Title: How to mine on a mac Post by: ModalMechanica on December 01, 2013, 05:52:05 AM I've tried mining with cgminer and guiminer, with different currencies, pools, and settings. I keep getting errors, primarily the one that says "Make sure your minerd executable and libraries in the same directory as Litecoin-QT"
So: -I dont know what minerd executables are -I dont know where to find them on osx -I dont know where to put them -god im such a newb I dont plan on using this as a primary setup, i just want go experiment a bit before I decide to invest in something more effective. Any help or direction to similar posts is much appreciated! Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: maestroabulense on December 01, 2013, 05:56:04 AM Just follow Ubuntu or other linux mining tutorial, terminal is the same and compiled binaries work also in Mac. I assume you are using tutorials for solo mining, that is useless right now. Search for a pool mining tutorial of your favorite currency and start minting :)
Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: PauloFiorio on December 01, 2013, 06:16:58 AM It is very hard.. U have to install a lot of softwares.. Mac computers it is not design for mining
Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: grimsparkle on December 02, 2013, 11:41:46 PM I've mined both litecoin and bitcoin on a mac using 10.9 Mavericks.
There's a nice app wrapped around cgminer 3.7.2 called Asteroid (http://www.asteroidapp.com) for the mac. It supports Bitcoin and Litecoin and is great if you don't want to get into Terminal. If you'd prefer to go into Terminal/command line, I can probably point you in the right direction. Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: ModalMechanica on December 03, 2013, 01:06:09 AM Information on both would help. I tried messing with android, but i kept getting errors, any ideas?
Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: grimsparkle on December 03, 2013, 02:22:21 AM No clue about android. Asteroid is for a Mac desktop and pretty much install to Applications folder and run.
There is an option in the menu (Asteroid...Preferences) for Litecoin mining. I can put together a guide on cgminer shortly... Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: grimsparkle on December 03, 2013, 03:13:54 AM This is a very basic guide for using cgminer 3.7.2 with Mac OS X.
Use at your own risk - not responsible for any damages, loss, etc. cgminer for Mac OSX supports Litecoin use up to version 3.7.2 (Nov 6, 2013). I've worked with it on OSX 10.7-10.9 local and remote on mac minis and iMacs with both AMD and NVIDIA chipsets. You do want to be careful about heat and I would recommend monitoring your systems temp. Again, use at your own risk - not responsible for any damages, loss, etc. 1. Download cgminer for Mac OSX from http://spaceman.ca/cgminer/ • for use in Terminal, select the “download miner only” option • this will download a .zip file (cgminer-3.7.2-mac.slim.zip) • move this file to an appropriate location like Applications • double-click your hard-drive icon • double-click Applications folder • drag zip file here 2. Install cgminer • double-click the zip file to unzip • this will create a folder called cgminer-3.7.2-mac-slim • SINGLE CLICK the cgminer-3.7.2-mac-slim folder so it highlights • rename it cgminer for ease 3. Open Terminal • Click on your desktop space so Finder appears in the menu up top • Click Go...Utilities • Double click Terminal and a window will open with a command prompt • type cd /Applications/cgminer • hit enter 4. Run cgminer with your pool and user info • type ./cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://us3.wemineltc.com:3333 -u workername.number -p workerpassword let’s explain ./ is Terminal’s way of saying ‘run whatever program follows’ cgminer is the program (or executable because it’s allowed to execute, or run commands) --scrypt (with two dashes) very important for Litecoin or it won’t work -o tells cgminer what pool (or o for output to). You need to use the address and port (the thing after the colon) -u your worker’s name and number -p your worker’s password Example I have an account at wemineltc.com which uses stratum+tcp://us3.wemineltc.com:3333 for connections - the worker name is johndoe.1 - the password is coinzrcool our command would look like this ./cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://us3.wemineltc.com:3333 -u johndoe.1 -p coinzrcool At this point you should see it connecting and beginning to process. Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: Sigmoid on December 03, 2013, 06:35:09 AM Honestly, since you'll need a lot of GPUs for litecoin mining, I'd just build a single-purpose Linux box for this. My guess is, it wouldn't be worth it loading your Mac down with it.
Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: ModalMechanica on December 06, 2013, 11:38:56 PM This is a very basic guide for using cgminer 3.7.2 with Mac OS X. Use at your own risk - not responsible for any damages, loss, etc. cgminer for Mac OSX supports Litecoin use up to version 3.7.2 (Nov 6, 2013). I've worked with it on OSX 10.7-10.9 local and remote on mac minis and iMacs with both AMD and NVIDIA chipsets. You do want to be careful about heat and I would recommend monitoring your systems temp. Again, use at your own risk - not responsible for any damages, loss, etc. 1. Download cgminer for Mac OSX from http://spaceman.ca/cgminer/ • for use in Terminal, select the “download miner only” option • this will download a .zip file (cgminer-3.7.2-mac.slim.zip) • move this file to an appropriate location like Applications • double-click your hard-drive icon • double-click Applications folder • drag zip file here 2. Install cgminer • double-click the zip file to unzip • this will create a folder called cgminer-3.7.2-mac-slim • SINGLE CLICK the cgminer-3.7.2-mac-slim folder so it highlights • rename it cgminer for ease 3. Open Terminal • Click on your desktop space so Finder appears in the menu up top • Click Go...Utilities • Double click Terminal and a window will open with a command prompt • type cd /Applications/cgminer • hit enter 4. Run cgminer with your pool and user info • type ./cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://us3.wemineltc.com:3333 -u workername.number -p workerpassword let’s explain ./ is Terminal’s way of saying ‘run whatever program follows’ cgminer is the program (or executable because it’s allowed to execute, or run commands) --scrypt (with two dashes) very important for Litecoin or it won’t work -o tells cgminer what pool (or o for output to). You need to use the address and port (the thing after the colon) -u your worker’s name and number -p your worker’s password Example I have an account at wemineltc.com which uses stratum+tcp://us3.wemineltc.com:3333 for connections - the worker name is johndoe.1 - the password is coinzrcool our command would look like this ./cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://us3.wemineltc.com:3333 -u johndoe.1 -p coinzrcool At this point you should see it connecting and beginning to process. Thanks for the tutorial. I followed your steps multiple times and kept getting errors in the terminal cgminer Sleeper$ ./cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://lite.coin-pool.com:3333 -u ModalMechanica.1 -p x [2013-12-06 16:35:36] ./cgminer: --scrypt: unrecognized option Any ideas? Title: Re: How to mine on a mac Post by: ModalMechanica on December 06, 2013, 11:46:20 PM Nvm i got it, i installed the wrong version. Thanks a lot man!
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