How to mine on a mac

[ModalMechanica]

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!

[maestroabulense]

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

[PauloFiorio]

It is very hard.. U have to install a lot of softwares.. Mac computers it is not design for mining

[grimsparkle]

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.

[ModalMechanica]

Information on both would help. I tried messing with android, but i kept getting errors, any ideas?

[grimsparkle]

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...

[grimsparkle]

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.

[Sigmoid]

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.

[ModalMechanica]

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?

[ModalMechanica]

Nvm i got it, i installed the wrong version. Thanks a lot man!