Installing Restim on a Mac

[strommann]

I'd be grateful if somebody would take the time to describe the installation process on a Mac in a more detailed manner. I could install restim on my big windows machine but this code fiddling in Terminal leads (in my case) to nowhere. On my M1 MAcBook (Monterey 12.1) I installed python 13.3 (checked the installation successfully - I think), opened a new terminal window, brought the unzipped restim folder into my homefolder, pointed to the restim folder and tried all the stuff in this thread without any success. Unfortunately I don't understand what I am doing when I copy/paste the commands into a terminal window.
Some background would be helpful. Not everybody knows the difference between a 32bit and a 64bit code file, not everybody knows what brew is not mentioning all the developer tools?? this app wants you to install after the initial install.
A detailed description would be very helpful. Of course a ready to download app would even be better.
So I hope that there a happy pervert in the mac community who as diglet suggests in his posting could build the app and make it accessible for other users. I love diglets app. Hopefully many more people will be able to use it.

[strommann]

viewtopic.php?p=373008#p373008
this helped in the end.
thank you!

[ridgeracer]

I just can't make it work.
Python is working but I can't figure out the rest.
Please someone help me!

[froog]

I think the instructions in this thread are now out of date. The last time I built it it was like just two commands.
Have you tried the latest instructions the diglet provides? (From where you downloaded it?)
Maybe post what error you get here.

[LNS]

I gave up quite a while back. Might look again...with very limited python knowledge it wasn't working at all for me.

[ridgeracer]

I think I'll just pick up a cheap pc from Amazon.
If Restim is the future of estim I think a estim set up pc may be the answer.

Is Restim worth a new laptop or should I stick to Funscripts?

[froog]

The next time i get my hands on a new mac, I will record the exact instructions and put them here. I think it's always going to be hard for people who have no experience of using terminal (or equivalent) to type commands, but it shouldn't be this hard otherwise.

[ridgeracer]

The next time i get my hands on a new mac, I will record the exact instructions and put them here. I think it's always going to be hard for people who have no experience of using terminal (or equivalent) to type commands, but it shouldn't be this hard otherwise.

That would be amazing thank you from all us non computer tech guys.
As an avid stimmer I really want to keep up with the latest tech, However I just don't have the nohow. Building the FOC hardware/device that comes easy for me. I just can't get the computer tach part figured out.

[Perfectionisd]

Hi everyone,

I've just started using Restim on an Apple Macbook Air M4 and thought I'd share my installation experience.
A big thank you to everyone who has made this application possible and for all the clear instructions.
I haven't started using Restim just yet but it is running, so that's a good first step I guess.
The instructions are from previous posts, I have only added some points I ran into during the process.
Let me know if I've done something improperly or just plain stupid.

Setup:
1. Download the latest version of Python for macOS: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3142/
2. In your “Downloads” folder -> install Python by double-clicking “python-3.14.2-macos11.pkg”
3. In your “Applications” folder -> “Python 3.14” folder -> install the SSL certificates by double-clicking “Install Certificates.command”
4. Download the latest version of the Restim source code zip archive “Source code (zip)” from github: https://github.com/diglet48/restim/releases
5. In your “Downloads” folder -> unzip “restim-1.30.zip” (you can move the folder if you’d like)

First run:
6. Right-click the unzipped folder “restim-1.30” -> “New Terminal at Folder”
7. Copy and paste these two lines of code into the new terminal window and press “enter”:

Code: Select all

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 restim.py

8. Wait for it to install, it will take some time
9. If successful Python will start followed by Restim
10. If unsuccessful there are probably some red lines of code in your terminal window
11. You are probably prompted to install the “git developer tools”
12. Do so and start again from point 6 (maybe not necessary but keeps the terminal window clean)

After first run:
13. In your unzipped Restim folder right-click “restim.py” -> “Open With” -> “Python Launcher.app”

[Fantasiawizard]

Hi everyone,

I've just started using Restim on an Apple Macbook Air M4 and thought I'd share my installation experience.
A big thank you to everyone who has made this application possible and for all the clear instructions.
I haven't started using Restim just yet but it is running, so that's a good first step I guess.
The instructions are from previous posts, I have only added some points I ran into during the process.
Let me know if I've done something improperly or just plain stupid.

Setup:
1. Download the latest version of Python for macOS: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3142/
2. In your “Downloads” folder -> install Python by double-clicking “python-3.14.2-macos11.pkg”
3. In your “Applications” folder -> “Python 3.14” folder -> install the SSL certificates by double-clicking “Install Certificates.command”
4. Download the latest version of the Restim source code zip archive “Source code (zip)” from github: https://github.com/diglet48/restim/releases
5. In your “Downloads” folder -> unzip “restim-1.30.zip” (you can move the folder if you’d like)

First run:
6. Right-click the unzipped folder “restim-1.30” -> “New Terminal at Folder”
7. Copy and paste these two lines of code into the new terminal window and press “enter”:

Code: Select all

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 restim.py

8. Wait for it to install, it will take some time
9. If successful Python will start followed by Restim
10. If unsuccessful there are probably some red lines of code in your terminal window
11. You are probably prompted to install the “git developer tools”
12. Do so and start again from point 6 (maybe not necessary but keeps the terminal window clean)

After first run:
13. In your unzipped Restim folder right-click “restim.py” -> “Open With” -> “Python Launcher.app”

Thank you for this tutorial. I've used Restim for while in Mac but the last version I managed to get working with try&fail method was 1.32. Now with your instructions 1.46 powered up without any hassle