hi all!
This script is no long maintained, however i do have a friend who has made a far better solution to this problem!
please see https://github.com/totallynotinteresting/crossover for more info :)
if possible could you please star his repo too?
Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12.
Full output when running brew install pidof command:
~$ brew install pidof
==> Fetching downloads for: pidof
Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12.
✔︎ Bottle Manifest pidof (0.1.4) Downloaded 13.6KB/ 13.6KB
✔︎ Bottle pidof (0.1.4) Downloaded 5.3KB/ 5.3KB
==> Installing pidof
==> Pouring pidof--0.1.4.arm64_sequoia.bottle.2.tar.gz
🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/pidof/0.1.4: 5 files, 40.8KB
==> Running `brew cleanup pidof`...
Disable this behaviour by setting `HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1`.
Hide these hints with `HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1` (see `man brew`).
get an error saying that it couldn't rename CrossOver to CrossOver.origin, and my trial time still goes down in the app. Any way to fix this?
You can give terminal full file access to fix the error. Go to -> System Settings -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access then click the little '+' icon and add terminal.
ram and now crossover no longer launches just give 2 notifications
just uninstalled the script and it got fixed. the script already set my crossover to reset so I can install again after 14 days
hi all, i have an updated script that is far superior to this script.
https://github.com/totallynotinteresting/crossover
i can personally attest to its credibility and i suggest you all look at it, if possible could you all star it too?
Currently trying to run the new script and im getting an error that says "CrossOver.app was not found at please make sure that CrossOver.app is in /Applications/". I have crossover installed but my trial expired so it default to the Buy or Quit screen. And yes its in applications. Plz help.
Specs 16" M1 Pro 16gb 1tb Tahoe 26.2
@Alfabravo22 could you please run ls -l /Applications/CrossOver.app in the terminal and post the output here? Thanks, also if possible could you make an issue on the repo so it's easier to track this? Thanks
Ofc man, love your work btw.
Here's the output:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 10 user staff 320 Sep 12 10:22 Contents
lemme take a look, might be my script thats broken, will get back to you soon
@Alfabravo22 just made an update to the script, was a bug in my code, should be working now :)
Looks like it worked after a couple tries, could be something on my end cuz after 3 attempts it prompted me to manual list the app location, then that fixed it. Thank you @totallynotinteresting, truly amazing work!
no problem!
Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12.
Full output when running
brew install pidofcommand:~$ brew install pidof ==> Fetching downloads for: pidof Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12. ✔︎ Bottle Manifest pidof (0.1.4) Downloaded 13.6KB/ 13.6KB ✔︎ Bottle pidof (0.1.4) Downloaded 5.3KB/ 5.3KB ==> Installing pidof ==> Pouring pidof--0.1.4.arm64_sequoia.bottle.2.tar.gz 🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/pidof/0.1.4: 5 files, 40.8KB ==> Running `brew cleanup pidof`... Disable this behaviour by setting `HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1`. Hide these hints with `HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1` (see `man brew`).
Install macports at https://www.macports.org/install.php then use: sudo port install pidof
In case who needs the alternative pidof version with ps, awk, xargs commands:
pidof() {
ps -ax -o pid= -o ucomm= | awk -v proc="$1" 'tolower($2) == tolower(proc) {print $1}' | xargs
}Refs: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/801103/689392
Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12.
Full output when running
brew install pidofcommand:~$ brew install pidof ==> Fetching downloads for: pidof Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12. ✔︎ Bottle Manifest pidof (0.1.4) Downloaded 13.6KB/ 13.6KB ✔︎ Bottle pidof (0.1.4) Downloaded 5.3KB/ 5.3KB ==> Installing pidof ==> Pouring pidof--0.1.4.arm64_sequoia.bottle.2.tar.gz 🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/pidof/0.1.4: 5 files, 40.8KB ==> Running `brew cleanup pidof`... Disable this behaviour by setting `HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1`. Hide these hints with `HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1` (see `man brew`).
@CladStriffe @adilutp Hello, I have updated this script to work once more! I've also included a bit to refresh your bottles for you! Hip hip hooray! curl:
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Prexry/evil-crossover/refs/heads/main/refresh.sh)
it says preserving original CrossOver -> CrossOver.origin
mv: rename CrossOver to CrossOver.origin: Operation not permitted
does this work for linux (debian)?
please dm me on discord if you cant send it here
SSoggyTacoMan
does this work for linux (debian)?
please dm me on discord if you cant send it here
SSoggyTacoMan
@mariomaaren
No, if you're on linux, you have no reason to use CrossOver.
You can use Proton via Steam or just use Wine
i mean i can but crossover is easier
use proton, crossover is not easier on linux
u mean thru steam?
proton for games, wine for everything else. simply install the package and voila.
Thank you
@zeinib00 what script did you use? I've been trying all that are on this thread but no one worked anymore on Crossover 26
Hi i get this error on macos sequia 15.8.5 curl: (6) Could not resolve host: static.femboys.studio