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  • #61
  • Dec 27, 2011 5:11pm Dec 27, 2011 5:11pm
try downloading now: http://tradingranges.com/archives/154

let me know if you have any issues.
  • #62
  • Dec 28, 2011 1:31pm Dec 28, 2011 1:31pm
Quoting enochben
try downloading now: http://tradingranges.com/archives/154

let me know if you have any issues.
thanks for the link, I unzipped the file and got this apple looking sign with MT4 written, what am I supposed to do next? (I looked at the video but its not the same thing)
Trade what you see, not what you think.
  • #63
  • Dec 28, 2011 9:51pm Dec 28, 2011 9:51pm
Quoting karmostaji
thanks for the link, I unzipped the file and got this apple looking sign with MT4 written, what am I supposed to do next? (I looked at the video but its not the same thing)
After you unpack it move it to your applications folder. Next right click on your mt4 install files and open with your new mt4 app. Thats it - you will see the install menu's and it will install and be running in about 2 minutes. Easy, peeasy lemon squeezy!
  • #64
  • Dec 28, 2011 11:03pm Dec 28, 2011 11:03pm
Quoting enochben
After you unpack it move it to your applications folder. Next right click on your mt4 install files and open with your new mt4 app. Thats it - you will see the install menu's and it will install and be running in about 2 minutes. Easy, peeasy lemon squeezy!
I got it working, thanks alot my friend
Trade what you see, not what you think.
  • #65
  • Dec 29, 2011 8:48am Dec 29, 2011 8:48am
Quoting karmostaji
I got it working, thanks alot my friend
it was easy wasn't it? much easier than the geek degree needed to manually tinker with wine.
  • #66
  • Jan 8, 2012 6:45pm Jan 8, 2012 6:45pm
I've been using MT4+wine via winebottler on my MBP for nearly 1 year. As of last week I can no longer manipulate orders anymore. I can't close orders, I can't open new orders, and I can't modify open orders (ie to set stops, take profits).

The app just seems to hang and never performs the requested operation.

anyone come across this before? I'm not sure where to begin checking...
Change is the only constant
  • #67
  • Jan 9, 2012 1:00am Jan 9, 2012 1:00am
a coule of weeks ago my mt4 installation with winebottler got very very slow and froze all the time. so I looked for alternatives and found wineskin winery - it's much better than winebottler in my opinion - easier install, faster start, no slow down so far, winetricks work.. just give it a try
  • #68
  • Jan 9, 2012 8:20am Jan 9, 2012 8:20am
Quoting Alarska
a coule of weeks ago my mt4 installation with winebottler got very very slow and froze all the time. so I looked for alternatives and found wineskin winery - it's much better than winebottler in my opinion - easier install, faster start, no slow down so far, winetricks work.. just give it a try
This has happened to me - I just deleted the whole setup and did a fresh install.
  • #69
  • Feb 4, 2012 12:53am Feb 4, 2012 12:53am
Quoting Alarska
a coule of weeks ago my mt4 installation with winebottler got very very slow and froze all the time. so I looked for alternatives and found wineskin winery - it's much better than winebottler in my opinion - easier install, faster start, no slow down so far, winetricks work.. just give it a try
Haven't noticed any reduction in performance with winebottler, but to install new MT4 a/c, tried wineskin winery - much easier to set up, also no cost in comparison with crossover. No problems so far - thanks.
  • #70
  • Feb 4, 2012 4:20am Feb 4, 2012 4:20am
One thing i have noticed with Wines is that when i disconnect an external hard disc wines begins to take up about 80% of the CPU and freezes, I have to restart wines to fix it. anyone else noticed this? It also occurs for me with Crossover.
  • #71
  • Feb 18, 2012 2:38pm Feb 18, 2012 2:38pm
Thanks you enochben i have been struggling for ages to make this thing work and your instruction was exactly what i was looking for - all set up in about 4 minutes and works perfectly.
  • #72
  • Apr 8, 2012 6:54am Apr 8, 2012 6:54am
Quoting rooicol
Hey Smashin,

Great guide! Good work.

Did you try running mt4 using wines? http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

This is what i do and it uses little resources. I usually have 1 or 2 mt4's open, safari with a few tabs,excel 2011, itunes, skpye, mail, & a few other light apps, with fan at the 1800 rpm minimum, 52˚C cpu and about 5-15% usage of, and memory as in the pic below. There aren't any issues with floating windows, and i find it works really smoothly, i tried with windows 7 on vm but it took more cpu, and virtually...

i've installed the wine to running mt4 ,,,

but..how to add and locate the indicator or expert folder?
its really confuse , how you do that?
  • #73
  • May 10, 2012 11:50am May 10, 2012 11:50am
Quoting pi piper
I have just followed your instructions to install MT4 on my MacBook Pro. It runs perfectly. I am uk based and use Alpari. I downloaded the MT4 install from the MT4 website. Then switched out the server files. I am now very happy and can finally give one of my family the old Dell laptop.

Thanks Rooicol.
Hello again

I am just thinking about trying out Mt5. Obviously I want to run this on my Mac. Is there a simple way to upgrade or do I have to install from scratch?

Thanks

PP
  • #74
  • May 11, 2012 12:59am May 11, 2012 12:59am
Quoting pi piper
Hello again

I am just thinking about trying out Mt5. Obviously I want to run this on my Mac. Is there a simple way to upgrade or do I have to install from scratch?

Thanks

PP
I failed to get MT5 yo work on my mac 10.7.3 using Wine. I did a fresh install of MT5 (only takes about 30 seconds), it load up fine, but won't connect to the internet in any way, so i can't log into an account. Same problem occurred using Crossover.

I'd be interested to hear how other people have manage to get MT5 to work on OS Lion.
  • #75
  • Jun 25, 2012 2:06pm Jun 25, 2012 2:06pm
Hi guys,

Does any one know how to add custom indicator to MT4 platform which running via Wine (X11) version 1.2.3?
I try to add my custom indi to [my broker app>show package contents>contents>resources>drive_c>program files>GO Trader MT4>experts>indicators] but it seems doesn't work.

I don't need fancy indi, just wondering it would be great if I can add Candle Time indi to my chart.

Currently I'm running MBP OS 10.7.4 and got my MT4 bundled from my broker.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

-I-
  • #76
  • Jun 25, 2012 5:37pm Jun 25, 2012 5:37pm
Quoting Incognito
Hi guys,

Does any one know how to add custom indicator to MT4 platform which running via Wine (X11) version 1.2.3?
I try to add my custom indi to [my broker app>show package contents>contents>resources>drive_c>program files>GO Trader MT4>experts>indicators] but it seems doesn't work.

I don't need fancy indi, just wondering it would be great if I can add Candle Time indi to my chart.

Currently I'm running MBP OS 10.7.4 and got my MT4 bundled from [url="http://www.gomarketsaus.com/trading-platforms/metatrader4/metatrader-4-for-mac/"]my...
can you get the indicator to work from a MT4 running on windows?
  • #77
  • Jun 26, 2012 8:12am Jun 26, 2012 8:12am
Quoting rooicol
can you get the indicator to work from a MT4 running on windows?
Yes, I did. Is there any difference between indi from MT4 running on windows and MT4 running on Wine for Mac?
  • #78
  • Jun 26, 2012 9:14am Jun 26, 2012 9:14am
Quoting Incognito
Yes, I did. Is there any difference between indi from MT4 running on windows and MT4 running on Wine for Mac?
There shouldn't be. There will be some slight differences in the returned value of some function calls. For example, GetTickCount() will vary depending on the clock speed of your cpu, but I think this is unlikely to be the problem for you. more likely you haven't put the mq4/ex4 in the right folder. Try adding another indicator and see if that works, make sure you restart MT4 or compile the mq4 file before checking if it is present in the navigator
  • #79
  • Jul 5, 2012 3:51pm Jul 5, 2012 3:51pm
Quoting rooicol

7) Download this file: http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=635373 , unzip it, and place the "MT4 Prefix" folder in your home folder, (under the directory: /Users/[username]/)
Hey rooicol,

would you mind reuploading this prefix? The link is dead.

thanks
  • #80
  • Jul 11, 2012 4:19am Jul 11, 2012 4:19am
i have a little problem using wineskin for MT4.
On the pending order, the default setting is the PO will be expired in 7 hours, even I have unchecked the expiry tab, it always closed my PO 7 hours later, so I have to change the expiry date to year 2013.
Are there any users have this same issue?
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