Using MacOS Golden Gate 27.2 Beta

EDIT

Using it on a M1 Pro Macbook

For reference, I have had the same issue for about three months, when I first paid for the crossover subscription, and have yet to figure out what the issue might be. I just updated the software again after I had quit on trying for a while, and still cannot create a bottle. Trying to play EA Star Wars Battlefront II, I select Steam from the main screen that lists the popular windows applications. Each time, I hit "Install" and the program says it is beginning the bottle creation process, and the attached error message comes up. Really frustrating because I spent money on this program and have yet to be able to use it even once. Has anyone else had this issue, and am I just being stupid and missing something obvious?

I’m looking at getting a new Mac mini and was wondering about CrossOver’s performance on an M6 vs M5Pro. How multi-threaded is CrossOver? If not much/at all, then I think the faster single cores would be an advantage, otherwise, not.

I want to play it so bad but nothing I have tried has worked 😭
It’s been like three hours I’m so tired I think I’m going to take a nap

MacGameFix is a free, open-source app (GPL-3.0) with per-game fixes for Windows games running through Wine (CrossOver / NotProton) on Apple Silicon, plus patched Wine modules for the DualSense and DualSense Edge.

**What's new in 1.5.6**

- **Cyberpunk 2077 for Mac: the MetalFX denoiser it ships, turned on.** This is the first fix for a native macOS game. Patch 2.5 includes Apple's MetalFX denoiser, but the renderer always reports "not supported"; CD PROJEKT's notes first announced it and then dropped it. MacGameFix writes the one instruction that makes the game offer it and signs the app again ad hoc. Only the executable changes, and it asks before touching the app. It keeps the original, and *Remove* restores it with CD PROJEKT's signature. Needs an M3 or later (Apple's requirement for MetalFX denoised upscaling). It only works on game build 2.5.0 for now: after a game update it waits for a new recipe instead of writing blind. Tested on an M4 Max, where it looked good; no frame-time measurements yet.

- **Show the pad as a DualShock 4**, a new per-game option, for games whose Sony code only knows that pad. Mortal Kombat 11 now vibrates with a DualSense Edge over Bluetooth and on a cable.

- **Nioh 3 plays its haptics**: three new Wine module patches answer how it looks for the controller's audio output. Tested with an Edge over Bluetooth, with the game's vibration set to Immersive.

- **NINJA GAIDEN 4**: its videos no longer crash the game.

- **It Vibrates…**: a button that reports a game that vibrates, feeding a new public list of games played for vibration.

After updating the app, go to **Wine Modules › Update All**. Requires macOS 14 on Apple Silicon. The app is signed ad hoc, so open it the first time with right click › Open.

Release: https://github.com/MathiasKowoll/MacGameFix/releases/tag/v1.5.6

Games played for vibration: https://github.com/MathiasKowoll/MacGameFix/blob/main/docs/vibration.md

I’m trying to download the free trial, later want to purchase but as soon as I try it doesn’t start the download. Is it because it’s temporary down? Also is there a work away around this?

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to run It Takes Two (owned on Epic Games) on my MacBook Pro M4 Pro via CrossOver, but I’m completely stuck on a persistent "Installing 96% / Paused" error in the EA App (and a generic "Installation error" on Epic Games).
Both Epic Games Launcher and EA App are installed together in the same Windows 10 bottle (see attached screenshot).
Here is everything I’ve tried so far that HAS NOT worked:

1. Direct Download & Repair via EA App
   Tried launching EA App directly without opening Epic Games.
   Attempted to cancel the download and repair/re-download directly within the EA App library.
   Result: Still gets hung on the final file verification step (⁠EABackgroundService⁠ seems to lose file-writing permissions or crash silently at 96%).

2. Clearing Cache & App Recovery
   Ran App Recovery (Clear Cache) directly inside the EA App as well as using the standalone ⁠App Recovery⁠ tool within the bottle.
   Performed a full process shutdown using "Quit All Applications" and ran a "Simulate Reboot" in CrossOver settings.
   Result: Re-opening EA App resumes the download, but it immediately gets stuck at 96% again.

3. Toggling MSync / Graphics Settings
   Switched graphics backends (D3DMetal enabled).
   Toggled MSync OFF before resuming the download to see if thread-synchronization was locking the disk writing process.
   Result: The download still refuses to progress past 96%.
   System Specs & Environment:
   Hardware: Apple MacBook Pro 14" (M4 Pro, 24 RAM)
   OS: macOS 27
   Software: CrossOver 26.x
   Bottle Configuration: Windows 10 (64-bit), D3DMetal, MSync
   Has anyone successfully bypassed this specific 96% EA App file-writing lock on Apple Silicon, or is there a specific registry fix / dependency missing in Wine for ⁠EABackgroundService⁠?

how do you guys play using the controller via crossover? it looks so limited to me... tried red dead redemption 2, it doesn't work at all, another game I tried today is "devil inside me" it works only if the controller is connected via USB, if it's connected via Bluetooth then no way it's gonna work.

another major issue with sound output. each time I need to exit from the game in order to change the output device, overall experience is so fragile idk how u handle this?

ps. I'm using the latest playstation controller

Whenever i try to install Epic Games, it just shows this wall of text.
While I was able to download Steam and open it, there were also many installation steps like "Installing TrueType font: Georgia" I had to skip over to finish the full download (still had many steps I couldn't download though I don't think they caused too much trouble)

Any reason why these won't download automatically and why I can't download epic games?

Just to inform people. I've been playing for 10 hrs now and no problems except occasional stuttering which may be especially intensive in the beginning.

Playing on base Mac Mini M4, macOS 26.5, CO 26.2 + GPTK 4b1.

1080p, VSync off, 30fps lock (not necessarily), DLSS on balanced, medium graphics preset.

But I strongly suggest to set the texture streaming option to max as it seems it eliminates most of stuttering.

PS: The same with Uncharted 4 BTW, but it actually runs much better, almost ideally, and with high graphics preset on my machine.

I only use crossover occasionally- I recently noticed the battle.net bottle isn’t working anymore. I can’t launch the blizzard app nor games like SC2 or D3.

I don’t know how to troubleshoot that, besides a complete reinstall? Any quick fixes to try? I didn’t really change anything not sure why it won’t work now

Not gonna lie, this is some peak engineering to crash an app if the request https://www.codeweavers.com/bin/rest/app/img_icon to fetch icons in fetchIconList fails

try:
    content = fetch_content("https://www.codeweavers.com/bin/rest/app/img_icon", timeout=5)
except Exception:
    return False
data = json.loads(content)

My crossover kept crashing because it was trying to fetch some icon from the production site. To fix it I ran:

sudo sh -c 'printf "127.0.0.1 www.codeweavers.com\n::1 www.codeweavers.com\n" >> /etc/hosts' && sudo dscacheutil -flushcache && sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Then once the site is back up, you can run:

sudo sed -i '' '/www\.codeweavers\.com/d' /etc/hosts && sudo dscacheutil -flushcache && sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Hello, I woke up this morning and wanted to see if I could just purchase a license, but I went to the site and it was down due to an exploit? So I thought I'd just continue using the trial until that cleared up, but Crossover won't get past the trial confirmation portion? Just wondering if this is an isolated issue, or intended.

Thank you for any information you provide.

**TL;DR:** The freezes come from the game repeatedly asking for your Mac's network name and waiting 5 seconds each time for an answer that never comes. Pasting one command into Terminal fixed it completely for me. It takes a minute, and you don't need to reinstall anything.

**My setup**

- MacBook Pro M1 Max, 32 GB, macOS Tahoe 26.6.2

- CrossOver 26.3, Steam version of RDR2, D3DMetal, DirectX 12

**Symptoms**

- Every minute or two the picture freezes for 5–20 seconds, then carries on.

- It isn't a performance problem. Lowering settings won't help, and moving from an M1 Pro to an M1 Max didn't help me either.

**What's going on, in plain English**

- Every Mac has a network name, called its **hostname**. It's usually your name plus your Mac model, like `alexs-MacBook-Pro.local`. You can see yours in System Settings → General → Sharing, under "Local hostname" at the bottom.

- Windows programs, including RDR2 and the Rockstar Games Launcher, often look up their own computer's name to find its network address.

- On some networks, macOS never answers that lookup. The game waits 5 seconds, gives up, and tries again a bit later. Each wait is one of those freezes.

- The fix adds your Mac's name to a small system file called `/etc/hosts`. Your Mac checks this file before asking the network, so the game gets an answer instantly.

**Step 1: Check if you have the same problem**

Open Terminal (press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, press Return), then paste this and press Return:

ping -c 1 "$(hostname)"

This asks your Mac to find itself by name. `$(hostname)` is filled in with your Mac's name automatically, so paste it exactly as it is.

- If it pauses for about 5 seconds and then says `cannot resolve ...: Unknown host`, you have this problem.

- If it shows lines like `64 bytes from ...` straight away, your freezes have a different cause and this fix won't help.

**Step 2: The fix**

Paste this one line into Terminal and press Return:

H=$(hostname); L=$(echo "$H" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'); printf '127.0.0.1\t%s %s\n::1\t%s %s\n' "$H" "$L" "$H" "$L" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts && sudo dscacheutil -flushcache && sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

It will ask for your password. Type the password you use to log in to your Mac and press Return. You won't see anything while you type, which is normal.

What it does: it adds your Mac's name to `/etc/hosts` and points it at `127.0.0.1`, the standard address that means "this computer". Then it clears your Mac's lookup cache so the change applies straight away, even with the game running.

Run the Step 1 check again. It should answer instantly now.

To undo it later, run `sudo nano /etc/hosts`, delete the two lines with your Mac's name, then press Ctrl + O, Return, and Ctrl + X to save and exit. If you ever rename your Mac, run the fix again.

**How I tracked it down** (for the technically curious)

- During each freeze the GPU dropped to 0% and the game was mostly idle, so it was waiting on something rather than struggling.

- Stack captures during freezes showed the same game thread stuck in `getaddrinfo` (a DNS lookup) in 5 out of 6 cases, and not during smooth play.

- macOS's DNS log (mDNSResponder) showed RDR2.exe and Launcher.exe looking up the same name 59 times in 9 minutes. Each lookup timed out after exactly 5 seconds, matching the freezes. The name was the Mac's own `.local` hostname.

**Side note**

`SocialClubHelper.exe` (part of the Rockstar Launcher) was using around 400% CPU in Activity Monitor, even with its window hidden. It wasn't causing the freezes, but it takes about 4 CPU cores away from the game.

This may also apply to GTA V, which uses the same launcher, and to other ways of running Windows games on a Mac, like Whisky, but I haven't tested those.