CodeWeavers makes improvements to windowing in the Mac Driver

Mar 2, 2013 10:51 GMT  ·  By

CodeWeavers has released a new version of CrossOver, the company’s flagship software application that runs Windows programs on Apple’s Mac OS without virtualization. CrossOver 12.1.2 features optimizations for the upcoming OS X 10.8.3.

As Apple continues to address bugs in OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion, CodeWeavers has released a fully compatible version of its CrossOver software to include some performance improvements and optimizations.

The release notes begin with application support, where CodeWeavers mentions bugs which caused Steam to get stuck in a loop while trying to update, and one bug which caused performance to suffer badly in Skyrim, on certain Linux distributions.

These have all been fixed, according to the company.

Another bug, which caused Outlook 2010 to fail to open .xlsx, .pptx, and .docx attachments, has been addressed as well.

An error which caused Quicken to fail to connect to Chase Bank online is now patched, and Office 2007 and 2010 will now display help topics.

For Mac users, and gamers in particular, CodeWeavers reveal that its software engineers  have managed to make some improvements to windowing in the Mac Driver.

Lastly, the company has tested this new CrossOver build against Apple’s OS X 10.8.3 betas and confirms that your gaming experience will be much improved under that particular version of the Mac OS.

“We are hopeful that changes in this version of CrossOver will mean that gaming performance will improve when Apple releases its upcoming OS X 10.8.3,” says CodeWeavers.

Originally released as a beta to developers in November, OS X 10.8.3 is Apple’s third maintenance update for Mountain Lion.

So far, the Cupertino giant has seeded no less than 12 betas to its sea of developers with instructions to test AirPlay, Graphics Drivers, Safari, and other core areas of the OS.

Apple has yet to release the software to the public. But when it does so, you can expect CrossOver to play along, according to CodeWeavers.

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