AlcoDens for Mac
Although AlcoDens is a Windows application, it will run under macOS 10.8 and higher using the Wine compatibility layer. This allows you to run AlcoDens just like any other Mac application without the hassles of virtual machines and without needing a Windows license. Wine is free open source software.
Note: October 2019 - Wine is at present not able to run 32 bit programs like AlcoDens on the new 64 bit macOS Catalina. Codeweavers are working on the problem, but as of now it is not solved.
Installing AlcoDens on your Mac
- Download and install XQuartz
- Download and install Wine
- Download the AlcoDens trial version and extract the zip file
- Install AlcoDens by double clicking the extracted AlcoDens_Setup.exe file
Additional Notes
- Gatekeeper must not be set to block unsigned packages during the installation of XQuartz, Wine and AlcoDens
- XQuartz is required to replace functionality dropped after macOS 10.7
- The Wine installation automatically associates itself with *.exe files, so Windows executables can be run by just double clicking on them
- The folder structure created by the Wine installation is hidden by default, but can be made visible by pressing the command + shift + .(dot) keys together
- To create a desktop icon for AlcoDens right click the executable file in Finder, select Make Alias and then drag the alias to the desktop
- To keep AlcoDens in the Dock, first run AlcoDens and while it is running right click its Dock icon and select Options, Keep in Dock from the pop-up menu