{"id":18609,"date":"2019-10-24T12:11:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T12:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/made4it.com.br\/blog\/how-to-set-up-winbox-on-macos-catalina\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:40:11","slug":"how-to-set-up-winbox-on-macos-catalina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/made4it.com.br\/en\/blog\/how-to-set-up-winbox-on-macos-catalina\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up Winbox on macOS Catalina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apple released its new version of the macOS operating system, codenamed Catalina, on October 7.With this new version, some features that work correctly in other versions have stopped working in this one; one of these is our friend Winbox from Mikrotik. In this new version, 32-bit applications are no longer supported, and since Wine is one of the essential components for running Winbox on macOS, we need to run the 64-bit version. To help you, let’s follow the tutorial below.<\/p>\n\n

1. Back up your Address using Winbox or by copying the files from Wine<\/h2>\n\n

Using the terminal (or an app like iTerm), rename your `.wine` directory using the following commands:, `cd ~`, ``, `mv .wine .wine-backup`<\/p>\n\n

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2. Delete the old Wine data<\/h2>\n\n

Use the following commands:rm -rf \/Applications\/Wine*rm -rf ~\/.wine\/<\/p>\n\n

3. Download and install the latest version of Wine<\/h2>\n\n

Download the Wine Staging<\/strong> version from the following URL: https:\/\/dl.winehq.org\/wine-builds\/macosx\/pool\/winehq-staging-4.18.pkg<\/a>Install it on your macOS as usual.<\/p>\n\n

4. Download the 64-bit version of Winbox<\/h2>\n\n

To download, visit the Mikrotik website and go to the Downloads tab, or use this link: https:\/\/download.mikrotik.com\/winbox\/3.20\/winbox64.exe<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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5. Run Wine64 with Winbox64<\/h2>\n\n

To run wine64 with Winbox64, use the following script:<\/p>\n\n

\/bin\/zshexport PATH=\"\/Applications\/Wine Staging.app\/Contents\/Resources\/wine\/bin:$PATH\"export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=\"truetype:interpreter-version=35\"export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\/usr\/lib:\/opt\/X11\/lib:$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH\"wine64 ~\/Downloads\/winbox64.exe > \/dev\/null 2>&1 &<\/pre>\n\n
To make things easier, you can run a script to execute these commands automatically.Use the following commands: vi inicia-mikrotik<\/p>\n\n
!\/bin\/zshexport PATH=\"\/Applications\/Wine Staging.app\/Contents\/Resources\/wine\/bin:$PATH\"export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=\"truetype:interpreter-version=35\"export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\/usr\/lib:\/opt\/X11\/lib:$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH\"wine64 ~\/Downloads\/winbox64.exe > \/dev\/null 2>&1 &<\/pre>\n\n
Exit and save the file with :wq!Set the file’s executable permission: chmod +x inicia-mikrotikAnd run the script with the command: .\/inicia-mikrotik or ~\/inicia-mikrotik<\/p>\n\n
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To summarize, I’ll list all the commands used here<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
cd ~mv .wine .wine-backuprm -rf \/Applications\/Wine*rm -rf ~\/.wine\/ https:\/\/dl.winehq.org\/wine-builds\/macosx\/pool\/winehq-staging-4.18.pkg<\/a>https:\/\/download.mikrotik.com\/winbox\/3.20\/winbox64.exe<\/a>\/bin\/zshexport PATH=\"\/Applications\/Wine Staging.app\/Contents\/Resources\/wine\/bin:$PATH\"export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=\"truetype:interpreter-version=35\"export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\/usr\/lib:\/opt\/X11\/lib:$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH\"wine64 ~\/Downloads\/winbox64.exe > \/dev\/null 2>&1 &vi start-mikrotik!\/bin\/zshexport PATH=\"\/Applications\/Wine Staging.app\/Contents\/Resources\/wine\/bin:$PATH\"export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=\"truetype:interpreter-version=35\"export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\/usr\/lib:\/opt\/X11\/lib:$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH\"wine64 ~\/Downloads\/winbox64.exe > \/dev\/null 2>&1 &chmod +x start-mikrotik.\/start-mikrotik or ~\/start-mikrotik<\/pre>\n\n
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References: https:\/\/forum.mikrotik.com\/viewtopic.php?t=152795<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s how to fix the Winbox issue on macOS Catalina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[869],"tags":[1067,1064,1065,1068,1066,1069,1071,1070],"class_list":["post-18609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-network","tag-catalina-macs","tag-how-to-set-up-winbox-on-macos-catalina","tag-how-to-use-winbox-on-macos-catalina","tag-macoscatalina","tag-males","tag-winbox-for-mac","tag-winbox-macos-catalina","tag-winbox-on-macos-catalina"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t