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1) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Can\'t get it to install (Message 645) Posted 10 Aug 2004 by old_user316 Post: forget the last message, i realised that c d should be lower not upper case...problem solved and all seems to be running, thanks > Here is a step by step for Mac > > 1. Place "boinc_4.02_powerpc-apple-darwin" in a folder (directory) wherever > you like. > 2. Open a terminal window. When the prompt shows, type CD and then drag the > folder into the terminal window. (this will complete the path) Hit return. > > 3. You will need to make the application executable so type chmod +x > boinc_4.02_powerpc-apple-darwin. Hit return. Now you can run the program. > 4. At the prompt type ./boinc_4.02_powerpc-apple-darwin (note you can > shorten the name of the program to something easier to type) Hit return. > 5. It will now start up and ask you for the URL and your account ID. Once > you have entered those you will be up and running. > > You can copy and paste in the URL and account ID, but make sure you don't have > any extra spaces at the beginning or end. > > - Shaktai > Team MacNN > > >
2) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Can\'t get it to install (Message 644) Posted 10 Aug 2004 by old_user316 Post: When I type CD and drag the folder into the window and hit retrun I then get the message Command not found, Do you have any ideas about what I am doing wrong?? > Here is a step by step for Mac > > 1. Place "boinc_4.02_powerpc-apple-darwin" in a folder (directory) wherever > you like. > 2. Open a terminal window. When the prompt shows, type CD and then drag the > folder into the terminal window. (this will complete the path) Hit return. > > 3. You will need to make the application executable so type chmod +x > boinc_4.02_powerpc-apple-darwin. Hit return. Now you can run the program. > 4. At the prompt type ./boinc_4.02_powerpc-apple-darwin (note you can > shorten the name of the program to something easier to type) Hit return. > 5. It will now start up and ask you for the URL and your account ID. Once > you have entered those you will be up and running. > > You can copy and paste in the URL and account ID, but make sure you don't have > any extra spaces at the beginning or end. > > - Shaktai > Team MacNN > > >
3) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Can\'t get it to install (Message 223) Posted 6 Aug 2004 by old_user316 Post: I downloaded the BOINC (I think) theres something called \" boinc_4.02_powerpc-apple-darwin \" sitting on my desktop but clicking on it brings up a dialogue box asking me for the defualt application....I\'ve tried playing around in terminal but I don\'t really know what I am doing...does anyone have an advice??

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