unlimited CrossOver trial (MacOS)

README.md

Run it in console for permanent install :

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/santaklouse/a137ee51692b74d4cf2cc1bb68ed64ef/raw/install.sh?token=$(date +%s))"

After install script will fix crossover as well as expired bottles (Thanks to @djsmax).

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}\""

# reset all bottles
for file in ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrossOver/Bottles/*/.{eval,update-timestamp}; do rm -rf "${file}";done

# and after this execute original crossover
echo "${PWD}" > /tmp/co_log.log
"$($PWD/CrossOver.origin)" >> /tmp/co_log.log

install.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# 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

TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s)
FIX_FILE_LINK="https://gist.github.com/santaklouse/a137ee51692b74d4cf2cc1bb68ed64ef/raw/CrossOver.sh?token=${TIMESTAMP}"

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 '

uninstall.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# 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

if [ -f CrossOver.origin ]; then
  echo 'original file found. Roll it back and exit.'
  mv CrossOver.origin CrossOver
  exit
fi;

echo 'original file not found.'

@aSushiLegend the reason why it works for you, I think, is because Santaklouse's script generated a "backup" crossover.app file, which this script restored. I assume you ran his script before whatever update patched resetting our resetting the trial method, and your crossover got rolled back to that version. I'd be really happy if you proved me wrong, as I've explored all of crossover's directories looking for where it could be taking its initial run date from, and found absolutely nothing. Not even full uninstalls, whether that's codewaver's uninstall script or a uninstall utility app have worked. The only thing remaining is to actually just reverse engineer the app. If your .app is truly still vulnerable, could you upload it here?

Yh unless they dropped an update within the last 3 weeks I don't know but it works so long as I run the script in terminal and then run Crossover and the close crossover and run the uninstall script.

If someone could try this out on their device, I'd appreciate it

Works fine for me (25.0)

My old Crossover method broke and I tried the new one and it works fine for me

Script here — resets trial, bottle reset included (experimental).

@xVc323 I was snooping with wireshark for a while and crossover still doesn't validate trials with their servers. IMO it's overkill and doesen't treat the actual issues causing things to fail, trying to treat the symptoms instead with a wide spray, but as long as it helps someone I'm glad.
The actual reason why it stopped working I wrote about in an earlier comment here

how does it work when i paste it into terminal but it doesn't work nothing happens

@Nygosaki You’re absolutely right. I set up a testing environment and didn’t find any obvious network traffic to CodeWeavers that looked related to trial validation. That said, I’m no expert in network analysis so I can’t be 100% certain. The traffic I did see seemed to be tied to things like TIE files and software downloads. I'll simplify my script accordingly.

If anyone needs it, I'll drop the Python script I made in like 5 minutes that I've been using for little over a month.
All this does is set the FirstRunDate to the current time. This doesn't fix effected bottles.

import plistlib
import os
from datetime import datetime

# set os path
userPath = os.path.expanduser('~')

# open plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'rb') as f:
    pl = plistlib.load(f)


# set first run date to correct time
pl['FirstRunDate'] = datetime.utcnow()

# save plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'wb') as f:
    plistlib.dump(pl, f)

If anyone needs it, I'll drop the Python script I made in like 5 minutes that I've been using for little over a month. All this does is set the FirstRunDate to the current time. This doesn't fix effected bottles.

import plistlib
import os
from datetime import datetime

# set os path
userPath = os.path.expanduser('~')

# open plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'rb') as f:
    pl = plistlib.load(f)


# set first run date to correct time
pl['FirstRunDate'] = datetime.utcnow()

# save plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'wb') as f:
    plistlib.dump(pl, f)

works for me, very thx

If anyone needs it, I'll drop the Python script I made in like 5 minutes that I've been using for little over a month. All this does is set the FirstRunDate to the current time. This doesn't fix effected bottles.

import plistlib
import os
from datetime import datetime

# set os path
userPath = os.path.expanduser('~')

# open plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'rb') as f:
    pl = plistlib.load(f)


# set first run date to correct time
pl['FirstRunDate'] = datetime.utcnow()

# save plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'wb') as f:
    plistlib.dump(pl, f)

Where exactly would I use this code? I’m kinda dumb around software stuff

Here's a Python script that should completely reset the trial (I basically just put together what everyone has already sent before):

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import shutil
import re
import plistlib
from datetime import datetime

print("Resetting Crossover FirstRunDate...")
# Set os path
userPath = os.path.expanduser('~')

# Open plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'rb') as f:
    pl = plistlib.load(f)


# Set first run date to correct time
pl['FirstRunDate'] = datetime.utcnow()

# Save plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'wb') as f:
    plistlib.dump(pl, f)

print("Resetting Crossover bottles...")
while True:
    # Get bottle name
    bottle_name = input("Enter the bottle name: ")

    # Define paths
    regfile = os.path.expanduser(f"~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/{bottle_name}/system.reg")
    bakfile = regfile + ".bak"

    # Create backup
    shutil.copy2(regfile, bakfile)
    print(f"Backup created: {bakfile}")

    # Compile the regex pattern
    pattern = re.compile(r"\[Software\\\\CodeWeavers\\\\CrossOver\\\\cxoffice\] [0-9]*")

    # Read the file and search for match line
    with open(regfile, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()

    match_line_num = None
    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
        if pattern.search(line):
            match_line_num = i
            break

    # If match is found
    if match_line_num is not None:
        print(f"Match found at line {match_line_num + 1}.")
        for line in lines[match_line_num:match_line_num + 5]:
            print(line, end='')

        resp = input("Do you want to delete these lines (delete to reset bottle)? (y/n): ").strip().lower()
        if resp == 'y':
            new_lines = lines[:match_line_num] + lines[match_line_num + 5:]
            with open(regfile, 'w') as f:
                f.writelines(new_lines)
            print("Lines deleted.")
        else:
            print("Deletion canceled.")
    else:
        print("No match found.")

    # Ask if we should continue
    resp = input("Do you want to reset another bottle? (y/n): ").strip().lower()
    if resp != 'y':
        print("CrossOver trial reset.")
        break

This will reset the Crossover trial and all the bottles. You should know the names of your bottles. To run it, save it as reset_crossover.py in a folder, and then open a terminal there and run python3 reset_crossover.py (the script should walk you through the rest).

You sir are a Legend!! Love you for doing this Godly work for this community.

could someone try if the latest commit of this script works?

could someone try if the latest commit of this script works?

it does work

I keep on getting this error, can anyone help?:

zsh: event not found: /usr/bin/env

Here's a Python script that should completely reset the trial (I basically just put together what everyone has already sent before):

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import shutil
import re
import plistlib
from datetime import datetime

print("Resetting Crossover FirstRunDate...")
# Set os path
userPath = os.path.expanduser('~')

# Open plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'rb') as f:
    pl = plistlib.load(f)


# Set first run date to correct time
pl['FirstRunDate'] = datetime.utcnow()

# Save plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'wb') as f:
    plistlib.dump(pl, f)

print("Resetting Crossover bottles...")
while True:
    # Get bottle name
    bottle_name = input("Enter the bottle name: ")

    # Define paths
    regfile = os.path.expanduser(f"~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/{bottle_name}/system.reg")
    bakfile = regfile + ".bak"

    # Create backup
    shutil.copy2(regfile, bakfile)
    print(f"Backup created: {bakfile}")

    # Compile the regex pattern
    pattern = re.compile(r"\[Software\\\\CodeWeavers\\\\CrossOver\\\\cxoffice\] [0-9]*")

    # Read the file and search for match line
    with open(regfile, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()

    match_line_num = None
    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
        if pattern.search(line):
            match_line_num = i
            break

    # If match is found
    if match_line_num is not None:
        print(f"Match found at line {match_line_num + 1}.")
        for line in lines[match_line_num:match_line_num + 5]:
            print(line, end='')

        resp = input("Do you want to delete these lines (delete to reset bottle)? (y/n): ").strip().lower()
        if resp == 'y':
            new_lines = lines[:match_line_num] + lines[match_line_num + 5:]
            with open(regfile, 'w') as f:
                f.writelines(new_lines)
            print("Lines deleted.")
        else:
            print("Deletion canceled.")
    else:
        print("No match found.")

    # Ask if we should continue
    resp = input("Do you want to reset another bottle? (y/n): ").strip().lower()
    if resp != 'y':
        print("CrossOver trial reset.")
        break

This will reset the Crossover trial and all the bottles. You should know the names of your bottles. To run it, save it as reset_crossover.py in a folder, and then open a terminal there and run python3 reset_crossover.py (the script should walk you through the rest).

works very well, thxx

I improved the python script by DakshG07 to automatically detect all bottles, but it will still ask for confirmation before it deletes any files

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import shutil
import re
import plistlib
from datetime import datetime

print("Resetting Crossover FirstRunDate...")
# Set os path
userPath = os.path.expanduser('~')

# Open plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'rb') as f:
    pl = plistlib.load(f)


# Set first run date to correct time
pl['FirstRunDate'] = datetime.now()

# Save plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'wb') as f:
    plistlib.dump(pl, f)

print("Resetting Crossover bottles...")
# Get all of the bottles in the bottles directory
path = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/")
bottles = [ f.name for f in os.scandir(path) if f.is_dir() ]
for bottle in bottles:
    # Define paths
    regfile = os.path.expanduser(f"~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/{bottle}/system.reg")
    bakfile = regfile + ".bak"

    # Create backup
    shutil.copy2(regfile, bakfile)
    print(f"Backup created: {bakfile}")

    # Compile the regex pattern
    pattern = re.compile(r"\[Software\\\\CodeWeavers\\\\CrossOver\\\\cxoffice\] [0-9]*")

    # Read the file and search for match line
    with open(regfile, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()

    match_line_num = None
    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
        if pattern.search(line):
            match_line_num = i
            break

    # If match is found
    if match_line_num is not None:
        print(f"Match found at line {match_line_num + 1}.")
        for line in lines[match_line_num:match_line_num + 5]:
            print(line, end='')

        resp = input("Do you want to delete these lines (delete to reset bottle)? (y/n): ").strip().lower()
        if resp == 'y':
            new_lines = lines[:match_line_num] + lines[match_line_num + 5:]
            with open(regfile, 'w') as f:
                f.writelines(new_lines)
            print("Lines deleted.")
        else:
            print("Deletion canceled.")
    else:
        print("No match found.")

    print("CrossOver trial reset.")

I improved the python script by DakshG07 to automatically detect all bottles, but it will still ask for confirmation before it deletes any files

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import shutil
import re
import plistlib
from datetime import datetime

print("Resetting Crossover FirstRunDate...")
# Set os path
userPath = os.path.expanduser('~')

# Open plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'rb') as f:
    pl = plistlib.load(f)


# Set first run date to correct time
pl['FirstRunDate'] = datetime.now()

# Save plist
with open(f'{userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.codeweavers.CrossOver.plist', 'wb') as f:
    plistlib.dump(pl, f)

print("Resetting Crossover bottles...")
# Get all of the bottles in the bottles directory
path = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/")
bottles = [ f.name for f in os.scandir(path) if f.is_dir() ]
for bottle in bottles:
    # Define paths
    regfile = os.path.expanduser(f"~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/{bottle}/system.reg")
    bakfile = regfile + ".bak"

    # Create backup
    shutil.copy2(regfile, bakfile)
    print(f"Backup created: {bakfile}")

    # Compile the regex pattern
    pattern = re.compile(r"\[Software\\\\CodeWeavers\\\\CrossOver\\\\cxoffice\] [0-9]*")

    # Read the file and search for match line
    with open(regfile, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()

    match_line_num = None
    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
        if pattern.search(line):
            match_line_num = i
            break

    # If match is found
    if match_line_num is not None:
        print(f"Match found at line {match_line_num + 1}.")
        for line in lines[match_line_num:match_line_num + 5]:
            print(line, end='')

        resp = input("Do you want to delete these lines (delete to reset bottle)? (y/n): ").strip().lower()
        if resp == 'y':
            new_lines = lines[:match_line_num] + lines[match_line_num + 5:]
            with open(regfile, 'w') as f:
                f.writelines(new_lines)
            print("Lines deleted.")
        else:
            print("Deletion canceled.")
    else:
        print("No match found.")

    print("CrossOver trial reset.")

thank you

Alternatively if you dont want to use scripts, you can just download "prefs editor", open it, search for crossover, click on it, and change "first run date" to whenever you want it to and the trial will start on that day.

Beware that your bottles will have to be redownloaded, at least from my very basic knowledge

Beware that your bottles will have to be redownloaded, at least from my very basic knowledge
Well then how to save bottles then 😄

Script here — resets trial, bottle reset included (experimental).

Still works 👀
Resets bottles and everything.

Script here — resets trial, bottle reset included (experimental).

Still works 👀 Resets bottles and everything.

this works way better than other ones listed here, just one command for it all, not saying that the other ones here are bad, just because i'm not experienced and i think this is good for getting it done quickly

imo this one's still the best. Resets everything with one command + if you have games on a different drive or path it allows you to config it if you want

imo this one's still the best. Resets everything with one command + if you have games on a different drive or path it allows you to config it if you want

the command doesnt work for me, i can also edit the resetcrossover.sh to configure the path anyways

@MPT109 what specifically doesent work for you? For me it resets it permanently. As in, I need to run it once and never again (the free trial stays at 14 days)

the command just doesn't run

@MPT109 what specifically doesent work for you? For me it resets it permanently. As in, I need to run it once and never again (the free trial stays at 14 days)

This is working :) thank you guys! Just a quick question regarding the firewall, do you guys always have the firewall enabled all the time while using CrossOver?

This is working :) thank you guys! Just a quick question regarding the firewall, do you guys always have the firewall enabled all the time while using CrossOver?

I do. I had no problems while it was off tho

Did not work for me, running the script in terminal, it still counts down on the trial period days. Can anyone elaborate on how to do it correctly? what I did was put copy paste the link/line from the main post and put it into terminal, hit enter. Also tried this "Script here — resets trial, bottle reset included (experimental)." but it still counts down on the trial period. Im 100% doing something wrong

Did not work for me, running the script in terminal, it still counts down on the trial period days. Can anyone elaborate on how to do it correctly? what I did was put copy paste the link/line from the main post and put it into terminal, hit enter. Also tried this "Script here — resets trial, bottle reset included (experimental)." but it still counts down on the trial period. Im 100% doing something wrong

try to download and run it locally: curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xVc323/crossover-trial/main/reset_crossover_fully.sh" -o reset_crossover_fully.sh
chmod +x reset_crossover_fully.sh
./reset_crossover_fully.sh
after that, just run this command to reset: ./reset_crossover_fully.sh