Installation for macOS

 Check if Java is already installed:

  • There are steps online to do if needed.  We are provide these as possible steps but you may need to adapt as systems vary.
  • If you click on the downloads install JAR file and your system recognizes the file type you may not need to do these steps but you may run into a version error during installation so will describe so you know.  The installer checks for the minimum version so if that works then your fine.
  • Open a command line terminal like:
    • Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
    • At the prompt "$" type this followed by the ENTER key to see the version
                       $ java -version
      • You might see something like: 

      java version "1.8.0_202-ea"

      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-ea-b03)

      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.202-b03, mixed mode)

      • It should be Java 1.8 or higher (14.0.2 is java 14 or 1.14 so that is higher)
      • If you get an error instead of information about the version then Java is not installed (make sure you typed it correctly)

       

      You should have received an email after your purchase with a link for a file to download:

        Double-Click downloads JAR file (easiest):

        • The easiest way to install is if your system recognizes JAR files and associates to Java.   If you click on the downloads install JAR file and your system recognizes the file type you may not need to do these manual steps but you may run into a version error during installation so will describe so you know.
        Manual install of downloads JAR file:
      • Open a command line terminal like:
        • Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
        • At the prompt "$" type this followed by the ENTER key to start installing

                            $ java -jar (*Your folder goes here*)/install-X.Y.X.jar     
                     like $ java -jar /Users/Ken/Downloads/install-1.1.0.jar

        • Follow the prompts including decide where you want to install the software.  This is where your data will be located also so think about using your Documents folder so something like:

                       /Users/Ken/Documents/trackthings

        It could be a cloud drive but you need a license per computer if that is your goal.  This is just a hypothetical example like:

        /Users/Ken/YouCloudDrive/Documents/trackthings