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We already know that newer M1-chip Macs can run Intel and ARM apps made for macOS and iOS, but Mac users who rely on Windows for specific software have lost Boot Camp support. However, CodeWeavers announced that CrossOver 20 now works on Apple Silicon Macs, which means that newer Mac M1s can run Windows software directly on macOS.
If you are not familiar with CrossOver, it is an open source Wine project-based platform that can run Windows environment on macOS and Linux. In other words, it allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems without even installing a full version of Windows like you do on a virtual machine.
While Apple and Microsoft have confirmed that newer ARM-based Macs are no longer compatible with Windows (at least for now), CodeWeavers developers were able to run CrossOver 20 on M1-chip Macs. The latest version of CrossOver emulates Intel Windows binaries on macOS via Rosetta 2 technology, which emulates x86 binaries on new ARM Mac hardware.
That’s unbelievable when you consider that we are literally on the cheapest Apple Silicon device you can buy, one that is thermally throttled and is missing a GPU core. I can’t tell you how cool that is; there is so much emulation under the covers.
The CrossOver team successfully installed some Windows programs on Mac M1, including the desktop version of the popular game Among Us and even Team Fortress 2. While the game had some lag, it worked fine most of the time, as you can see. then.
Running CrossOver 20 on Mac with M1 chip was only possible with macOS Big Sur 11.1 beta, which provides critical fixes to Rosetta 2 technology. Users running the latest beta version of macOS can now test Windows software on newer ones. Mac with CrossOver 20.0.2.
Check out this blog post on the CodeWeavers website for more details on CrossOver 20 on Mac M1.
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