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		yosyp on Jan 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I switched from OS X to Linux Wine on Mac does not support 64 bit, because OS X overwrites a CPU register that Wine requires.

mastazi on Jan 17, 2017 [–]

I was curious about this topic so I googled a bit and it seems it's being addressed by the community, there is experimental support for some x64 applications: http://www.wine-reviews.net/2016/04/run-64bit-wine-197-on-yo...

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