Dear Rick,

MacCsound is a text editor and programming environment with some nice
features. However, there are other nice interfaces as well for the
Mac, e.g., QuteCsound is something like a new cross-platform
equivalent of MacCsound, and Blue works on a Mac as well. These
programming environments work also with latest Csound version (5.10).
For an Intel Mac you should use Csound5.10-float-Intel-OSX10.4.tar.gz
(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/csound/Csound5.10-float-Intel-
OSX10.4.tar.gz?download). There is also a version Csound5.10-double-
Intel-OSX10.4.tar.gz, but that will only be interesting for you later
once you want to give a finished piece a final touch.

Best
Torsten


On Jul 5, 2009, at 12:23 PM, rick_ballan wrote:

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> Hi all,
>
> I just got a new imac with core intel duo running on Leopard. The
> Csound link at soundforge say's I should download the latest Csound
> version unless I want to use MacCsound interface, which apparently
> makes life easier for mac users. Since I've never programmed
> anything in my life before, it's all a bit intimidating. Does
> anyone have experience in these matters?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
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