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Old Nov 3, 2024 | 10:24 AM
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Instructions for installing WIS on MAC

Any MAC users here that bought the Ebay WIS on thumbdrive?
This worked great on my PC a few years back and I had no problems with unzipping/loading the program but on this MAC I've got no instructions.
I've contacted the seller but they only answer in short, one or two words. Never giving a full instruction and the directions they do give never work and this has been going on for two or three months now.

Anyone? Thanks!
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Old Nov 13, 2024 | 05:55 PM
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Virtual box does not yet support windows arm, so there is no way to run the WIS on a mac arm series. Picking up a low cost windows laptop is your best solution (ebay used can be a decent deal) - might also want to check any local computer repair stores, they may have older laptops for very low cost. All you need is something that can run virtual box and give it 2gig of memory so just about any laptop that is in the 10 year old range will have no issues.
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Old Feb 14, 2025 | 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by tyabnet
Virtual box does not yet support windows arm, so there is no way to run the WIS on a mac arm series. Picking up a low cost windows laptop is your best solution (ebay used can be a decent deal) - might also want to check any local computer repair stores, they may have older laptops for very low cost. All you need is something that can run virtual box and give it 2gig of memory so just about any laptop that is in the 10 year old range will have no issues.
I've installed WIS on my Mac before, and one thing that helped was ensuring there was enough free space since the installation can take up a lot of system storage. If you're running into issues with storage, you might want to check what's taking up space and clean up unnecessary files. This guide explains how to manage large system data on macOS: https://setapp.com/how-to/macos-system-data-large Also, if you're using a VM, ensure it has enough allocated storage and RAM. I found that tweaking these settings made the installation process much smoother.

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