metatrader on mac (intel)

I did install metatrader 4 on mac via crossover (demo version). It works fine only problem is that i couldnt see any toolbars. I can see them and works but no icons. Anybody have same problems? any solutions?
Thanks

I have been looking for a mac version of meta trader....where did you geet the download?
also are you running parallels or anything? or is it a straight install?

no i'm not using parallel ... too slow, so i use crossover (www.codeweavers.com) i only wanna try it so i use the demo version. after looking at the web (WINEHQ) found out that have to use winxp bottles and mfc42.dll. Try it and work find except the icons not working. Any one knows how to make icons show up on menu or tool bar under file/view/etc?

Cool! Just researching this. I can't report yet to what degree it does or does not work. However, I noticed the screen short at http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibi...me?app_id=2157 which shows MT4 working on a Mac and the icons there look fine.

I'll report back after I test for myself.

Okay. I take back what I said. The screen shot in question is for a Linux build, not Mac OS X. I've just tried for a few hours to get MT4 installed on my Mac via CrossOver and can't get it to work, even following all the hints on the Known Issues section of the Codeweavers compatibility record for MT4 (e.g. installing the special DLLs, etc.) Would love to get this to work. If someone has it working, kindly supply the step-by-step directions of exactly what needs to be done.

WHOA! Got it working on Mac. I almost gave up, then decided to try ONE MORE THING. Instead of using MFC dlls downloaded from www.dll-files.com (these don't work), I copied over the real-thing DLLs from my WinXP install (on my Sony VAIO Win laptop) and that made the difference! I will post step-by-step directions next.

I struggled for a number of hours to get this working, but, finally found the right combination of files and procedures. The key is using legitimate MFC DLLs from a valid Windows XP install. I haven't tested using other WINE installs (or using win98 or win2000 bottles within CrossOver). They may work. But, what follows I know works.

Requirement: You must be using a Mac with the Intel Duo Core Processor.

1. Download CrossOver
Download a 30-day trial version of CrossOver from CodeWeavers at http://www.codeweavers.com/products/..._trial_macosx/ (the for-sale version only costs $60).

2. Install CrossOver and quartz-wm
At the end of the installation it will request you insert Disk 1 from your Mac OS X install disks which came with your Intel Mac. This is important as a small file (quartz-wm) needs to be extracted from the X11 package. If for whatever reason you don't see a dialog indicating that this was successfull (happened to me 2x), delete all installed CrossOver files and try again.

3. Create WinXP Bottle in CrossOver
At Configure/Manage Bottles within CrossOver create a new winxp bottle. You can name it anything you want. For here, I'll refer to it as the winxp bottle. This will create a bottle stored within your user folder (see path below).

4. Copy/Paste MFC DLLs
From within your valid, licensed copy of Windows XP, navigate to the system32 folder and locate the following DLLs: mfc40.dll and mfc42.dll. Copy these to your Mac and then move them to the equivalent WinXP "bottle" within your user folder. The path is username/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/winxp/drive_c/windows/system32/.

5. Copy/Paste wingding Font
To properly show symbols and arrows, locate the wingding.ttf file in your Windows proper installation and copy it to your CrossOver installation in the /windows/fonts/ directory.

6. Install MT4
Download the MT4 installer (e.g. mt4setup.exe) from your broker. I tested using FXDD's latest MT4 build 205. Double-click on the .exe and it should take you to CrossOver and begin running the MT4 installer the same as you're familiar with when running on Windows. Select all of the default options for where MT4 will be installed. At the end, de-select (this is important) the option to auto-launch MT4 after installation is completed. (This doesn't work.)

7. Launch MT4
From within the CrossOver application, go to the Programs menu and then select the MT4 application (it may be within a sub-menu with a symbolic link to the actual terminal app).

MT4 should launch and look just as good as from within Windows! And, MetaEditor launches as well! (Although I haven't yet tested it much.)

There are some minor quirks I'm noticing. I'll keep a log of them as they are discovered. But, trading works, keyboard shortcuts work (except for where there exist conflicts with other system level keyboard shortcuts such as with F9) and placing objects on charts works.

I'll likely update this post with a pointer to a Web site where I'll keep track of this.

Enjoy!

Bill

please be dettail about osx versions...since i cant install in on osx86 10.4.8 (jas edition)... it goes nothing when i click mt4setup.exe and it also goes nothing when i click the terminal.exe from my windows partition

ps im using darwine (freetype compiled with scode 2.41)

thanks...

hi

my base cpu is G4 , is there any platform for it .


thanks

You don't install MT4 in CrossOver via double-clicking on mt4setup.exe. That's not how you install non-supported apps in CrossOver. Check the CrossOver docs. You simply need to go to Install menu then click the Install Unsupported Software button. Then you navigate to where you have mt4setup.exe stored and select it to run that installer.

Hey thanks so much for posting the guide. Just bought the new Imac never used OS before but i now have Metatrader up and running. Have you noticed any other problems?

In MetaEditor selecting Help links doesn't work (when selecting a link within a Help file). Some icons don't display perfectly (backgrounds and edges at times off). Some times after running for a long period of time without quitting/re-launching there can be display issues which make things unusable.

Performance isn't as good as on my Win box when dealing with large layouts with lots of indicators, although it's still acceptable. The main issue is with startup time and time to switch profiles.

All this aside, I use MT4 on my Mac every day. It's working just fine for my needs and I stil much prefer working on my Mac than on my PC.

Thanks for that.

I do have a question... Does EAs run fine on it? I have few EAs that I'm running, but would like to know if everything runs fine so far. I would love to get rid of my windows os installations if I could get this to work since all I use it for is to only run meta trader 4.

Thanks

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I got the dll files off my windows install as well as the font, but still, the icons does not work. Anyone know what I might be doing wrong? I'm really hoping I can get this to setup and work without any problems...

I haven't tested running EAs live. I think a while back a ran some quick tests with the Strategy Tester on an EA and it worked. If you give this a test and have quality feedback, please let us know! You can check it out using the 30-day free demo of CodeWeavers. Good luck!

Are you absolutely positive you copied the correct files over to the correct location (e.g. correct bottle and correct location within the bottle)? This is critically important. If all the files are in the correct location, it should work without any issue.

Got MT4 up and woking on my imac, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to add custom indicators.

On a PC I just save them to this folder on my C Drive:
C:\Program Files\metatrader 4\experts\indicators

Any ideas?

You have to save them within the crossover directory. Not at my mac, so cant tell you exactly. Can you not specify the directory?

OK, I found the answer as to how to add custom indicator files to MetaTrader4 on intel macs.

From "Finder" on my imac, I drilled down and successfully dropped the custom indicator files in:

MacintoshHD/Users/[your user name]/Library/Application Support/Crossover/Bottles/winxp bottle [if this is the name you used when you installed MetaTrader4 on your mac]/drive_c/Program Files/MetaTrader4/experts/indicators