K4 Mac or PC Crossover for Mac w/Kindle PC Software (p.s. it works)

Gideon · 11-12-2009, 04:08 PM

As I'm writing this I'm downloading Crossover for Mac. I got a license last year when they were giving them away. Given that it is (I believe) built on Wine I'm hoping I can run the Kindle PC software on it. As knowing this one way or the other will be helpful I'm just doing this as it happens.

I'm bored. Sue me.

Well.. it works pretty much like the Wine version does. It installs, it works. The buttons are empty, so are the popups. But assuming your books have good covers, you can use it to read on the Mac.

So yay!

You can get Crossover at codeweavers.com Or you patient people can wait for the Mac version.

rcuadro · 11-12-2009, 05:08 PM

I use it with Parallels but I guess that is not the same thing since I am actually running Windows 7 with in it

Gideon · 11-12-2009, 05:46 PM

Yeah, I didn't want to run an entire OS inside the machine. Been doing that forever and I just find it slow and frustrating. With Crossover it is quite snappy and doesn't bog down the system much.

I have Win 7 on bootcamp but it's just so much more pleasant to work on the Mac part!

tlrowley · 11-17-2009, 05:44 PM

Thanks to a blog post I found in this post, I can now see the menus on the Crossover version of K4PC. You simply need to set the Kindle program to run in Win98 mode. This ought to hold me until the native version is released.

HTH,
Tracey

Gideon · 11-17-2009, 05:49 PM

I just went and fixed mine and was about to update this post accordingly! Works great, too!

11-12-2009, 04:08 PM	#1
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	Crossover for Mac w/Kindle PC Software (p.s. it works) As I'm writing this I'm downloading Crossover for Mac. I got a license last year when they were giving them away. Given that it is (I believe) built on Wine I'm hoping I can run the Kindle PC software on it. As knowing this one way or the other will be helpful I'm just doing this as it happens. I'm bored. Sue me. Well.. it works pretty much like the Wine version does. It installs, it works. The buttons are empty, so are the popups. But assuming your books have good covers, you can use it to read on the Mac. So yay! You can get Crossover at codeweavers.com Or you patient people can wait for the Mac version.

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11-12-2009, 05:08 PM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	I use it with Parallels but I guess that is not the same thing since I am actually running Windows 7 with in it

11-12-2009, 05:46 PM	#3
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	Yeah, I didn't want to run an entire OS inside the machine. Been doing that forever and I just find it slow and frustrating. With Crossover it is quite snappy and doesn't bog down the system much. I have Win 7 on bootcamp but it's just so much more pleasant to work on the Mac part!

11-17-2009, 05:44 PM	#4
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	Thanks to a blog post I found in this post, I can now see the menus on the Crossover version of K4PC. You simply need to set the Kindle program to run in Win98 mode. This ought to hold me until the native version is released. HTH, Tracey

11-17-2009, 05:49 PM	#5
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	I just went and fixed mine and was about to update this post accordingly! Works great, too!

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