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[Quick Setup Guide] Setting up a MC Server on a Mac

Published Nov 7th, 2012, 11/7/12 7:58 pm
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Setting up a server on a Mac can be a more daunting experience than previously expected. Here are a few steps, tips, and tricks to get you going.

  1. Download "Log Me In Hamachi" here. https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/download.aspx
  2. You'll need the minecraft_server.jar from the download section of minecraft.net. https://minecraft.net/download
  3. Take that freshly downlaoded .jar file and put it on your desktop if it isn't there already and make a new folder and place the .jar into there.
  4. Got to the link near the minecraft_server.jar file and follow it. www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server Take the navigation at the top if the wiki to OS X.
  5. Look for a little box of code.
  6. Now, make a new TextEdit document. Make it plain text Unicode-8. This will prevent it from being an RTF.
  7. Paste the block of text you copied and paste it into the document and save it as "start.command".

  8. Drop the document into the same folder you added into the folder. Now it's time to make it available and give you permission to run it.
  9. Open Terminal by going to Spotlight in the upper right hand corner (magnifying glass).
  10. Type "chmod a+x " into terminal. Make sure to leave a space after the "x".
  11. Drag the start.command into terminal. Wait a few seconds and hit enter.
  12. Now to set up Hamachi. Open Hamachi.
  13. Click "create network" when it opens. Add a password and name of the server and click save.

  14. Now, open the start.command file and when the server starts and finishes loading the spawn points, open Minecraft.
  15. Go to the Multiplayer and then "add server". Make a name for the server and then enter the IP. The IP is in Hamachi on the top below the power button. Looks like this > 5.10.193.212
  16. Add the IP into the server IP box then add ":25565" to the end. No spaces.

  17. Click done, and join you're server!

Good job! You're done!
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