossOver for 15 days before it prompts you for purchase, so while either way you are paying a cost for a license, you're able to weigh the cost of a windows license over the cost of a Crossover license. YMMV there. As far as verification of VRC goes, here you go: https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/vrc-virtual-radar-client Again, I've also tested this, and confirms that it works. BL. Brad Littlejohn ZLA Senior Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Savara 1369362 Posted April 17, 2017 at 07:37 PM Posted April 17, 2017 at 07:37 PM I can confirm that VRC works with using CrossOver on a Mac. I went that route because I wanted something that could run natively within MacOS, and not through a VM or booting into windows (I already have a PC; if I wanted to use Windows natively, I'd use that). The other reason was that you'd have to buy the license for Windows (read: buy the OS) You can try crossOver for 15 days before it prompts you for purchase, so while either way you are paying a cost for a license, you're able to weigh the cost of a windows license over the cost of a Crossover license. YMMV there. As far as verification of VRC goes, here you go: https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/vrc-virtual-radar-client Again, I've also tested this, and confirms that it works. BL. Hmm I've never heard of Crossover. While Wine is free, it does have some problems with VRC such as disappearing menu text (even though the options are still there upon mouse over). Lacking Dll support is another big one; vATIS, Euroscope etc don't work because of it. https://www.winehq.org Senior Student (S3) Chicago ARTCC Events Coordinator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Littlejohn Posted April 17, 2017 at 10:31 PM Posted April 17, 2017 at 10:31 PM I can confirm that VRC works with using CrossOver on a Mac. I went that route because I wanted something that could run natively within MacOS, and not through a VM or booting into windows (I already have a PC; if I wanted to use Windows natively, I'd use that). The other reason was that you'd have to buy the license for Windows (read: buy the OS) You can try crossOver for 15 days before it prompts you for purchase, so while either way you are paying a cost for a license, you're able to weigh the cost of a windows license over the cost of a Crossover license. YMMV there. As far as verification of VRC goes, here you go: https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/vrc-virtual-radar-client Again, I've also tested this, and confirms that it works. BL. Hmm I've never heard of Crossover. While Wine is free, it does have some problems with VRC such as disappearing menu text (even though the options are still there upon mouse over). Lacking Dll support is another big one; vATIS, Euroscope etc don't work because of it. https://www.winehq.org vATIS, vSTARs, and EuroScope won't work with any of the emulators, because they all have one major thing in common: They all require .NET, regardless of version, and neither Wine or CrossOver have the proper support needed for .NET, and I can understand why the developers-that-be wouldn't want to port those over to dotnet, let alone asking Apple to include support for .NET (which is now open source) into MacOS. That's why unless someone writes the program from the ground up to be supported natively in MacOS, there will be few routes for a Mac user to take to control on the network without using some method of emulation. BL. Brad Littlejohn ZLA Senior Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Martinez Posted April 25, 2017 at 06:54 PM Posted April 25, 2017 at 06:54 PM I use VRC with crossover but it has the issue with disappearing text. Regardless, it works really good and there a no issues regarding controlling. You will have to get used to some differences. I also have bootcamp but mostly use it to fly FSX and train people since you can't do that with Crossover. You may get vATIS working but it's not an easy process; I ended up using wine. Ernesto Martinez Membership Audit Team VATSIM Supervisor [email protected] support.vatsim.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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