[Macpartners] MATLAB for Intel Macs

[Mateja Miljacki]

Hi.

The MathWorks has released the Mac OS X for Intel Beta.

http://www.mathworks.com/support/faq/macintel.html

> Versions of MATLAB released with R2006b or earlier releases will  
> not be supported on Intel-based Macs.

> What are the system requirements for the beta software for Intel- 
> based Macs?
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.7
> Processor: Intel Core Duo
> Disk Space: 510 MB (MATLAB only)
> RAM: 510 MB (1024 MB recommended)
> Graphics: 16-bit graphics or higher adaptor and display (24-bit  
> recommended)
> X11 (X server) for Mac OS X
> Will The MathWorks support older versions of MATLAB on Intel-based  
> Mac computers?
> Versions of MATLAB released with R2006b or earlier releases will  
> not be supported on Intel-based Macs.


> Will other versions of MATLAB run under Rosetta?
> Rosetta is dynamic translation software built into Mac OS X to  
> enable PowerPC Mac applications to run on Intel-based Macs.  
> Although Rosetta is not supported by The MathWorks, MATLAB can run  
> under Rosetta using a non-standard startup procedure. The special  
> startup process is needed because MATLAB requires the Java Virtual  
> Machine (JVM), which Rosetta does not support. For more details on  
> JVM issues under Rosetta, see the Apple technical solution.
>
> MATLAB under Rosetta will run without the JVM, from the X11 xterm  
> or Terminal command line. However, most GUI features including the  
> MATLAB Desktop and Figure Plot tools will be unavailable, and there  
> may be noticeable performance degradation. MATLAB will run on an  
> Intel-based Mac under Rosetta by following these steps:
> Locate the ‘matlab’ shell script in your Applications -> MATLAB7x - 
> > bin folder in the Finder.
> Start the X11 xterm application (located in Applications ->  
> Utilities).
> Using either xterm or the Terminal application (also located in  
> Applications -> Utilities), enter the POSIX (‘/’-separated) path to  
> the ‘matlab’ shell script with the command line options ‘-nojvm – 
> display :0’
> Tip:   You can drag the ‘matlab’ script’s icon from the Finder into  
> Terminal to paste in this path automatically. For example, for  
> MATLAB R2006b, with a default installation, you would type the  
> following followed by return:
> /Applications/MATLAB73/bin/matlab –nojvm –display :0

http://www.mathworks.com/support/faq/macintel.html

Mateja.


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Mateja Miljacki, ACSA
mateja at apple.com
Systems Engineer
http://www.apple.com/education/technicalresources/
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