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Redspark (Posted 2008) [#1]

Hi, I've just ordered a new iMac. Since I'm new to the Mac world, I was wondering if there is any advice or gottchas that I might have to look out for. Thanks. James

Perturbatio (Posted 2008) [#2]

Make sure you install the Xcode tools if you want to rebuild modules (3rd party or otherwise).

ImaginaryHuman (Posted 2008) [#3]

Yah install XCode first then BlitzMax, then syncmods, then rebuild modules, then exit and restart. You don't actually need ALL of the xcode package in order for BlitzMax to work, it boils down to a few hundred K that you actually need, but you might as well install it all. As you probably know Mac's are OpenGL only, no DirectX, and they pretty much all come with it built in. Your new iMac probably has at least OpenGL 2 already. There's not much else you need to be aware of, Blitz is the same as on the other platforms more or less. Just make sure you use Little or Big-endian streams if you write/read data.

Grey Alien (Posted 2008) [#4]

suggest sticking to Little Endian as it will read on a PC and Intel Mac properly.

Redspark (Posted 2008) [#5]

Cool! Thanks for the advice.

ImaginaryHuman (Posted 2008) [#6]

Welcome to the Mac world :-)