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littlboz

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May 25, 2010
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Hello, I felt a little iffy about posting this message here. I am not sure if I should post wine questions here or in another category (or if this is a good website to talk about wine related stuff....if I should go else where please tell me. I know WineHQ.org is a good website but not for winebottler).

Info about me: I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.3. I am not computer savy but I am getting there. I have no fear of the terminal but any computer lingo or most commands I will not understand. I currently have installed, both Wine and WineBottler

Alright, now that my introduction is over here are my questions:
1. I know Wine is run through the terminal and WineBottler is run through the graphical user interface by being an application. Is this the only difference? Are there things wine can't do that winebottler can or certain things that can only be used by wine and not winebottler?

2. The winebottler files I can see in my User folder but where exactly are the Wine files? I have been accessing them by typing shift+command+G. Then typing in the "Go to" window, "~/.wine" Were is this? How do I get to it from the graphical interface (going through windows rather than the terminal). How do I navigate to it from the terminal?

3. If I install, lets say Ultima Online a windows computer game, is there a way to create a shortcut so I don't have to go to ~/.wine and then go to terminal and type in wine [path to UO.exe]


Thank you for reading all that :-D
 

littlboz

macrumors newbie
Original poster
May 25, 2010
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Thanks for the assurance. I would just like to get tech savy and be able to know the innerworkings of wine.

Anyways, I'm not to concerned about my original questions as I have heavily researched them and found answers.

I got one more for you though. I had the wine prefix and the winebottler prefix set in different areas. If I make them go to the same prefix I should expect no problems correct?
 

balamw

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You don't understand winebottler.

The output of that process is a .app package which you can double click on and use as if it was a native Mac app.

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