MacOS running Windows version of Garry's Mod

[JohnPeel]

Current Options

Full system emulation

Full system emulation emulates a complete PC and requires a Windows license.

Option	Price
Parallels Desktop	$220 OR $100/yr
VMWare Fusion	Free
Boot Camp1	Free

Wine

Wine uses Resetta on Apple Silicon and Rosetta will be partially discontinued in MacOS 28.

Option	Price
Wine	Free
CrossOver	$74 + $37/yr
PlayOnMac2	Free
PortingKit	Free

Footnotes

1. Does not support Apple Silicon. ↩

2. Effectively a dead project. ↩

[TrisecTroop]

About this, CrossOver or Wine is a much better option as Garry's Mod is 64-bit meaning it would run better on CrossOver than Parallels or VMs. A good example would be Portal Revolution which is a 64-bit Portal 2 mod which runs miles better on CrossOver than Parallels but the regular 32-bit Portal 2 runs better on Parallels. Same goes for Counter-Strike 2 and Team Fortress 2 which of course runs better on CrossOver or Wine due to it being 64-bit.

Also replace PlayOnMac with Kegworks which is a much better option than the rest as it's just a newer version of Wineskin which is what PortingKit also uses except for CrossOver which is of course better.

[JohnPeel]

@TrisecTroop Aye. This is just a collection of information at this point, no specific ordering or recommendations.

Thanks for the input, I'll be able to update the issue within the next couple days.

This is becoming more of an issue as MacOS gmod builds are possibly going away.