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What's new in CrossOver 19.0.0

Dec 10, 2019
  • CrossOver 19 includes Wine 4.12-1, with 5,000 improvements, and selected patches from recent Wine with benefits to particular applications such as Microsoft Office.
  • An update to FAudio 19.10 with many audio improvements.
  • CrossOver now uses Python3.

New in CrossOver 18.1.0 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • CrossOver 18.1 supports Visio 2016 on Linux.
  • For macOS users, CrossOver 18.1 contains a number of important bug fixes. We have resolved a bug which prevented game downloads and the Steam Store page from working on the latest Steam release. CrossOver 18.1 also addresses an issue some macOS users experienced running recent versions of Quicken on CrossOver 18. Those who experienced crashes or launch failures when using Quicken 2016-2018 should see full functionality on CrossOver 18.1.
  • Finally, CrossOver 18.1 restores controller support for Steam on both macOS and Linux.

New in CrossOver 17.5.1 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • Application Support:
  • Fixed a bug that prevented installing and launching games in newly downloaded Steam bottles. Users can now install the latest Steam app and use without modification.
  • macOS:
  • CrossOver 17.5.1 includes preliminary support for the beta version of macOS Mojave 10.14.

New in CrossOver 17.1.0 (Feb 12, 2018)

  • CrossOver 17.1 supports Quicken 2018, the latest version of Quicken.
  • CrossOver 17.1 resolves problems some of our users have seen running CrossOver on macOS machines with macOS 10.13, High Sierra. Not all of our High Sierra users have been impacted, but many CrossOver users on High Sierra have experienced consistent crashes. We believe CrossOver 17.1 should resolve these problems and restore functionality for these users.
  • CrossOver 17.1 also improves registration and activation with Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions for Office 2016. Users who experienced failures with activation or sign-on with Office 365 subscriptions should see those problems resolved.

New in CrossOver 16.2.0 (Mar 24, 2017)

  • Application Support:
  • CrossOver now supports Outlook 2013.
  • Bugs with Quicken updates have been fixed.
  • Connection issues with Outlook 2010 have been fixed.
  • Bugs activating Office 2013 in some circumstances have been fixed.
  • Wine Update:
  • CrossOver 16.2.0 includes the final release of Wine 2.0.
  • Performance Enhancements and Other Improvements:
  • We have made improvements to our Performance Enhanced Graphics which should improve performance with a variety of games.
  • Windowing behavior on macOS will be faster and more reliable in some circumstances, including cases where productivity-style applications make use of OpenGL.
  • Bugs with copy / paste have been fixed on macOS.

New in CrossOver 16.1.0 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • Application Support:
  • CrossOver now supports Quicken 2017.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug which prevented Microsoft Office 2013 from installing in the Spanish locale.
  • Fixed a problem which could prevent Microsoft Office 2010 from completing online activation.
  • Fixed a bug in the CrossOver preferences pane which prevented the preference for recording usage statistics from being properly displayed.

New in CrossOver 16.0.0 (Dec 13, 2016)

  • Application Support:
  • CrossOver now supports Microsoft Office 2013!
  • Microsoft Office 2013 can be activated with either an Office 365 subscription or a product key.
  • Core Technology Improvements:
  • CrossOver 16 is based on Wine 2.0, with thousands of improvements to Windows compatibility across the board.
  • CrossOver now supports 64-bit Windows applications, with new bottle templates and 64-bit dependency management.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Quicken 2014-2016 updates will now apply automatically during installation.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented saving very large files in Microsoft Excel 2010
  • Fixed a bug which prevented opening hyperlinks from documents in Microsoft Office 2010.
  • Shell folder links will now be updated when importing bottles into CrossOver from an archive file.
  • Fixed an audio bug which could cause Blizzard games to emit unwanted noises from the speaker.
  • Fixed a bug in Tencent QQ which caused the application to hang when adding a new contact.
  • Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 will display correctly again.

New in CrossOver 15.2.0 (Jul 26, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 can now correctly embed fonts when exporting to PDF format.
  • Fixed a crash in Tencent QQ instant messenger.
  • Several graphics cards which would previously go unrecognized by CrossOver will now be properly identified.
  • CrossOver's automatic detection of the amount of available Video RAM is improved.

New in CrossOver 15.1.0 (Mar 31, 2016)

  • Mac OS X:
  • Improved some confusing behavior in CrossOver's Software Installer.
  • Fixed a bug where CrossOver's Software Installer would hang while looking for compatible bottles.
  • Improved our resilience to custom Python installations. We now refrain from loading custom Python module installed in system directories, which prevents crashes when incompatible modules are present.
  • Improved security for Sparkle updates.
  • General Improvements:
  • Fixed a problem initializing some fonts with dwrite, which could cause Steam to fail.
  • Fixed a bug in setting CrossOver's anti-virus scanner from a configuration file.
  • Application Support:
  • Fixed a bug which caused Heroes of the Storm to freeze.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented login to World of Warcraft.
  • Fixed some graphical problems in Alekhine's Gun on Intel graphics hardware.
  • Fixed a bug which caused Microsoft Excel to hang when accepting non-English input via an Input Method Editor.

New in CrossOver 15.0.1 (Jan 13, 2016)

  • Mac OS X:
  • Fixes for various user interface bugs on OS X 10.8
  • General Improvements:
  • The final, release version of Wine 1.8 has been merged into this release.
  • We now have better support for display of Chinese characters in situations where not all Chinese fonts are available.
  • Various non-English translations have been improved.
  • Application Support:
  • The backup feature in Quicken has been fixed.
  • Quicken versions 2004 and earlier are again able to open database files.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented StarCraft from running on OS X.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented South Park: Stick of Truth from running.
  • Linux:
  • CrossOver will install successfully on CentOS 6.7.
  • CrossOver will install successfully when dbus fails.

New in CrossOver 15.0 (Dec 8, 2015)

  • CrossOver now uses PulseAudio for sound if it is available on the system.
  • CrossOver has a completely redone User Interface on Linux.
  • Application Support:
  • Quicken 2016 now runs in CrossOver.
  • General Improvements:
  • Wine 1.8 brings thousands of updates to CrossOver's core compatibility with Windows applications.
  • Dual screen Linux setups will run Microsoft Office better than before.

New in CrossOver 14.1.6 (Sep 3, 2015)

  • Mac OS X:
  • Fixed a problem which caused CrossOver to crash on El Capitan when selecting a bottle in the GUI.
  • Application Support:
  • Fixed a bug which caused Mamut Business Software to crash during installation.
  • Linux:
  • Fixed a problem which caused CrossOver to fail to load libX11 on RHEL / CentOS 6.7.
  • Fixed a problem in which CrossOver would complain about unmet dependencies of libosmesa6 on Ubuntu 14.04.3.

New in CrossOver 14.1.3 (May 22, 2015)

  • Updated the version of the gnutls library we use for compatibility with newer Debian and Ubuntu distributions. This will fix connection issues in Diablo III as well as other possible problems.

New in CrossOver 14.1.1 (May 10, 2015)

  • Allow a new behavior by setting an environment variable, CX_DIRECT_DESKTOP. Bottles created when this environment variable is set will use the native Desktop directly instead of putting a link to it on the Windows Desktop

New in CrossOver 14.1.0 (Mar 19, 2015)

  • Application Support:
  • It is again possible to install .Net 3.5.
  • Fixed a hang when using ATOK, a third-party Japanese input method.
  • The Equation Editor menu bar in Word 2003 and Word 97 now works.
  • The Equation Editor in Word 2003 will no longer freeze after multiple launches.
  • Typing a URL into an outgoing email in Outlook 2003 now automatically generates a clickable hyperlink.
  • Changing fonts in Outlook 2003 is now possible.
  • Improved behavior of CrossOver's built-in web browser in certain web-sites.
  • Fixed a crash when displaying certain characters with Uniscribe in Outlook 2010.
  • Mac OS X:
  • Fixed a bug which caused application launchers to disappear when a bottle was renamed.
  • Fixed a problem which made it difficult to change the window size for a maximized window (Quicken was among the impacted applications).
  • Linux:
  • Updated package dependencies to allow installation on Ubuntu 14.0.4.2.
  • Optimized the CrossOver Software Installer for faster startup times in many cases.
  • Fixed a bug which sometimes caused CrossOver to fail to open links in native web browsers.
  • Added a new option, --destdir, to various internal CrossOver command line tools. This may make package generation for Gentoo Linux easier.

New in CrossOver 14.0.0 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • Linux:
  • CrossOver can now automatically detect and install missing packages on many Linux distributions, making it easier to get the packages you need. CrossOver will attempt to install a minimal set of packages on first-run, and will also attempt to install packages needed by specific Windows applications when those Windows applications are installed.
  • CrossOver has fixed a bug with the way it uses threads in GTK (this bug fix allows CrossOver to run on Ubuntu 14.10).
  • CrossOver should now detect proxy settings on systems which use GSettings.
  • Fixed proxy detection for certain KDE configurations.
  • Application Support:
  • New Supported Applications:
  • CrossOver now supports Quicken 2015 on both OS X and Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports Hearthstone on Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports Cube World on both OS X and Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports Path of Exile on both OS X and Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports WarCraft III on Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports EuroTruck Simulator 2 on both OS X and Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports Terraria on both OS X and Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports South Park: The Stick of Truth on both OS X and Linux.
  • CrossOver now supports Xenonauts both OS X and Linux.
  • Bug fixes:
  • The "Save a copy as" feature in Quicken 2014 is now functional.
  • Quicken 2014 is now able to validate data files.
  • Quicken 2014 now displays its update notice correctly.
  • Quicken 2014 will now remember when its windows are re-sized.
  • Scrolling using a trackpad on an Apple laptop will now work in Quicken 2014.
  • Formatting of message timestamps in Outlook 2010 has been improved.
  • Many games - Deus Ex:Human Revolution - no longer require the Legacy X Window System to run on OS X.
  • CrossOver's built-in web-browser has improved and now loads more sites, including the U-Haul web-site and the web-site for the United States Copyright Office.
  • Steam can now be hidden reliably on OS X.
  • Legacy Family Tree 7 will now run under CrossOver on OS X.
  • Printing will now work when MathType is installed alongside Word 2007.

New in CrossOver 13.2.0 (Jul 10, 2014)

  • General Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes for stability of games running with Performance Enhanced Graphics.
  • Adobe Acrobat 10 and 11 will now install.
  • Users with certain non-Latin characters in their codeweavers.com usernames can now successfully register CrossOver.
  • Linux:
  • CrossOver now depends on several additional packages, which in turn allows more Windows applications to run without further user intervention.
  • Certain Linux kernel versions (3.14 at least) broke support for running 16-bit code. CrossOver cannot overcome this limitation on its own. CrossOver now detects the situation and informs the user about it, and will also succeed in creating a win98 bottle on such a kernel.

New in CrossOver 13.1.3 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Application Support:
  • Added support for Blizzard's Battle.net Desktop Application.
  • Mac OS X:
  • Fixed a bug in CrossOver's self-update logic.
  • Linux:
  • Fixed an incompatibility between the version of libxcb shipped with CrossOver and the Ubuntu 14.04.
  • Language Support:
  • Improvements to the Russian language translation.
  • Improvements to the Romanian language translation.

New in CrossOver 13.1.2 (Mar 20, 2014)

  • Application Support:
  • Improvements to Quicken 2014
  • Quicken 2014 functions better on dual-monitor setups. Quicken can only display on the primary monitor, but should be more usable.
  • The tab key should now behave properly by switching focus from one field to the next.
  • Various other rendering bugs are fixed.
  • Programs can now be installed directly from the Amazon Downloader service (Quicken 2014 is one program which is often purchased as an Amazon download).
  • Adobe Reader XI now installs and runs.

New in CrossOver 13.1.0 (Feb 6, 2014)

  • CrossOver now supports Quicken 2014

New in CrossOver 13.0.1 (Dec 5, 2013)

  • Application Support:
  • Fixed a problem which caused Steam to crash after login.
  • Fixed a problem which caused Quicken 2013 to fail to connect to certain on-line accounts.
  • Fixed a bug in Tencent QQ, a popular Chinese instant-messaging application.
  • Linux:
  • Fixed a problem which caused CrossOver's Bottle Manager to fail on older Linux distributions, including RHEL 6 and CentOS 6.

New in CrossOver 13.0.0 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • Games Support:
  • CrossOver 13 has our new Performance Enhanced Graphics. Games will run faster, with higher frame rates! This is a major overhaul of the 3D graphics processing in CrossOver, and gives significant improvements in many, many popular games.
  • The launcher for Borderlands 2 is working.
  • Both the Gem Store and mouse work with Guild Wars 2.
  • The mouse pointer in Terraria is now accurate when the window is resized or zoomed.
  • Rendering bugs with RIFT on NVIDIA hardware are fixed.
  • Multi-core rendering can now be enabled in Source games.
  • Mirror's Edge now runs under CrossOver.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Input Managers will no longer cause Windows applications running under CrossOver to crash.
  • When you Command-Tab out of a full-screen program and then back, CrossOver will restore that program's display resolution setting.
  • CrossOver uses accelerated OpenGL in all cases.
  • Added support for Mac-style full-screen windows.
  • Enhanced the system tray icon support to handle right-clicks and middle-clicks.
  • Fix a bug which could cause CrossOver to display two mouse cursors in some applications.
  • Lots of window management fixes.
  • Fixed scrolling going diagonal when it shouldn't.
  • Fixed certain programs (e.g. Quicken 2013) failing to launch when using certain keyboard layouts (e.g. US International PC).
  • Fixed a bug where the select-bottle section of the Software Installer window would say Please Wait forever.
  • Improved icon extraction from Windows executables.
  • Application Support:
  • Project 2010 will run faster.
  • Macros function much better in Microsoft Excel.
  • Access 2000 user interaction is smoother on OS X.
  • The system tray for QQ is functional now on OS X.
  • Kayak Foundry will load files again.
  • Fixed a crash in the Chinese version of Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition.

New in CrossOver 12.2.1 (May 16, 2013)

  • Updated Chinese translations.

New in CrossOver 12.2.0 (May 1, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug which caused Office 2007 applications to crash in some circumstances.
  • Fixed a bug which caused Wizard101 to fail to recover after being re-sized.
  • Fixed a bug which caused mailto: links to be broken in Outlook 2003.
  • Fixed a bug which caused .Net 4.0 applications to fail to run.
  • Fixed a bug which sometimes caused Traditional Chinese to be used even when a user's preferences were set to Simplified Chinese.

New in CrossOver 12.1.0 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • CrossOver:
  • CrossOver no longer ships Wine-Mono, an open-source replacement for .Net, by default. We had started doing this for CrossOver 12 but the large increase in download size and disk space usage proved too much. CrossOver can still download and install Wine-Mono as-needed.
  • We have fixed a bug which caused CrossOver to print unnecessary error messages when launching Windows applications, complaining that certain icon files could not be found.
  • New translations for Polish & Chinese (China), and a partial translation for Italian.
  • Linux:
  • Running Guild Wars 2 on Ubuntu 12.04 with CrossOver 12 triggered a bug in the Compiz window manager which caused a CPU spike. We have added a registry key which can be used to disable the feature which caused Guild Wars 2 to trigger this bug, thus making the game playable with Compiz on Ubuntu.
  • Fixed an issue where the screen would go blank during the installation of some programs.
  • Application Support:
  • Fixed connection errors with Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 when connecting to hosted Exchange servers.
  • Fixed a bug which caused adding a table of contents to a Microsoft Word document to fail.
  • Fixed an issue where Quicken failed to download WebConnect and QFX files.
  • Fixed an issue where Quicken crashed viewing investment details.
  • Fixed an issue where Quicken crashed when expanding columns in reports.
  • Fixed a bug which caused clicking on a promotional offer in Quicken to crash.
  • Fixed some connection failures with Quicken 2011.
  • Fixed an issue where rotated text was garbled in PowerPoint 2010.
  • Fixed a bug selecting shapes in Visio 2010.
  • Fixed a crash on launch in HCFA-1500.

New in CrossOver 12.0.0 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • CrossOver Linux now installs a single desktop menu item rather than a multitude of desktop menus. This approach works better with desktop systems such as GNOME 3 and Unity, which usually don't have a hierarchical desktop menu structure.
  • CrossOver now has much better support for window transparency (layered windows) when a compositing window manager is available. (When the Mac Driver is complete, this feature will be available on OS X as well). Many transparent windows will now work that did not before. Improvements in this area include: - Microsoft Office applications in the Office 2003 and Office 2007 suites will now behave properly when working with embedded pictures or graphics. Previously, rotating or resizing embedded graphics caused the screen to go temporarily black; - Game launchers (such as that for Guild Wars 2, for example) which use color-keying to create transparent window areas will display properly rather than being drawn with black borders; - ...and many more.
  • We have resolved some issues which caused printers not to appear.
  • Application Support:
  • CrossOver now supports World of Tanks.
  • CrossOver now supports Quicken 2013.
  • CrossOver now supports installation of .Net 4.0.
  • CrossOver linux now supports Guild Wars 2. Guild Wars 2 will run for many people on CrossOver Mac, but many users will encounter persistent graphics problems. Previously, CodeWeavers had released a specially-built version of CrossOver dedicated to running Guild Wars 2. That is no longer necessary.
  • Improvements to Microsoft Office: - Fixed a crash displaying certain email messages in Outlook 2010. - Outlook 2010 will now save passwords. - Improved Gmail and other IMAP connections with Outlook 2007. - Fixed auto-discovery during account configuration for Outlook 2007. - PowerPoint 2010 now displays equations in slide shows. - PowerPoint 2010 no longer displays blank slides. - Fixed bugs in Word 2010 which caused the equation editor to be missing structures and formulas. - Fixed a bug in Word 2010 related to footnote style choices. - Project 2007 and 2010 can now edit dates for recurring tasks. - Fixed a crash in Project 2010 when filtering by resource name. - Visio 2002 can now search for new shapes. - Visio 2010 now displays properly when multiple shapes are open.
  • Star Trek Online is now faster during game updates.
  • Quicken 2009 no longer has garbled text on its buttons.
  • An issue with installation of .Net 3.5 SP1 was resolved.
  • World of Warcraft has had fixes related to patching and installation.
  • CrossOver and Wine:
  • CrossOver is now based on Wine 1.5.15.
  • CrossOver's built-in web-browser will offer to download and install ActiveX controls.
  • CrossOver now comes bundled with the Wine-Mono package, an alternative implementation of the .Net API.
  • CrossOver now implements Raw Input, the set of APIs used for mouse input by games like Guild Wars 2, World of Tanks, and others.
  • Support for printing on a variety of paper sizes has been improved.
  • DirectSound has a new resampler, for higher quality audio.
  • CrossOver now has sub-pixel font anti-aliasing.

New in CrossOver 11.3.0 (Nov 8, 2012)

  • Complete translations for:
  • Czech,
  • Spanish,
  • Japanese,
  • Lithuanian,
  • Polish,
  • Portuguese (Brazil),
  • Swedish, and
  • Chinese (China).
  • Fix a bug on Ubuntu 12.04 where Excel files would fail to launch.

New in CrossOver 11.2.0 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • The main benefit of CrossOver 11.2.0 on the Mac is that it should run on Apple's upcoming release of OS X 10.8, "Mountain Lion," due out in July 2012.
  • In addition, we have added support for Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010 on both Mac and Linux. Another major feature is incorporation of Wine 1.4.1, which is a bug-fix release of Wine's stable 1.4 branch, and includes many improvements for a variety of applications.

New in CrossOver 10.1.0 (Jul 20, 2011)

  • Fixed several known issues with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
  • Don't move cursor on display mode change, start up, or quit.
  • Simplify user interactions when Quartz-WM is missing.
  • Fixed check printing in Quicken 2011.

New in CrossOver 10.0 (Jan 28, 2011)

  • The primary new feature of these releases is our new 'CrossTie' technology. CrossTie builds on and expands on our compatibility profiles so that not only is CrossOver constantly updated with the latest and greatest recipes, those recipes can now be launched with a single click. It is now easier than ever to install thousands of different applications on your Mac or Linux system using the most up-to-date recipe.
  • Additionally, this version incorporates the nearly 4,500 patches that went into making Wine 1.3.9 over the past year, bringing a wide range of improvements to many applications. We have particularly focused on Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and the Steam games platform.

New in CrossOver 9.1.0 (Jul 28, 2010)

  • Application Fixes:
  • Improved installation of Office 2007 service packs.
  • Fixed product registration of Office 2007 and Office 2003.
  • Fixed some unimportant errors during installation of some versions of Office 2003.
  • Improved several connection and importation issues with Quicken 2010.
  • Fixed product registration of Project and Visio 2003.
  • Fixed Excel 2007 hyperlinks.
  • Fixed document saving in Publisher 2003.
  • Fixed playing of mp3 files in Media Player 9.
  • Fixed custom installs of Office 2007.
  • Improved print to PDF in Office 2007.
  • Some minor improvements to IE6 and IE7.
  • CrossOver Fixes:
  • Improved proxy handling on the Gnome desktop.
  • Fixed a Mac upgrade problem related to the CD-helper being in use.
  • Fixed full-screen mode for Macs with auto-switching GPUs.
  • Fixed Menus and Associations for Pardus Linux.
  • Updated Dutch and French localizations.
  • Made several application profile tune-ups.
  • Merged with Wine version 1.2. Many improvements and bug fixes.

New in CrossOver 9.0.0 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • CrossOver changes:
  • Bold new look!
  • Entirely redesigned application install process
  • Much faster bottle creation and manipulation times
  • Our application installation process is now guided by 'C4 Profiles', XML files that should allow the process to be extended by anyone
  • Application support improvements:
  • Some improvements in Internet Explorer, particularly IE7
  • Major improvements in Microsoft Office; notably Word clipart and Excel Macros should now work. Outlook stability should continue to improve
  • Limited support for Quicken 2010
  • Merged with Wine version 1.1.34
  • This represents a years work in Wine, 7578 patches in all, far too many to describe!

New in CrossOver 8.0.0 (Jun 16, 2009)

  • New application support:
  • Quicken 2009
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Photoshop CS2
  • Application fixes:
  • MS Office 2003:
  • Non-English language service packs should now apply
  • Word 2003: 'Insert Field' should now work properly
  • Word 2003: Table calculations fixed
  • Word 2003: Insert... Picture... From File improved
  • Outlook 2003: NTLM proxy authentication fixed
  • Excel 2003: Insert Picture improved
  • Outlook 2003: Problem with dropping into 'disconnected' mode is resolved
  • MS Office 2007:
  • Service Packs 1 and 2 now apply.
  • Enterprise, Pro, and Corporate editions should now install
  • Word 2007: Fixed misbehavior when using the 'insert image' function
  • Several other Office service packs and add-ons should work better.
  • QuickTime 7:
  • Intermittent hanging bugs should be fixed
  • Several other general fixes
  • Outlook 2000: e-mail attachments should now work
  • Acrobat 5 and 7: "Save As" dialog no longer causes crashes
  • FrameMaker: Handling of PPD files improved on systems without CUPS.
  • Word XP: "Combine Documents" fixed
  • Equation Editor should install and run
  • Other crossover improvements:
  • A 'symbol' font as been added. This should improve Equation Editor behavior.
  • A couple of improvements were made to dual-monitor support on the Mac
  • Fixed problem with resizing windows on dual-head linux systems
  • KDE systray on SUSE 10.1 fixed
  • KDE Printer improved
  • Fixed a problem with demo registration and gksu version 2.0.2.
  • Improved copy and paste
  • Added better 64-bit support in the RPM package
  • Updated many components to fix behavior on the upcoming Snow Leopard release of OSX.