The famous Steve Jobs, the arrogant Apple, the exquisite appearance, the high-resolution screen… All of these might be reasons to buy a Mac, but when you get started, you realize that the games you like to play and some of the software you use are not available in the Mac ecosystem, so you have to deal with them in the Windows environment. Dual systems and virtual machines are common options for running Windows on your Mac, but dual systems severely drag down machine performance, and virtual machines, without a corporate IT support environment, are better off.

Figure 1: Apple & Windows

CrossOver: Designed to let you run Windows software seamlessly on Mac and Linux, and implement cross-platform commands such as copy-paste and file interchange!

Figure 2: CrossOver software icon

Advantage one: do not occupy memory, flexible and light

With only a few hundred megabytes of storage space, no dual systems, no virtual machines, and no damage to the machine’s raw performance, you can install CrossOver software on your Mac and use CrossOver to simulate Windows.

Advantage 2: High performance running Windows software, tools and games

CrossOver allows you to launch Windows apps, tools, and games directly from your menu bar and perform as well as they do in their native Windows environment, avoiding the need to reboot a dual-system or virtual machine.

Are you frustrated that your Mac can’t run games from your Steam library, that you can’t play DirectX games, and that you can’t handle some of your daily tasks with Quicken, Microsoft Office and other familiar software? With CrossOver, you can quickly run Windows applications on just one device!

Advantage 3: Cross-platform copy and paste and file interworking

If you have a dual OS installed on your Mac and I ask you: I want to paste a file from Windows into the Mac OS, what do you do? Maybe you have to upload the files to a removable hard drive or third-party storage space first, then reboot the computer, switch the operating system, and upload or download the files. If you install CrossOver, you can just copy and paste it as you would with a single system.

Advantage four: do not have to buy Windows license, save money and labor

Instead of spending a fortune installing an extra Windows OS, just turn on CrossOver and run Windows.

Given the advantages of crossover, are you still letting your Mac suffer from dual systems or virtual machines?

Some examples of how to install and run Windows via CrossOver are as follows:

Step 1: Download and install Crossover software and turn on Crossover.

Figure 3: CrossOver software interface

Step 2: Select the Windows software you want to install and download the installation package from the corresponding website as prompted.

Figure 4: CrossOver select install software interface

Step 3: Select the installation package and create the target container to prepare the installation software.

Figure 5: CrossOver creates the target container interface

Step 4: Follow the prompts to install the program and test whether the program can run normally.

Figure 6: CrossOver installation software interface

These are the advantages and installation instructions for CrossOver. Do you want to install Crossover on your Mac right now?

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