# EVE-O Preview for macOS

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191>\
**Category:** Third Party Developers\
**Created:** [March 13, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191 "2026-03-13T12:13:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![SihKic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sihkic/32/493592_2.png) [@SihKic](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/SihKic)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191/1 "2026-03-13T12:13:47Z")

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`EVE-O Preview for macOS` is a lightweight companion app for EVE Online multiboxing on macOS.

It helps you keep track of multiple running clients with live preview overlays and quick client switching, while staying focused on a simple, practical workflow.

## What it does

- detects running EVE Online clients

- shows live thumbnail previews

- lets you click a preview to focus the matching client

- remembers thumbnail positions

- saves local app settings

- ships as a ready-to-test macOS `.app` and `.dmg`

## Built for macOS

> **[Release v0.1.0 · ciws/eve-o-preview-macos](https://github.com/ciws/eve-o-preview-macos/releases/tag/v0.1.0)**
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> Early macOS preview release of EVE-O Preview with live thumbnails, client switching, saved settings, and packaged .app/.dmg output.

> **[GitHub - ciws/eve-o-preview-macos: macOS live-preview companion app for EVE Online...](https://github.com/ciws/eve-o-preview-macos)**
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> macOS live-preview companion app for EVE Online clients with quick switching, floating previews, and packaged .app/.dmg releases.

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**Author:** ![Wayne\_Kerr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wayne_kerr/32/450376_2.png) [@Wayne\_Kerr](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wayne_Kerr)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191/2 "2026-04-22T00:47:46Z")

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this says file is damage and cant be run ☹

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**Author:** ![yilifaerr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yilifaerr/32/479634_2.png) [@yilifaerr](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/yilifaerr)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191/3 "2026-06-19T10:24:17Z")

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It is because macOS Gatekeeper  
First drag EVE-O Preview.app to Applications  
then run this:  
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine “/Applications/EVE-O Preview.app”

It will be fix

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**Author:** ![Jade\_Sylwestri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jade_sylwestri/32/503381_2.png) [@Jade\_Sylwestri](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jade_Sylwestri)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191/4 "2026-06-25T14:19:12Z")

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Nope, says “no such file”. Tried to do it with % instead of scape, still nope.

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**Author:** ![SwingFish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/swingfish/32/449225_2.png) [@SwingFish](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/SwingFish)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191/5 "2026-09-19T05:22:46Z")

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just a format error

Try this:  
`sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/EVE-O\ Preview.app`

@[SihKic](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/sihkic)  
any plans on a Intel version?

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**Author:** ![Bia\_Atavuli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bia_atavuli/32/407628_2.png) [@Bia\_Atavuli](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bia_Atavuli)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-for-macos/508191/6 "2026-09-19T05:26:10Z")

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+1 for Intel version …

poor people play eve too 😉