Mesquite installation for MacOS X

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Instructions:

1. Download mesquite.dmg.
2. If the mesquite.dmg doesn't mount into a disk image automatically, double click it to mount. You will see a Mesquite_Folder. Drag this Mesquite_Folder to your hard drive (e.g., your Applications folder). Its contents should include:
   • com/
   • corejava
   • docs/
   • documentation.html
   • edu/
   • examples/
   • images/
   • jars/
   • lesser.txt
   • lib/
   • mesquite/
   • Mesquite (1GB).app
   • Mesquite (500MB).app
   • Mesquite.app
   • org/
   • Run_Mesquite_OSX.command
   • settings/
   • startingMesquiteAndMemoryAllocation.txt
3. Double click one of the Mesquite icons to start Mesquite. We suggest you try first Mesquite. This starts the most current version of Java on your computer. The version Mesquite (500MB) allocates more memory; the version Mesquite (1GB) allocates even more. We recommend the most current versions of OS X and Java.
4. You will also notice the file "Run_Mesquite_OSX.command". This contains the command needed to start Mesquite as if from the command line. You can edit this command (using a text editor) to fine-tune the amount of memory allocated to Mesquite, and perhaps to modify startup conditions.
5. To change the memory allocation of the "Mesquite (500MB)" (for example) control-click (right click) on the application, and from the drop down menu choose Show Package Contents. Inside, go to Contents/info.plist. Open this file with a text editor, and in the line " <string>-Xmx500m -Xss2m -Djava.library.path=lib</string>" change the number 500 either higher or lower (do not introduce spaces!). To change it to higher than 2000m, you will need to use 64 bit java. For instructions, see the file startingMesquiteAndMemoryAllocation.txt.

Requirements: OS X 10.4 or higher recommended; Java 1.4 or later required.

NOTE: If you have a previous version of Mesquite installed in your system, we advise that you delete it before installing the new version. Remember to save

More details of issues of using Mesquite under Mac OS X are described in the Support page.