In the terminal window, run the following UNIX command, which ensures that the executable image has the correct permissions:.If your browser automatically decompresses the zip file, the result is named Melts-rhyolite-public.If your browser does not automatically decompress zipped files, decompress the executable image: In the terminal window run the UNIX command unzip rhyolite-Melts-Mac-OS-10.12+.zip or unzip rhyolite-Melts-Mac-OS-10.8+.zip.
Open the OS X Terminal utilities application, and navigate to the location of the file rhyolite-Melts-Mac-OS-10.12+.zip or rhyolite-Melts-Mac-OS-10.8+.zip.(Other MacOS versions) Download the compressed executable image, and save it as rhyolite-Melts-Mac-OS-10.8+.zip.(Sierra) Download the compressed executable image, and save it as rhyolite-Melts-Mac-OS-10.12+.zip.Download the compressed executable image of rhyolite-MELTS/pMELTS, and save it to the hard drive:.Log out and log back into your computer, or restart it.
For other MacOS versions, install XQuartz 2.7.7 or 2.7.8. For Sierra, install XQuartz 2.7.9 or later.
This page provides instructions for configuring your Mac OS X system to run a native version of the rhyolite-MELTS (which supersedes MELTS) or pMELTS software package.