Wanting to start using F@H need some tips

[leglez]

Hi I recently built a new computer, it is a Q6600, 8GBs of RAM and an 8800GT. I am running OS X 10.5.5, and I want to setup F@H. I downloaded the client and set it up and everything put my username as leglez, and team number 198. I am not sure if I need to register the username or what? I keep checking team 198 and don't see myself on the list. How long does it usually take? Any ideas why it wouldn't work?

 

[Foxery]

Nope, no registration is needed. The statistics servers will pick you up within 3 hours of returning your first work unit.

Which client(s) are you using? Looks like they provide both a single-CPU and SMP client for Macs, though I know nothing about what the Mac SMP one looks like. Hopefully nothing like the Windows one

 

[leglez]

I downloaded the one with the gui I know that. Not really sure what SMP is, I am guessing for multiple CPU?

 

[Foxery]

SMP stands for Symmetric Multi-Processor, so yes The SMP client assumes you have 4 cores/CPUs, and the work units therefore are larger and have shorter deadlines. (It also assumes you can run nearly 24/7)

You've most likely got the single-processor client. (Short units & long deadlines.) Mac users are somewhat hard enough to come by, so the recently written Guides at the official site are missing Mac instructions...

On a Windows or Linux machine, you can also make 4 copies of the single-CPU client, (in 4 seperate folders,) assign each one a unique "Machine ID number," and fire them all up. There may be a way to do this with yours, but I don't know how to go about it in OSX.