 How to install AceMoney on a Mac?
AceMoney is not a native Mac application, however you still can run it on a
Mac with emulation or virtualization software, or simply in the native mode if
you install Windows and Mac OS X side by side with the help of Boot Camp.
Native mode
You can install Windows and Mac side by side and switch between them
using Boot Camp, but that requires a reboot every time, and you can only
use one operating system at a time. This method requires you to have a
Windows CD with a valid serial number.
Read more
about Boot Camp and how to run Windows on a Mac at native speed
on Apple website.
Virtualization software
There are several open source (free) and commercial packages which allow
to run Windows on a Mac as a separate application. You will be able to
install AceMoney into a virtual machine and use it from there. This
solution is heavier than emulation, but allows you to install not
only AceMoney, but pretty much any Windows software into the virtual machine.
This solution also requires you to have a CD with Windows and valid serial
number.
Here is a list of the most popular virtualization applications for a Mac:
Emulation software
Emulation software allows to run AceMoney on a Mac right in your Mac OS
next to the other native Mac programs. Reboot is not required and a copy of
Windows also is not needed. This is the most lightweight way to get
AceMoney on a Mac, however it requires an Intel based Mac.
The actual Windows emulation software is called Wine. Wine is an open source software for
running Windows applications on other operating systems. Think of Wine as a
Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it
is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100%
Microsoft-free code.
Wine itself is a free product, but requires some manual installation
steps described below. CrossOver is a polished
commercial version of Wine provided by CodeWeavers.
Wine community spends a lot of time testing different software
applications under Wine. If the application installs and works out of the
box without any tweaks, it gets Platinum rating. AceMoney is one of the few
applications which is rated Platinum
in Wine Application Database.
Downloading Wine
Wine can be downloaded as a prebuilt binary package, Wine web site provides
links.
Wine also can be obtained through MacPorts.org. This tutorial
provides step by step instructions how to setup Wine on a Mac. The
instructions are pretty clear. The installer will download and install wine
on your system, it may take about 15-20 minutes on regular high speed
connection, your experience may vary.
The next step is downloading the latest version of AceMoneySetup.exe on your Mac.
Open Terminal, navigate to the folder with the setup file and type:
wine AceMoneySetup.exe
This command will launch our standard install, you'll see
a dialog similar to this:
At this point everything will be exactly like on your Windows system,
you'll see main AceMoney window, will be able to open your data file
with File->Open, etc.
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