macOS: installing MTGO using Wine

On macOS, depending on your configuration, the Docker image for MTGO (Magic Online) may not work properly.

Instead of using Docker and virtualization, you can try installing Wine directly in order to execute MTGO. The following instructions are inspired both by https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=32007 and https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/jeffhoogland/howto-install-mtgo-on-ubuntu-linux-010718

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ At least Wine 7.20 is required

First installation

1. In a Terminal, using Homebrew, execute the following command:

brew install cabextract
brew install --cask xquartz
brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
brew install --cask --no-quarantine wine-devel   # you may try wine-staging instead

2. Execute

export WINEARCH=win32
wine wineboot

you will be prompted for installing Mono and Gecko, choose Install in both cases.

3. Execute the following commands:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
chmod +x winetricks
./winetricks -q corefonts dotnet472 ddr=gdi win7

Follow the instructions, note that the installation of .Net can take a while.

4. Execute the following commands:

curl -o mtgo.exe https://mtgo.patch.daybreakgames.com/patch/mtg/live/client/setup.exe?v=5
wine mtgo.exe

5. If you experience crashes, try disabling sound using

winetricks wmp=disabled

See https://github.com/pauleve/docker-mtgo/wiki#troubleshooting for troubleshooting.

MTGO execution

1. Launch "Terminal" application
2. In the opened Terminal, execute

export WINEARCH=win32
wine mtgo.exe