[Wine] Re: Trying to load MIRC with Wine on a Mac

tigerperson wineforum-user at winehq.org
Wed Mar 9 20:36:59 CST 2011


Charles Davis wrote:
> On 3/9/11 3:24 PM, tigerperson wrote:
> 
> > This is driving me crazy.  I have wine downloaded on my MAC.  It's in my application folder.  I have MIRC downloaded and it's also in my Application folder.  But, when I turn off MIRC, and turn it back on, the whole thing wants to reload.  Very annoying since that means it's not saving settings.  Any ideas?
> > 
> Why are you trying to run mIRC at all?
> 
> There are plenty of IRC clients that run natively on Mac OS X. One of
> those is Colloquy (http://colloquy.info/). That's what I use.
> 
> In general around here, if there's a native program available that does
> what you want, we tend to suggest it instead of running Wine. It's much
> easier that way. Trust me.
> 
> Chip


Thanks Chip.  The thing is, I'm familiar with Mirc and work on a mirc help channel and most people looking for help are using mirc.  I've tried Colloquy, it's on my phone, but I think there are lots more options on mirc.







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