Difference between revisions of "Is BOINC available for Mac OS X?"
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* Close the installer when it is finished. This will automatically launch the BOINC Manager. | * Close the installer when it is finished. This will automatically launch the BOINC Manager. | ||
* If you want BOINC to be your screen saver, open '''System Preferences''' from the Apple menu. Select '''Desktop & Screen Saver''' and select '''BOINCSaver'''. | * If you want BOINC to be your screen saver, open '''System Preferences''' from the Apple menu. Select '''Desktop & Screen Saver''' and select '''BOINCSaver'''. | ||
| − | * The default location for '''data directory''' of BOINC is <code>/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data</code>. You may want to exclude this folder from Time Machine backup system to prevent increase of backup data size. | + | * The default location for '''data directory''' of BOINC is <code>/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data</code>. You may want to exclude this folder from Time Machine backup system to prevent increase of backup data size.<br> |
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| − | Several [[tools for Mac OS X]] are available to: | + | Several [[tools for Mac OS X]] are available to:<br> |
* Automatically run BOINC as a daemon or system service at boot time. | * Automatically run BOINC as a daemon or system service at boot time. | ||
* Improve security for stand-alone clients. | * Improve security for stand-alone clients. | ||
* Prevent BOINC Manager from launching automatically when selected users log in. | * Prevent BOINC Manager from launching automatically when selected users log in. | ||
Latest revision as of 23:51, 15 October 2016
- Download the installer.
- If your browser has not already done so, expand the zip archive by double-clicking on it in the Finder.
- Double-click on the BOINC Installer application to run the installer, then follow the prompts.
- Close the installer when it is finished. This will automatically launch the BOINC Manager.
- If you want BOINC to be your screen saver, open System Preferences from the Apple menu. Select Desktop & Screen Saver and select BOINCSaver.
- The default location for data directory of BOINC is
/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data. You may want to exclude this folder from Time Machine backup system to prevent increase of backup data size.
Several tools for Mac OS X are available to:
- Automatically run BOINC as a daemon or system service at boot time.
- Improve security for stand-alone clients.
- Prevent BOINC Manager from launching automatically when selected users log in.
