This version of ORTEP-III for Mac OS X only works inside its unix environment.  This is accessed from the Terminal application found in the Utilities folder inside the OS X Applications folder.  Knowledge of unix is required.  The input files must have unix line endings rather than the normal Mac line ends.

To set up:

1. From the Mac OS X GUI, copy the file AquaTerm to the OS X Applications folder.

2. As root in the unix environment in a Terminal window, copy /Volumes/ORTEP-III_for_Mac_OS_X/ortep to a suitable place, e.g. /bin or /usr/bin

3. As root in the unix environment in a Terminal window, copy /Volumes/ORTEP-III_for_Mac_OS_X/grfont.dat to a suitable place, e.g. /etc

4. While logged into your Mac in your usual manner (not root), run the Terminal application and edit the file .bash_profile (which may not exist) in your  unix login directory.  Add the following two lines:

PGPLOT_DIR=/etc; export PGPLOT_DIR
PGPLOT_DEV=/AQT; export PGPLOT_DEV

The first line indicates the path where the grfont.dat file was placed.

5. Quit the Terminal application.



To run:

1. Start the Terminal application.

2. Change to the directory that contains the ortep input file.

3. Type ortep