The first time you run the app, it will open the install panel. If this is the case, wait a few moments and try again.

To view the icon, click the “View in Finder” button. If you click on the wrapper app too quickly, you will get a an alert saying the app can’t be opened. Just wait.Įventually you will get a notice that the wrapper “app” has been created.

This goes for everything to do with Wineskin. Depending on the amount of memory you have, this might take quite a few minutes, so it’s not broken have a little patience. This will be the name of the “app” on your system, so give it an appropriate name. Click “Create New Blank Wrapper.” This brings up the Create a Wrapper panel. The one used in this demo was WS9Wine1.7.44, but try a more recent one first in case it works better. Run the Wineskin Winery program and you will be presented with the panel to create a wrapper for your PC program.Īdd an engine by clicking on the plus button. Save the Pepakura EXE file somewhere where you can find it easily, like the desktop. You can use it for free with the above limitations as long as you like.

Bear in mind that this program is shareware You can run it and print other people’s designs, but to do more than that and make PDFs of your own work and save/distribute them, you will have to pay the shareware fee to purchase the license code for the software for $38. If you are an early adopter of El Capitan, you are on your own.ĭownload the latest version of the Pepakura Designer app here. This is an acceptable limitation at the time of writing. This is okay if you have access to a PC, but what if you don’t?įortunately, help is at hand with the amazing Wineskin Winery software which will enable you to run simple PC software on the Intel processor on your Mac.įirst, get ahold of Wineskin Winery from this link. Wineskin Winery works on all Mac OS up to Yosemite. Papercraft is a great way to make prototypes of your 3D models, but the stumbling block for Mac users has always been that the program of choice for unwrapping your models as origami style papercraft models has always been PC-based.

Can we do something about it? In this article we cover using Wineskin Winery to run what would normally be a PC-only program successfully under Yosemite on a Mac! Rock, Scissors, Paper

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