Re: A good way to lose your bitcoins, lost my private key

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Quote from: TheGambler on September 29, 2013, 04:10:01 AM

I have been looking around and support for Mac does not seem to be on par with mining support for Windows...so I was wondering, what is the best way to mine on Mac OS X?
When I say 'what is the best way' I mean:
- What is the best hardware to use
- What is the best software to use
- How easy is it to start mining? Are any adjustments to the computer required?

Check out my thread here. It includes links to downloads and tutorials on mining on Mac OS X.

I would not mine using a GPU on OS X unless you have a Mac Pro with a regular "PC style" case and an ATI card. Otherwise you can buy any of the USB ASICs that work with bfgminer or cgminer and use those using the links in the above thread (specifically this one).

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Quote from: TheGambler on September 29, 2013, 04:10:01 AM

Hello everyone!
I have been looking around and support for Mac does not seem to be on par with mining support for Windows...so I was wondering, what is the best way to mine on Mac OS X?
When I say 'what is the best way' I mean:
- What is the best hardware to use
- What is the best software to use
- How easy is it to start mining? Are any adjustments to the computer required?

To make this a little easier, My computer statistics are below:
Operating System: Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4
Processor: 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory/RAM: 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3 (two 8GB)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB
Hard drive (if that matters when it comes to mining): 1.12TB Fusion Drive

The only hardware upgradeable (by researching on google) is the Memory/RAM, and I have also noticed nVidia graphic cards do not do that well when it comes to mining compared to other cards, so external hardware compatible with Mac OS X would be great if you know of any!

I really want to get started with mining even though it seems to late (I personally think it isn't)

If you want to really mine I would recommend purchasing a separate asic or fpga device (depending on if you care about roi) then dual boot linux or get VMware fusion (that is what I do) and install Ubuntu on that. No point in mining with your gpu. Just a waist of money and puts your pc at risk.

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sorry for your loss, good luck on recovering your coins!

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