Hi! I've downloaded & unstuffed boinc_4.1.19_powerpc-apple-darwin. However, I don't have any experience with the command line side of my Mac. Could someone please explain to me how to launch the application? I've tried double-clicking on the file on my desktop, but I get a message saying my Mac doesn't know what application to use to open it. TIA,
Marcia

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Hello Marcia,

There is a document explaining the installation of the program on Mac OS <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/client_mac.php">here</a>.

Once you have gone through the basic installation steps described in the document above you can start Boinc with the Terminal as follows :

cd to the folder where you have installed Boinc
Type ./boinc_4.19_powerpc-apple-darwin

Here is an example from my terminal:


Last login: Thu Feb 10 19:59:02 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
HomeG5:~ dc$ <B>cd documents/dev/projects</B> (replace 'documents/dev/projects' with your own installation folder)
HomeG5:~/documents/dev/projects dc$ <B>./boinc_4.19_powerpc-apple-darwin</B>
2005-02-12 18:49:59 [---] Starting BOINC client version 4.19 for powerpc-apple-darwin
Enter the URL of the project:
Paste the account key here:


Once you have entered the URL of the project and pasted your account key, the Model starts. You can then minimize the Terminal and leave it to work.

You might want to consider taking a look at the following for further information :

<a href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/team_display.php?teamid=62">the MacNN Team's web site</a>

<a href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_help_desk.php">Macintosh section of Questions and Problems</a>

A lot of teams have wonderful web sites with various information about the project that you might find very useful too.

I hope this will help.

Good luck.

David.