VW on Mac OS X

> Hi,
>
> Lukas Renggli has produced a MacOS X bundle of the vm (version  
> 7.4.1d) that works nicely for Intel Macs:
> http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Research/Moose/download/vw/visual-mac- 
> intel-741d.app.zip
>
> You can start it by dragging an image on it, or by associating it  
> as an application to open the image with. The scripts inside also  
> open X11 if it is not already open, so you do not have to start it  
> upfront.
>
> To upgrade the vm inside, you need to replace Contents/Resources/
> visual.app with the new version provided.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Cheers,
> Doru

> 7.4.1 will work with the preview vm running under X11 on your intel  
> mac.  There is no support for the aqua vm yet, the dev version is  
> still unstable.  To install, make sure that you have X11 installed  
> ( from your mac osx disk one extras ).  Then start X11 and in an  
> X11 terminal, navigate to the cd and execute the  
> installMacOSXPreview.command.  This should launch the installer.  
> Once installed, I launch the image by creating a script that I run  
> under X11.  This seems to work well for me.  Then in X11 I can make  
> a hotkey to run the script.  So to launch VW I just launch X with  
> quicksilver then launch VW with the shortcut.  It's 2 keystrokes.    
> I'm attaching my script.  There have been a few updates to the X11  
> vm since 7.4.1 that you can get through the developer program.  
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Sean McGinty wrote:
>
>> I purchased my first Mac for home use (this past weekend) and  
>> tried to install Visual Works but wasn't successful. The machine  
>> is an Intel base iMac. I tried to use the Net Installer but got  
>> nothing (it ran for a moment and ended), then I tried downloading  
>> individual files and running it but all I got was an error  
>> message. Lastly I tried installing using the CD image. I ran the  
>> image from the Mac (didn't burn it to a CD) and got a little  
>> farther. I got an error message in Terminal but eventually a  
>> dialog box came up prompting me to open a file. I have no idea  
>> what file I'm supposed to open. I have no idea which is the right  
>> method and what I'm missing. Does there exist, anywhere on-line,  
>> complete and up to date installation instructions for VW 7.4.1? Or  
>> can someone who's been sucessful e-mail me with that I need to do?  
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sorry about not having error message details but I'm writing this  
>> from work.
>>
>> Sean
>> <launchVisual.command>
>