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Crackover (Complete free version of crossover)
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README.md

CrackOver

Crackover helps you bypass restrictions for the MacOS app, CrossOver.

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/ellsies/e9383c75fd8cd8d5781dac91d7e2360d/raw/install.sh)"

Executing this script will replace the CrossOver binary with a patched version that bypasses the restrictions and time limits.

This script fixes all trial issue, resets the trial period, and fixes all bottle trial periods.

I will update this script as needed to keep it working.

For any help, please leave a comment on this gist, and I will respond as soon as possible.

Disclaimer

This script is for educational purposes only. I am not responsible for any damage caused by this script. Use at your own risk.

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Crossover.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# checck if pidof exists
PIDOF="$(which pidof)"
# and if not - install it
(test "${PIDOF}" && test -f "${PIDOF}") || brew install pidof
# find app in default paths
CO_PWD=~/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS
test -d "${CO_PWD}" || CO_PWD=/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS
test -d "${CO_PWD}" || (echo 'unable to detect app path. exiting...' && exit)
PWD="${CO_PWD}"
cd "${PWD}"
PROC_NAME='CrossOver'
# get all pids of CrossOver
pids=(`pgrep "${PROC_NAME}"`, `pidof "${PROC_NAME}"`, `ps -Ac | grep -m1 "${PROC_NAME}" | awk '{print $1}'`)
pids=`echo ${pids[*]}|tr ',' ' '`
# kills CrossOver process if it is running
[ "${pids}" ] && kill -9 `echo "${pids}"` > /dev/null 2>&1
# wait until app finish
sleep 3
# make the current date RFC3339-encoded string representation in UTC time zone
DATETIME=`date -u -v -3H '+%Y-%m-%dT%TZ'`
# modify time in order to reset trial
plutil -replace FirstRunDate -date "${DATETIME}" ~/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist
plutil -replace SULastCheckTime -date "${DATETIME}" ~/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist
# show tooltip notification
/usr/bin/osascript -e "display notification \"trial fixed: date changed to ${DATETIME}\""
for file in ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrossOver/Bottles/*/system.reg; do
sed -i -e "/^\\[Software\\\\\\\\CodeWeavers\\\\\\\\CrossOver\\\\\\\\cxoffice\\]/,+6d" "${file}";
done
# This loop finds and deletes .update-timestamp files in each bottle
for update_file in ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrossOver/Bottles/*/.update-timestamp; do
rm -f "${update_file}"
done
/usr/bin/osascript -e "display notification \"bottles fixed: all timestamps removed\""
# and after this execute original crossover
echo "${PWD}" > /tmp/co_log.log
"$($PWD/CrossOver.origin)" >> /tmp/co_log.log
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install.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
CO_PWD=~/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS
test -d "${CO_PWD}" || CO_PWD=/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS
test -d "${CO_PWD}" || (echo 'unable to detect app path. exiting...' && exit)
PWD="${CO_PWD}"
cd "${PWD}"
PROC_NAME='CrossOver'
pids=(`pgrep "${PROC_NAME}"`, `pidof "${PROC_NAME}"`, `ps -Ac | grep -m1 "${PROC_NAME}" | awk '{print $1}'`)
pids=`echo ${pids[*]}|tr ',' ' '`
[ "${pids}" ] && kill -9 `echo "${pids}"` > /dev/null 2>&1
FIX_FILE_LINK="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ellsies/e9383c75fd8cd8d5781dac91d7e2360d/raw/d4431abd07cdcd83853567b646d0b68bf66c7e6c/Crossover.sh"
if [ -f CrossOver.origin ]; then
echo 'already installed. update and exit.'
echo "$(curl -fsSL ${FIX_FILE_LINK})" > CrossOver
exit
fi;
test -f CrossOver.origin || mv CrossOver CrossOver.origin
echo "$(curl -fsSL ${FIX_FILE_LINK})" > CrossOver
chmod +x CrossOver
echo 'Done. Please open CrossOver '
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uninstall.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
CO_PWD=~/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS
test -d "${CO_PWD}" || CO_PWD=/Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS
test -d "${CO_PWD}" || (echo 'unable to detect app path. exiting...' && exit)
PWD="${CO_PWD}"
cd "${PWD}"
PROC_NAME='CrossOver'
pids=(`pgrep "${PROC_NAME}"`, `pidof "${PROC_NAME}"`, `ps -Ac | grep -m1 "${PROC_NAME}" | awk '{print $1}'`)
pids=`echo ${pids[*]}|tr ',' ' '`
[ "${pids}" ] && kill -9 `echo "${pids}"` > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ -f CrossOver.origin ]; then
echo 'uninstalling...'
rm CrossOver
mv CrossOver.origin CrossOver
echo 'Done. Please open CrossOver '
osascript -e 'display notification "CrossOver has been uninstalled."'
exit
fi;
echo 'already uninstalled/original file not found. exit.'
exit
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Prexry commented Nov 30, 2025

Hey @1MacUser
I saw this happen and removing the CrossOver app and simply reinstalling it fixed it (no data lost, just the .app replaced)
I'm also not sure if there's any discrepancies with macOS Tahoe as I'm testing this on macOS Sequoia
As for ellsies, I couldn't get it to work and my script aims to fix that
Please try reinstalling CrossOver, opening it, then running the script.

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1MacUser commented Dec 1, 2025

@Prexry It worked :) Thank you mate. I just reinstalled the Crossover app, and all my settings and bottles are fine.

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c4vi4z commented Dec 4, 2025 •
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@Prexry hey!! replaced the .app after running your script, nothing. also tried running your script again but it unfortunately didn't work. any tips? *tahoe, intel mac.

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Prexry commented Dec 6, 2025

@c4vi4z @kaibuchan It could be an issue with Tahoe but I have no way of testing that as I use a borrowed mac mini with macOS Sequoia
I may have more to add later but there's nothing I can really do to extensively test it at the moment

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1MacUser commented Dec 9, 2025 •
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@ellsies thank you again! I just checked out again your script and it worked :)

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Morzh7771 commented Dec 10, 2025

Error: Cannot install under Rosetta 2 in ARM default prefix (/opt/homebrew)!
To rerun under ARM use:
arch -arm64 brew install ...
To install under x86_64, install Homebrew into /usr/local.
/Users/morzh/Desktop/CrossOver: line 20: pidof: command not found
/Users/morzh/Desktop/CrossOver: line 52: /Applications/CrossOver.app/Contents/MacOS/CrossOver.origin: No such file or directory
/Users/morzh/Desktop/CrossOver: line 52: : command not found

Saving session...completed.

can you help me?

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