Ok, I down loaded the optimixer app from the number crunching thread and un zipped it. But When I try to run it I get an error code that to the effect that there is no application to run the optimizer. Even though I have 3 intel macs running, I am a PC person. Can any help me get my mac's running faster?

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Ok, I down loaded the optimixer app from the number crunching thread and un zipped it. But When I try to run it I get an error code that to the effect that there is no application to run the optimizer. Even though I have 3 intel macs running, I am a PC person. Can any help me get my mac's running faster?

You need to (stop boinc first) drop the optimized worker and the appinfo file into the Library>Application Support>BOINC Data>projects>setiathome.berkeley.edu folder of your startup disk.

Then start boinc back up, in the messages tab you should see something like:


Sat Apr 14 11:59:13 2007||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
Sat Apr 14 11:59:13 2007||Libraries: libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3
Sat Apr 14 11:59:13 2007||Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Sat Apr 14 11:59:13 2007|SETI@home|Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform

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Well that just sounds about 500 times easier than getting it to run under windows.

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"Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions.

Well that just sounds about 500 times easier than getting it to run under windows.

Nah, windows is about the same, stop boinc, drop the optimized app in C:\\\\program files\\boinc\\projects\\setiathome.berkeley.edu

then fire boinc back up, look for above message.

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Well that just sounds about 500 times easier than getting it to run under windows.

Nah, windows is about the same, stop boinc, drop the optimized app in C:\\\\program files\\boinc\\projects\\setiathome.berkeley.edu

then fire boinc back up, look for above message.

LOL you're right of course, I'm just without thinking - factoring in the "make antivirus ignore boinc directories", "open ports for remote control", "receive multiple errors and retry with nographics version" then dismantle machine to improve cooling.

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"Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions.

Well that just sounds about 500 times easier than getting it to run under windows.

Nah, windows is about the same, stop boinc, drop the optimized app in C:\\\\program files\\boinc\\projects\\setiathome.berkeley.edu

then fire boinc back up, look for above message.

LOL you're right of course, I'm just without thinking - factoring in the "make antivirus ignore boinc directories", "open ports for remote control", "receive multiple errors and retry with nographics version" then dismantle machine to improve cooling.

lol! yeah, those are the hard parts.

I only have 2 windows machines crunching, and both are desktops, so I can just walk to them in the house. So, I don't mess with all that other stuff.

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Thanks that does sound eazy.

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