Flopzilla on Mac *without* parallels !
Hey everybody, I posted on /r/poker and thought to cross-post here.
For Mac users who prefer Flopzilla, I was able to get FZ working on a Mac *without* having to buy Parallels. (!!!)
If you're not familiar, there is a tool for the Linux world called "Wine" which allows you to run Windows apps on Linux. Sounds crazy but it actually works ... sometimes. Anyhow with a little finagling I was able to make it work on my Mac running OSX Monterey v 12.6.1.
If there's interest I could do a more detailed howto. For now here are some bullet points ... note you will have to get cozy with the OSX Terminal app.
1. install homebrew https://brew.sh
2. brew install wine https://wiki.winehq.org/MacOS
3. brew install wineskin https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer/...
4. download Flopzilla msi installer from FZ website
5. open Wineskin from /Applications and install the "engine" 64bit non-Metal
6. create a new Wineskin "wrapper" for Flopzilla (instructions on wiki step #3)
7. open wrapper and point to msi installer. I like to delete the complicated Program Files directory structure and just install to c:\Flopzilla
--> This will open the FZ installer and will look like you're installing a Windows app, but you're on OSX (!!)
8. open wrapper again and select Flopzilla.exe
Happy to say -- for me at least -- it just worked !!