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Date/Time: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:04:40 +0000
[User Discussion] - siera on Mac
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| [2026-01-08 13:34:40] |
| User30743 - Posts: 372 |
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What is the recommended (AKA proven) way to run SC on Mac? I have tried with WMvare but it is freezing up when switching chartbooks. I know official SC support cannot do much with this request, so it is rather for someone running SC on Mac. I have M2 silicon chip. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-01-08 13:37:45
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| [2026-01-08 14:59:27] |
| Chris32 - Posts: 78 |
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Try with Parallels, it works extremely well. Use the ARM64 version of SC
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| [2026-01-08 15:01:46] |
| Tony - Posts: 673 |
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I have a Mac Intel chip, so my experience is not relevant, but I vaguely recall a Mac Silicon user mentioned that Windows 11 ARM version needs to be installed (on Virtual Machine).
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-01-08 15:02:31
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| [2026-01-09 05:29:26] |
| seandunaway - Posts: 367 |
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simply not my experience at all extensive testing proves that windows 11 iot arm64 via parallels outperforms wine/crossover by a huge margin also, parallels makes utm feel unusable parallels does some apple silicon hypervisor tricks or something because sc running on my crusty mbp m1 pro feels completely native and is faster with 4x the battery life of my fully spec'd out thinkpad Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-01-09 05:30:33
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| [2026-01-09 05:37:36] |
| seandunaway - Posts: 367 |
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also, last i checked wine does not support arm64 windows executables on macos.. the x64 binaries get translated
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| [2026-01-09 14:04:50] |
| Chris32 - Posts: 78 |
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This is correct. SC performance and battery life with parallels and M series chips are amazing, better than running SC natively on a PC with higher specs.
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| [2026-01-10 09:28:15] |
| User30743 - Posts: 372 |
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cool thanks for the tips. I have found Whiskey - https://getwhisky.app/ (free alternative to Crossover). It it working with regular SC version, but not with ARM. So far it seems fine, I will be testing it for a while to see how it goes. If all goes well I will probably stick with it, as it is free :) If not, I will try Crossover. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-01-10 09:36:10
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