<ol>
<li>For Mac OSX users, you must have Snow Leopard (10.6) or newer
installed. </li>
<li>A fully-connected BitCoin wallet. see <a href="http://bitcoin.org/" rel="nofollow">http://bitcoin.org/</a></li>
<li>If this is the first time you have launched BitCoin, it must
download and verify all the existing blocks in the system.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote>
<pre><code> This can
    take an hour or longer - just ignore it for a while.
</code></pre>
  
  <p>Update: since the time of this post the block chain has grown It can take several days on a slow connection to download and is currently pushing past 15GB  </p>
</blockquote>

<ol>
<li>Install DiabloMiner see
<a href="https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner/wiki/Solo-Mining" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner/wiki/Solo-Mining</a></li>
</ol>

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2012-08-20T08:43:45.227Z
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Mark Bakker
<p>I know it's pointless. I just want to learn how to do it. Are there any guides out there?</p>

<solo-mining><cpu-mining><miner-configuration>
How do I solo mine on a mac?
Kinnard Hockenhull
# How do I solo mine on a mac?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-08-19)

I know it's pointless. I just want to learn how to do it. Are there any guides out there?

**Tags:** solo-mining, cpu-mining, miner-configuration


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-08-20. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

1. For Mac OSX users, you must have Snow Leopard (10.6) or newer
   installed.
2. A fully-connected BitCoin wallet. see <http://bitcoin.org/>
3. If this is the first time you have launched BitCoin, it must
   download and verify all the existing blocks in the system.

> ```
>  This can
>     take an hour or longer - just ignore it for a while.
>
> ```
>
> Update: since the time of this post the block chain has grown It can take several days on a slow connection to download and is currently pushing past 15GB

1. Install DiabloMiner see
   <https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner/wiki/Solo-Mining>


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