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Message 1620412 - Posted: 30 Dec 2014, 0:57:01 UTC

In 2002 it was possible to run seti@home from Terminal on OSX :

http://www.macworld.com/article/1003734/seti.html

Is this still viable or is BOINC the only way to crunch numbers for SETI today? Just starting out (again- 1997 was the last time!?) and Terminal running a background process now would suit my workflow well. And working on system level, perhaps OS upgrades wouldn't break BOINC?
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Message 1620451 - Posted: 30 Dec 2014, 3:38:59 UTC - in response to Message 1620412.  

SETI can only be run through BOINC, it cannot be run directly or separately. You can, however, run BOINC from a terminal window, though BOINC automatically spawns the science application at the lowest priority supported by the OS, so running from a terminal window loses most of its advantages.
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