UTRADE FX MT4 MAC INSTALLATION GUIDE UTRADE FX MT4 MAC INSTALLATION GUIDE

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1 UTRADE FX MT4 MAC INSTALLATION GUIDE 1

2 MetaTrader is the most popular front-end application in the industry and it is available to all Mac OS users, ready to download directly to your computer in just a few simple steps. Please follow the steps below in order to install our UTRADE FX MT4 Platform on your Mac computer. Wine Wine is a free software which allows users of Unix-based systems to run an application developed for the Microsoft Windows systems. Among all the Wine versions, there is one for Mac OS. Disclaimer: note that Wine is not a fully stable application. Thus, some functions in the applications you start under it may not work properly or not work at all. PlayOnMac Installation 1. For the installation on Mac OS, we recommend to use the free application PlayOnMac. PlayOnMac is a Wine-based software for easy installation of Windows applications on Mac OS. To install PlayOnMac, open the product's official web site, click on Download section and click on the link for downloading the latest version: LINK HERE 2. After downloading the DMG package, launch it from Downloads section of your system. 2

3 3. The PlayOnMac launch window will appear. After clicking "Next", the installer will start checking and installing the various components necessary to work. 4. The first necessary component is XQuartz. This is a software for using X Window System on Mac OS. X Window System provides standard tools and protocols for building the graphical user interface in Unix-like OS. If you have already installed XQuartz or want to install it later, select "I've downloaded the file by myself" or "Don't install XQuartz for the moment", respectively. 3

4 XQuartz installation is performed in several stages. First of all, you should read the important information (Read Me) and accept the license conditions. 5. Before the installation begins, the Mac OS security system will ask you to enter your account password: 4

5 Wait for the installation to complete. For changes to take effect, you need to restart your Mac for the software to be recognised. 5

6 6. After restarting your Mac, launch PlayOnMac again from the setup file in Downloads folder. The first launch window will appear again. This time, the installer will offer to install MS Windows fonts necessary for correct operation. 6

7 7. Accept the license agreement conditions and wait until the installation is complete. After that, PlayOnMac is ready for use. Its main window will appear: 7

8 Updating Wine 1. To upgrade Wine to the latest version, select Manage Wine Versions under Tools. 2. The window with Wine versions available for installation will open. Select the latest version (1.9.4 at the moment). 3. Click the right arrow button to move the latest Wine version to the right side of the window. The installation will start. 8

9 4. After the installation is complete, the new version of Wine will appear in the right side of PlayOnMac Wine versions manager window. You can then close the window and install the trading terminal. 9

10 Terminal Installation 1. To install the terminal, download the installer "utradefx4setup.exe". After the download is completed, launch PlayOnMac which will be used to install it. Click on Install a program then Install a non-listed program. 2. Click on the Next button of the following screen. 10

11 3. Choose Install a program in a new virtual drive and click Next. 4. Type in a name for your UTRADE FX MT4 application and click Next. 11

12 5. DO NOT choose any selection in this screen. Just click Next. 6. Browse for your downloaded utradefx4setup.exe file and click next once done. 12

13 7. Wait until the installation is complete. 8. Accept the license agreement and continue with the installation. 13

14 9. Installation is complete. Click on Finish to end setup. 10. Below you can see UTRADE FX MT4 terminal on Mac OS. 14

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