Monday, October 5, 2009

Mindstorm Nxt 2.0 installation on Mac Snow Leopord

I had problem installing the MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), so I did a quick google search and found the solution here:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&thread.id=438894
BLAQmx wrote:

To install LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 1.1 on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
  1. Copy all files from the MINDSTORMS CD to a folder on your desktop.
  2. Open that folder and look under "Parts".
  3. Locate MindstormsUnivEdu.pkg or MindstormsUnivRet.pkg.
  4. Right-click (control-click) and choose "Show Package Contents".
  5. Navigate into the Contents » Resources directory and delete the "preflight" file.
  6. Close this package and run the meta-package (LEGOMindstormsEngRet.mpkg) from the desktop to install MINDSTORMS NXT.

To install LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
  1. Copy all files from the MINDSTORMS CD to a folder on your desktop.
  2. Open that folder and look under "Parts".
  3. Locate MindstormsUnivEdu.pkg or MindstormsUnivRet.pkg.
  4. Right-click (control-click) and choose "Show Package Contents".
  5. Navigate into the Contents/Resources directory and delete the "preflight" file.
  6. Close this package and run the meta-package from the desktop to install MINDSTORMS NXT

Please let us know if these address all of your questions.
Cheers,
Mark
LabVIEW R&D
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9 comments:

  1. JamieNovember 15, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    Thanks. I was installing NXT 1.1 on Snow Leopard(10.6.2). I did not have the file LEGOMindstormsEngRet.mpkg, so I ran the file LEGOMindstormsEngEdu.

    Thank you so much.

    -Robots in the Bronx

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  2. DaneurlSeptember 27, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    I have OS X 10.6.4 and I have tried all the above instructions. I don't have a preflight file only a postflight file, I think you mean that one.

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  3. Kyle's BlogsOctober 11, 2010 at 6:52 PM

    Thank you so much! This is the first time in recent memory I have searched the internet and actually found a solution to a problem. My son will be SO happy! Thanks for Northern Michigan - Eastern Elementary School.

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  4. Kyle's BlogsOctober 11, 2010 at 6:54 PM

    ... that's "Thanks from NM... sorry

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  5. Freddy HDecember 25, 2010 at 6:30 AM

    Thank you so much you have saved our sanity on Christmas Day

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  6. SandorDecember 25, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    You can find patch that performs the above steps at: http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/support/files/Patches.aspx

    After download, make sure you read the readme file.

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  7. SailleMay 19, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    The patch copied the files to my desktop, but didn't run an installer. I still can't find any of the files you listed above. Can anyone tell me what to do next?

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  8. mvallance1234November 6, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    install from created desktop folder of 2.1

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  9. BybybcDecember 25, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    I thought this was so helpful! Thanks!

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