Winebottler again makes an app like Wineskin.
On the plus side, Playonmac will chose all the right settings for you to run the app correctly, the correct windows and wine version etc which is something you need to fiddle with with with Wineskin. You can create a shortcut for it in your Applications folder but this will launch Playonmac and the app needs to be installed inside Playonmac. The only reason I prefer Wineskin is that it does not create a true self contained HeidiSQL.app. You just select HeidiSQL from the list of programs and it will download everything you need for you. It has HeidiSQL listed on its website as compatible and its almost a single click install. Playonmac on the other hand is very user friendly. Noteworthy is that you need to change the windows version to XP rather than 7 or some buttons won't work. You need to read the instructions (which are very good) and you have choices to make as to the wine version to use and to configure the app. Personally this is the neatest solution and my preferred even though there its a little more technical than Playonmac and similar to Winebottler. It then creates a HeidiSQL.app (any name you want with any icon you want - but you need to configure it) around the windows.exe that includes the wine version selected and is completely self contained (does not need wine installed separately).
#PLAYONMAC VS WINE INSTALL#
Wineskin is a mac app that download and install (and manages, updates, etc) "wine" for you. PlayOnMac is based on the open-source Wine project and therefore creates and uses virtual drives much like Wineskin wrappers (the virtual drives are essentially Wineskin wrappers operating on a particular version of Wine).
#PLAYONMAC VS WINE SOFTWARE#
Wineskin ( ), Playonmac ( ) and Winebottler PlayOnMac is a free compatibility layer and emulator for macOS that allows installation and usage of video games and other software initially designed to run exclusively on Microsoft Windows.
(If the folder has a space in it, you must type a \ before the space. Pick a program, and enter its directory using cd. Run ls to see what programs you have installed. I am putting my findings down here for it may help someone: Open up the Terminal and run this to get to your Program Files folder: cd /.wine/drivec/Program \ Files/. I know this thread is a little old but I was just looking for something like this to launch HeidiSQL and I came up with these three solutions which I have tried and all of them work.