====== Installation on macOS ======

CCDciel can run on a recent version of macOS, the minimal version required to run the program is 10.14 Mojave for x86_64, 11.0 Big Sure for arm64.

You can download the CCDciel dmg installer from the Sourceforge [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ccdciel/files/|download]] link.\\
Select the version macos-x86_64 for a Mac with an Intel processor.\\
Select the version macos-arm64 for a Mac with Apple silicon.

**IMPORTANT**\\
After download open a Terminal, change to the Download directory and run the following command: 
<code>xattr -cr ccdciel*.dmg</code>

Open the dmg file and run the installer.

See also the list of the [[start#external_dependencies|optional dependencies]] to install to take full advantage of the software.

There is a security prompt when CCDciel attempt a network connection for the first time, for example to get a list of devices from a INDI server, you need to allow it.