[Xastir] Help! Xastir on a Mac.

[Timothy Gordish]

Thanks Jeremy for the info.  I sounds a little more like apple talk to  
me and I understand more of it.  When I am feeling adventurous I will  
try it.
On Feb 8, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Jeremy McDermond wrote:

> On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Timothy Gordish wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I am certain that loading Xastir on a Mac is simple and easy, but I  
>> a quite perplexed as to where to even begin.  The instructions I  
>> found on line are totally cryptic.  The terms are meaningless.  The  
>> nothing in the process is intuitive.  I am a simple Mac user, and  
>> love my Mac because it is completely transparent to my visual way  
>> of thinking.  When my mother calls me with a computer problem,  
>> although I could quickly fix it for her if I were there, dealing  
>> with the problem over the phone with visual descriptions is the  
>> most hair pulling task imaginable for me.
>>
>> Now, here is the problem.  There are no acceptable fully  
>> functioning programs for APRS that I can simply drag and drop to my  
>> Mac.  I understand that Xastir should work, but I don't want to  
>> become a programming wizard just to run APRS.  Can anyone help me?   
>> Maybe you could load Xastir on my Mac for me.  Anyone here in San  
>> Diego who can help?
>
> Tim --
>
> I have a compiled copy of Xastir that works on Intel Leopard and  
> Snow Leopard at my site.  You need to follow the directions in bold  
> print on my web page and make sure to drop the Xastir icon in your  
> Applications directory before the first time you launch it.  Do not  
> launch it out of your home directory.  Do not launch it out of the  
> DMG image.  Do not launch it out of your Downloads directory.  Drag  
> the program to your Applications directory before you launch it the  
> first time.
>
> You will also need to make sure you have Apple's X11 installed.  You  
> can check by looking in your /Applications/Utilities directory and  
> checking for a program named X11.  If you don't have it, it's on  
> your original MacOS disc.
>
> Maps go in /Applications/Xastir.app/Contents/Resources/share/xastir/ 
> maps.  You can get there in the finder by right clicking the Xastir  
> icon and choosing "Show Package Contents."  No maps are shipped with  
> the executable.  They'd be huge to cover the entire country.  If  
> you're connected to the Internet, you can just use the online Tiger  
> maps.
>
> You can get the software at:
>
> http://www.nh6z.net/xastir
>
> I've extremely far away from San Diego, so I can't help in person,  
> but I'm here to answer any questions about my distribution.
>
>> Tim
>> AD7AN
>> San Diego, CA
>
> --
> Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
> Xenotropic Systems
> mcdermj at xenotropic.com
>
>
>
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