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**3. Hard Drive Space**
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-**4. For large packages (Phenix, Rosetta, CCP4), a wired connection is recommended.**
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+**4. XQuartz is required for many graphical applications on MacOS.**
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+ To use many of the graphical applications (COOT, CCP4, nmrDraw, etc), install the latest Xquartz version offered on the [MacOSForge site](https://www.xquartz.org/).
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+**5. For large packages (Phenix, Rosetta, CCP4), a wired connection is recommended.**
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### Download, Installation and activation
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## Mac OS X
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-* Prior to OS X 10.8, the stock X11 has better compatibility than the Xquartz development version available from MacOSForge. With the OS X 10.8 release, X11 is no longer included by Apple, and you'll need to install the latest Xquartz version offered on the MacOSForge site to run X11-based applications.
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`apt-get install libc6-i386 lsb tcsh gawk libjpeg62 curl libx11-6:i386 libxext6:i386`
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## Mac OS X
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-Information on configuring 3D stereo can be found [here](stereo)
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