We can install wine and winetricks packages using Homebrew, follow this post how to install Wine on OS X. Windows programs can be run on OS X, Linux and BSD via WINE (Windows Emulator) so first we need to install wine and winetricks. It should be applicable on previous version of OS X such as OS X Yosemite, OS X Mavericks, and Mac OS X Mountain Lion. I want to show you how to install Microsoft Visio on Mac running OS X El Capitan on top of Wine, thanks to WineHQ team for making this great tool. In this article I will not talk about which software is better. Another reason is I am already familiar with Visio when running Windows and also already bought the software license so buying another program for this purpose is wasting money. It is the best because of its simplicity and easy to use. Although there are many Visio alternatives for Mac such ConceptDraw, LucidChart, SmartDraw, or OmniGraffle according to my opinion they can not replace Visio. Since I work as a network administrator, Microsoft Visio is very important for me to draw network diagram / topology. Although Microsoft has been officially releasing Microsoft Office (e.g Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for Mac, Microsoft still does not release Visio for Mac, at least until now. One program that missing when using MacBook is there is no Microsoft Visio for Mac. This article is written intended to guide you how to Install Microsoft Visio Mac / MacBook Pro / MacBook Air running OS X El Capitan.

How to use microsoft visio on mac