My FORScan for Mac setup instructions

[Brian_B]

I'm Mac only, and lazy. So I picked up a Windoze PC for cheap just for FORScan once I found out how to install Win 10 without it creating a Microsoft account.

It makes me appreciate my Mac everytime I use it.

No joke.

I got a $200 Lenovo just for Forscan/FDRS. It's a horrible laptop and I hate using it. It stays in a backpack that gets thrown in the Bronco for long runs just-in-case.

While I will admit trying to compare a $200 Amazon special to a Macbook isn't exactly fair, most of my gripes aren't with the hardware.

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[broncobase1]

No joke.

I got a $200 Lenovo just for Forscan/FDRS. It's a horrible laptop and I hate using it. It stays in a backpack that gets thrown in the Bronco for long runs just-in-case.

While I will admit trying to compare a $200 Amazon special to a Macbook isn't exactly fair, most of my gripes aren't with the hardware.

I have a $300 Lenovo running the Pentium III with 16G of Ram. I did upgrade the spinner to a 2TB SSD which added another $100, but its a great laptop no issues. I run it as my "main" PC with an external 27" monitor and keyboard.

 

[ryanc721]

1. Plug in your USB OBD reader
2. ls /dev/tty.usb*, for me it was /dev/tty.usbserial-223010213255
3. Make a symbolic link into your FORSCan.app:
   • I had to create the dosdevices directory first: mkdir ~/Applications/Sikarugir/FORScan.app/Contents/Resources/dosdevices/
   • Then make the link ln -s /dev/tty.usbserial-223010213255 ~/Applications/Sikarugir/FORScan.app/Contents/Resources/dosdevices/com1
   • Reg Edit:
     • open ~/Applications/Sikarugir/FORScan.app/Contents/
       • Long version: Go to your user's applications (~/Applications, not the system level /Applications you see when you open up Finder). Right click on FORScan -> Show Package Contents
     • In that folder open Configure app, Tools tab, Registry Editor tool
     • Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wine\Ports
     • Right click New... -> String Value, name it com1 and your device as the value /dev/tty.usbserial-223010213255
   • Close Reg Edit. Close the FORScan mac app and reopen it

What does THIS actually mean?

 

[Gangstead]

What does THIS actually mean?

Code in the back ticks (which didn't survive the copy/paste into this forum) are commands to run on the terminal of your mac. So `ls ...` lists contents of a directory, `mkdir ...` makes a directory, `ln -s ...` makes a symbolic link (on a Windows machine they call it a shortcut), `open ...` opens files/directories/applications.

 

[swamp2]

Congrats OP on a involved, successful, intellectual exercise. Not being sarcastic.

I'm a big Mac guy and for both FS and tuning, I gave up on my Mac and like others here got a cheap used Win laptop. It was not without some considerable and reasonably talented/informed struggle to stick with the Mac...

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