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manual for installing SimCNC on MacOS

#1 · 6 October 2025, 16:57

Hello,

I have to install SimCNC on a MacBook Air for a customer. I never touched a Mac before. Is there a manual for installing on Mac OS?

After several hours I managed it and "import profile" seems to load my windows profile correctly. But I have no idea where the profile and scripts are stored. Also, I cannot load scripts to the script editor.

Greetings

Michael Schlegel

#2 · 7 October 2025, 14:17

Installation process is same as on Windows. You run installer and it lead you step by step.

Destination folder on MacOS is /Applications/CS-Lab/simCNC.

If you want manually add or edit screens of scripts etc. you have to ctrl-click on simCNC app icon and select 'show package contents' and then navigate to ../Contents/MacOS. From there folders are same like on Windows version.

Of course you don't have to do that if you want e.g. edit script. When you open macro editor in simCNC and choose 'Open' from the menu, it open file selector on default location (in your profile's scrips subdir). See attached screenshot.

Also, take into account that simCNC required wired ethernet connection. So if you're currently using macbook through wifi, you have to add some eth adapter. Even if it seems to work fine, WiFi connections will cause problems sooner or later.