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Hello, I just realized how to solve "Error in POL_Wine" when you create 64bit virtual drive.

Also the solution updates wine version (which is 2.0.1 in POM 4.3.3) - it solves the problem "Wine packages website is unavailible"

I use Mojave so my PlayOnMac version is 4.3.3 but I guess with 4.4.4 it will work too!

Edited by BobTheDisaster

Does this work for IMVU ?

Hi Bob, 

trying to follow your steps on my Macbook pro (Monterey 12.7.6). I was using POM already for years on my old Macbook Air for the windows program TagScanner, but I am not a tech guy....

I even cannot find the folder for wine you mention in your remark. have tried searching including system files/folders, but under my user there is no such sub folder. any Idea how I could solve this?

thx and happy 2026

Martin

Hello, I just realized how to solve "Error in POL_Wine" when you create 64bit virtual drive.

Also the solution updates wine version (which is 2.0.1 in POM 4.3.3) - it solves the problem "Wine packages website is unavailible"

I use Mojave so my PlayOnMac version is 4.3.3 but I guess with 4.4.4 it will work too!

1) Download last stable releases manually:

 

https://www.playonlinux.com/wine/binaries/phoenicis/upstream-darwin-amd64/

PlayOnLinux-wine-7.11-upstream-darwin-amd64.tar.gz

 

https://www.playonlinux.com/wine/binaries/phoenicis/upstream-darwin-x86/

PlayOnLinux-wine-7.16-upstream-darwin-x86.tar.gz

 

Unpack them. Each folder will have bin lib share subfolders

 

2) Go to /Users/user/Library/PlayOnMac/wine/ you will see these folders "darwin-amd64" and "darwin-x86"

Create new subfolders "7.11" for "darwin-amd64" and "7.16" for "darwin-x86"

 

3) Copy all three subfolders from 

    a) "PlayOnLinux-wine-7.11-upstream-darwin-amd64" to ~/Library/PlayOnMac/wine/darwin-amd64/7.11/

b) "PlayOnLinux-wine-7.16-upstream-darwin-x86" to ~/Library/PlayOnMac/wine/darwin-x86/7.16/

 

4) Go to Tools > Manage wine versions and check installed versions, there should appear 7.16 for x86 and 7.11 for amd64

 

Note:

If you wanna have the last possible fresh wine version then install wine-stable via homebrew (8.0.1 current)

brew install wine-stable

 

go to /Applications/Wine Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/ and copy three folders to ~/Library/PlayOnMac/wine/darwin-amd64/8.0.1/

 

But since officially POM is designed to work with official release, 8.0.1 could be not so stable so play with it anyway

 

After all of these manipulations you have create manually new virtual hdd's with wine version you need (in dialog box choose "Use another version wine") and install apps there

 

Quote from BobTheDisaster

just to add. for those who face the same issue with installation on Wine, I was finally able to make it work with the version POM 4.4.3 that I could download from this site https://playonmac.macupdate.com/app/mac/46661/playonmac/old-versions.

all have a great 2026 ahead!