So there are a few different ways to run MikroTik's winbox64.exe on a Mac computer.

This is an article explaining the way I do it, with instructions on how to implement this yourself.

Every time I go to open Winbox, I open up a terminal window, and push the up arrow key to get back to my command 'wine winbox64.exe' and Winbox will launch. If I wish to update Winbox to the latest version, I do this from inside Winbox using the 'check for updates' option.


This is broken into a few steps, first is Homebrew, second Wine and the third is Winbox.


Homebrew:

To install Homebrew on a Mac, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the Terminal application. You can find it in the "Utilities" folder within the "Applications" folder, or you can use Spotlight search (Cmd + Space) and type "Terminal" to launch it.
  2. Once the Terminal is open, paste the following command and press Enter:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

  1. This command will start the Homebrew installation script. It will explain what it does and ask for your permission to proceed. Press Enter or type your password (if prompted) to authorize the installation process.

  2. Homebrew will then download the necessary files and install itself on your Mac. This process may take a few minutes, depending on your internet connection speed.

  3. After the installation is complete, you should see a message indicating that Homebrew has been successfully installed.

  4. To verify the installation, you can run the following command:

brew doctor

This command checks for any issues or misconfigurations in your Homebrew installation. If everything is set up correctly, you will see a message stating that your system is ready to brew.



Wine:

To install Wine Stable using Homebrew, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the Terminal application on your Mac.

  2. Update Homebrew to ensure you have the latest package information by running the following command:

brew update
  1. Once Homebrew is up to date, you can install Wine Stable by entering the following command:
brew install --cask wine-stable

  1. Homebrew will download and install the Wine Stable package along with its dependencies. This process may take some time, depending on your internet connection and system resources.

  2. Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

wine --version

This command should display the version number of Wine if it was installed successfully.


That's it! You have installed Wine Stable using Homebrew. You can now use Wine to run Windows applications on your Mac by executing the desired Windows executable file using the wine command in the Terminal.


While we are at it:

wget is a handy program for downloading files from a server, I'm going to use this to download winbox64.exe


Run the following command from the command line:

brew install wget


Winbox:

Now to download Winbox to your computer, paste the following into your command line

wget https://mt.lv/winbox64

Once you've done this, we're complete!


To launch Winbox use the following command from the terminal window

wine winbox64.exe

To install Homebrew on a Mac, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the Terminal application. You can find it in the "Utilities" folder within the "Applications" folder, or you can use Spotlight search (Cmd + Space) and type "Terminal" to launch it.
  2. Once the Terminal is open, paste the following command and press Enter: