I think the first beta is coming soon. Yes, it will be for most major desktop platforms. It’s working great right now, and we could release it, but then it would be similar to old winbox feature wise. We are still working on some features that were not possible before, you know, since first impressions matter, we did not want to release something that is less functional or unstable. Don’t expect any drastic changes though, the workflow is very similar.
Features like “Winbox template store” where community or mikrotik can share configurations that can be simply reused by others. I am dreaming big 
Feel free to release the beta now, other features are honestly not important as stability. Wine is a semi-functional thing that drains the cpu, renders the font badly, etc.
I’ve tried pure wine, crossover version and there is always some problem, tested on M1.
no problems with crossover on M1 whatsoever …
Winbox and Dude are running great
WinBox can be run on M3 via CrossOver (24.04 - latest for today), but after some time, it just stop to react to any clicks. You have to close it, or even CrossOver, and start again, which is very inconvenient.
Maybe some special CrossOver setting?
But in general, it is better than nothing.
does this happen when winbox is in full-screen mode or also in windowed mode?
the same happens to me on macOS only if WB is in full-screen
does this happen when winbox is in full-screen mode or also in windowed mode?
No, just a maximized window. But I do remember it happens also in a smaller one - just a custom size.
As I recall Winbox freezing happened to me few times in the past (custom window size), but it’s no longer happening recently, not sure if this is resolved due to newer Winbox versions or crossover versions. And usually Winbox is not running for a long time.
In case anyone on this thread did not see the WinBox4 beta announcement…
WinBox 4 is here "
So there is now a native MacOS WinBox. Still no native MacOS netinstall-cli or btest.exe however…
I feel you on that! I’ve had a similar experience trying to run software on emulators, and it can be such a hassle when things don’t work right. I’ve been using CrossOver too, and while it gets the job done, having a native MacOS NetInstall would definitely simplify things. It’s just frustrating when you know it could be smoother. Here’s hoping Mikrotik hears us out and makes it happen!
I purposefully hung back with v4 as I was using cask to run my Winbox. A recent update broke neighbour discovery but am happy to say v4 is working well for me.
I think we can close this, right?