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?
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Hey mate, I tried your code and ran it in the terminal:
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/ellsies/e9383c75fd8cd8d5781dac91d7e2360d/raw/install.sh)"
After that, I can’t open the Crossover app anymore, and I’m getting the issue shown in the screenshot.
I also tried installing the new version from @Prexry, but unfortunately it still doesn’t work.
How can I fix this?
Hey @1MacUser
I saw this happen and removing the CrossOver app and simply reinstalling it fixed it (no data lost, just the .app replaced)
I'm also not sure if there's any discrepancies with macOS Tahoe as I'm testing this on macOS Sequoia
As for ellsies, I couldn't get it to work and my script aims to fix that
Please try reinstalling CrossOver, opening it, then running the script.
@Prexry It worked :) Thank you mate. I just reinstalled the Crossover app, and all my settings and bottles are fine.
@Prexry hey!! replaced the .app after running your script, nothing. also tried running your script again but it unfortunately didn't work. any tips? *tahoe, intel mac.
@c4vi4z @kaibuchan It could be an issue with Tahoe but I have no way of testing that as I use a borrowed mac mini with macOS Sequoia
I may have more to add later but there's nothing I can really do to extensively test it at the moment
@ellsies thank you again! I just checked out again your script and it worked :)
Error: Cannot install under Rosetta 2 in ARM default prefix (/opt/homebrew)!
To rerun under ARM use:
arch -arm64 brew install ...
To install under x86_64, install Homebrew into /usr/local.
/Users/morzh/Desktop/CrossOver: line 20: pidof: command not found
/Users/morzh/Desktop/CrossOver: line 52: /Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS/CrossOver.origin: No such file or directory
/Users/morzh/Desktop/CrossOver: line 52: : command not found
Saving session...completed.
can you help me?
Good Job ! It works really well. Do you know if it's possible to gain access to the preview version ? Or it's to very different build and only possible with a subscription ?
hey @Prexry
upon running your script, I 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?
eval "$(curl -fsSL https://static.femboys.studio/csor.sh)"
Hi i get this error on macos sequia 15.8.5 curl: (6) Could not resolve host: static.femboys.studio
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
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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
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@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)