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2 CONTENTS 1. XQuartz Installation PlayOnMac Installation Updating Wine Terminal Installation MT4/MT Known Issues Terminal Data Directory 14 2

3 Install Terminal on MacOS The client terminal can be installed and run on computers with MacOS using Wine. Wine is a free software that allows users of the Unix-based systems to run an application developed for the Microsoft Windows systems. Among all the Wine versions there is one for macos. Note that Wine is not a fully stable application. Thus, some functions in the applications you start under it may not work properly, or even, not work at all. For the installation on macos we recommend to use the free application PlayOnMac. PlayOnMac is a Winebased software for easy installation of Windows applications on macos. 1. XQuartz Installation The first necessary component is XQuartz. This is a software for using X Window System on macos. X Window System provides standard tools and protocols for building the graphical user interface in Unix-like OS. *IMPORTANT* Check if XQuartz is installed on the system; you may also find it as an X11 application. XQuartz might be already installed as it was included by default in past macos versions, until OS X If XQuartz is already installed you can proceed with PlayOnMac installation. Otherwise, download XQuartz from here: XQuartz Download. After downloading the DMG package, launch it from the Downloads section of your system and follow the installation steps. 3

4 Before the installation, macos security system will ask you to enter your account's password: After the installation is finished, you can close the window and proceed with PlayOnMac installation. 4

To install PlayOnMac, open the product's official website, go to the Download section and click the

5 2. PlayOnMac Installation Before installing PlayOnMac, check if any other Wine-based programs, such as WineBottler, are installed. If there are, make sure that they are not running. To install PlayOnMac, open the product's official website, go to the Download section and click the link for downloading the latest version. After downloading the DMG package, launch it from the Downloads section of your system: 5

6 On the next window, just move PlayOnMac icon into the Applications folder. By default, macos allows you to open apps from the official App Store only, and it'll prevent you from opening anything macos doesn't recognize. In order to override the block and run PlayOnMac, Open System Preferences, go to Security&Privacy and make sure the General tab is selected. This page will give you the option to override this by clicking the temporary button Open Anyway. You'll be asked one more time for confirmation, but clicking Open will run the app. After launching PlayOnMac, it will start checking if there re any more components to install that are necessary for it to work and it ll let you know. Wait for refreshing to complete. Then its main window will appear: 6

7 3. Updating Wine A default (system) version of Wine is installed together with PlayOnMac. However, it is recommended to install the latest stable version of Wine, which at the time of writing is Wine To upgrade Wine to the latest version, open PlayOnMac upper menu and select Manage Wine Versions: The window with all the Wine versions available for installation will open. Select the latest version. 7

8 Move the latest Wine version to the right side of the window. The installation will start: After the installation is complete, the new version of Wine will appear on the right part of PlayOnMac Wine versions manager window. You can then close the window and install the trading terminal. 8

9 4. Terminal Installation MT4/MT5 To install the terminal, download the MT4 or MT5 installer "mt4setup.exe". From the PlayOnMac Main menu select Install a program: Select install a non-listed program: 9

10 Select Install a program in a new virtual drive: Type a name for the application's virtual drive, i.e. ClientTerminal and click next. 10

11 On the new window select Use another version of Wine, click Next and select the latest version of Wine you installed (Not System version). The installer will ask to download and install Wine Mono and Wine Gecko. 11

12 After the installation, a new window will appear. Choose Browse and select the downloaded "mt4setup.exe" file. The standard terminal installation process with all its stages will start: 12

the terminal for the moment and PlayOnMac will offer you to create the shortcuts for the terminal components, i.e. the client

13 When the installation is complete, the terminal will automatically launch. Close the terminal for the moment and PlayOnMac will offer you to create the shortcuts for the terminal components, i.e. the client terminal itself and MetaEditor: After creating the necessary shortcuts, you can start using the client terminal. Double-click on it, in the PlayOnMac window to launch the terminal. If you want to make another MT4/MT5 Terminal installation, just repeat the Terminal Installation MT4/MT5 process. 13

14 5. Known Issues As was already mentioned above, Wine is not a completely stable software. Thus, some functions of the terminal may not work properly. Currently, the following issues have been detected: Market tab is unavailable News feed is unavailable Issues with custom Indicators and custom Expert Advisors may occur Except for the above problems, you can enjoy all the features of the client terminal on MacOS. 6. Terminal Data Directory PlayOnMac creates a separate virtual logical drive with necessary environment for each installed program. The default path of the installed terminal's data folder is as follows: Legal: HotForex is a unified brand name of the HF Markets Group which encompasses global licensed entities. Please click here for more information about HF Markets Group. Risk Warning: Trading leveraged products such as Forex and CFDs may not be suitable for all investors as they carry a high degree of risk to your capital. Trading such products is risky and you may lose all of your investment. Please read the full Risk Disclosure. Disclaimer: This material is provided as a general communication for information purposes only. Nothing in this communication contains, or should be considered as containing, an investment advice or an investment recommendation or a solicitation for the purpose of buying or selling of any financial instrument. We make no representation and assume no liability as to the accuracy or completeness of any information provided and we shall not be held liable for any loss arising from any investment made based on the information provided in this communication. This communication must not be reproduced or further distributed without our prior written permission. 14

More detailed instructions and images is provided below for better understanding.

More detailed instructions and images is provided below for better understanding. MT4 can now be used to your Mac OS, just follow the steps below: STEP 1. Download and install PlayOnMac STEP 2. Download and install Wine STEP 3. Download and install MetaTrader 4 (MT4) More detailed instructions