Mac OS X Users

I was trying to run MT4 on my macbook. How can i do it? And if not what are some other good charting softwares that can be run on a mac osx.

I use VMware Fusion to run XP ... works great ...

http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

there is also this thread with more information:

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=13051

cheers

thx

hello fellow Mac user!

If you just want to use MT4 on you Mac without installing windows checkout CrossOver by Codeweavers. They have a 30 day trial period & it is small & processor efficient & interfaces with Mac seamlessly. Takes me 10mins max to get everything for trading up & running from scratch.

If you want to try it I will talk you through the setup.

Flint

good day

I have a Mac, and I am trying to use Crossover to install an MT4 demo

The demo comes in an .exe file, I wonder how I can open it and use it through Crossover

Does anybody can kindly explain to me who to go on?

hey,

it seems that the latest build of MT4 is no longer compatible with Crossover. They have added code that Crossover does not support, & after contacting Codeweavers it is unlikely that it will be supported in the future.

Back to Bootcamp, Parralels, Fusion or a broker that does not use MT4, which is the option I am currently exploring. After using MT4 for 4 years (which I have loved), the games Brokers can play with execution is too much to deal with once you move up from micro accounts.

Sorry for the bad news

Flint

hi Flint,

thank you for your reply

I would prefere using MT4, Bootcamp, Parallels and Fusion all work by installing Xp on OXS?
I am not sure, but I think that's what I remember..

Fammira,

yes you are correct - awful windows needs to be installed.


Fulltime247,

I'm just watching the ATC Trader video intro. Are you with ATC?

If yes, do you use Trader or X Trader?

Do you know if they allow the account to be in a base currency other than USD, Euro for example?

I'm also looking at ACM because of the advertised WYSIWYG execution, non windows platform & Swiss regulated.

Flint

no i'm not with atc but i've been a past client. they give what they advertise - straight thru processing. i'm demoing currently and its still the same. instant executions. superfast price updates. no reqoutes. very nice.

it was the mt4 - fx pro i believe. http://www.atcbrokers.com/index_forexpro.htm

pity

I wanted to go with Alpari or Activetrades MT4

I will go with Oanda then

I've been using VMWare fusion for the past couple of years and it's worked flawlessly for me. I'm usually up and running with my trading platform in about 5 minutes and I'm using a macbook pro.

-Shaun

My aim has been to run MT4 on OSX without installing Windows. Crossover has made this possible flawlessly for years, up until the latest build of MT4 which has added code that makes it no longer compatible.

So the aim was to find a platform that works with Crossover or natively with OSX. Crossover uses almost nil resources, integrates seamlessly & uses the host security which I believe Fusion & Parallels & Bootcamp don't. The benefit of Mac is the very low threat of viruses or security breaches & rock solid stability. Zero crashes period.

Oanda had too many freezes & long periods of no access, which is frightening. Hotspot, ACM, & Dukascopy all work on OSX fine. I will try ATC trader platform as trading Futures or through an ECN is a step up from Brokers that I have been with.

Besides my charts are now totally bare, so all the indicators & tools that I once used with MT4 are no longer needed. It has taken 3 years but for me price & boring numbers are all that is required. I think MT4 & the indicators available are now a distraction.

Personally a Mac loaded with Windows is self defeating. I came from PCs & had so many headaches. Mac has made computers a joy to work & play with once again. And reliability on hardware & software has been 100% since day one. Life is so much quicker & easier for me using Mac machines than I ever imagined. I wish I changed over earlier.

Flint

(I'm up & running in about 5 seconds

Hello !

I'm a mac user and i use a Virtual Private Server which i think is a great way to trade safely. I personally use Commercial Network, you can have a look now : http://www.commercialnetworkservices...ndows/Traders/
They are very serious and unexpensive ! I'm using them since september 2007 and i've never ever had a problem with them... The MT4 is working fast on their servers, and you can count on them to answer fast.

Best Regards, Samuel

PS : i'm new !

What is currently the best way to use Metatrader on Mac?

Flint, (or anyone else)
Have you tried using Darwine? I guess maybe it is similar to Codeweavers... so maybe suffers from the same issues?
I can get MT4 running, but many of the icons and button descriptions are missing from the top. Anyone now how to fix this??
I'm using MacOSX 10.5.7 and a Darwine build from 1.1.21.
Thanks!

hi dcaruso77,

may I ask what build of mt4 you are running with darwine? (to find go help>about>bottom left of popup will have build #).

No I have not tried darwine, so thanks for heads up. I will go & download & investigate icon problem.

Flint

Hi Flint,
I'm on Version 4.00 Build 225. Wine has released version 1.1.28, but I don't know how to build and compile the program myself, so I just used the Darwine 1.1.21 .dmg. If you know how to build from scratch, you might have better luck building the official Wine yourself, instead of using Darwine.
http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/Installing
Wine has worked great for some of my other programs on Linux... but no luck here.
Is there any hope Snow Leapord will make things any easier? or are our problems unrelated?
Thanks!

I've also just MACed up and loving my Macbook pro and IMAC, however I want to bring MT4 over to it. Without wanting to sound stupid, if I want to use Fusion or VMWare, I need to first have a disk with windows on it?

thanks
max

max pips,

not a stupid question but to some a stupid solution, lol.

Yes you are right, with a windows install disk you would be installing a full windows without bootcamp by using virtualization through software. Absolutely fine for people who want to have windows running alongside Mac, but overkill & clumsy for people who just want to run an application without installing Win OS.

Darwine is a port of the Wine libraries to Darwin and Mac OS X. The Darwine project intends to port and develop Wine as well as other supporting tools that will allow Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows applications, and to provide a Win32 API compatibility at application source code level.

If you already have Win OS & intend to run more than MT4, especially games then download a trial version & see how well it works for you. Should be absolutely fine & fast. Just make sure you have security software up to date as your Win environment will still be susceptible.


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dcaruso77,

I have found all the builds & will play, but I am really happy that it just runs as you say, can live without few icons showing if they still work. Maybe something is missing that just needs to be dropped in.

I'll keep you informed of any progress. But be real happy that it works as I was using Crossover which worked flawlessly until build 219/20 added something that Codeweavers have or cannot put into Crossover.

Flint

thanks for that
I also only want to use MT4, but I do not have windows. It is all a bit more complicated than I expected

max