Hello, Is R very compatible with a Mac? A colleague of mine indicated that everyone he knows with a Mac has problems with R. What can you tell me about using R with a Mac. What do I need to download? I have downloaded the basic R package. Thanks, -- Tiffany Kinder MS Student Department of Watershed Science Utah State University tiffany.kinder@aggiemail.usu.edu [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
In my experience R runs just fine on the Mac. For basic use you don't need to do anything special whatsoever. Just install R as you would any other program. If you need to install packages from source you will probably want to install Xcode. Other Mac FAQs are at http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html -Ista On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Tiffany Kinder <tiffany.kinder at aggiemail.usu.edu> wrote:> Hello, > Is R very compatible with a Mac? ?A colleague of mine indicated that > everyone he knows with a Mac has problems with R. > > What can you tell me about using R with a Mac. ?What do I need to download? > ?I have downloaded the basic R package. > > Thanks, > > -- > Tiffany Kinder > MS Student > Department of Watershed Science > Utah State University > tiffany.kinder at aggiemail.usu.edu > > ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org
Dear Tiffany, R works wonderfully with Macs (and *nix and Windows). The main program should be all you need, but if you have any doubts or concerns, here is the link to download R from the website for Mac OSes: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/ If you are just getting started using R, it is a good idea to read through the introduction to R manual: http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html and you might also consider getting a book to help you a long the way. There is a large list of books related to R here: http://www.r-project.org/doc/bib/R-books.html I have personally found Peter Dalgaard's book a very nice book to start with: Peter Dalgaard. Introductory Statistics with R. Springer, 2nd edition, 2008. ISBN 978-0-387-79053-4. [ bib | Discount Info | Publisher Info | http://www.biostat.ku.dk/~pd/ISwR.html ] Best regards and welcome to R, Josh On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Tiffany Kinder <tiffany.kinder at aggiemail.usu.edu> wrote:> Hello, > Is R very compatible with a Mac? ?A colleague of mine indicated that > everyone he knows with a Mac has problems with R. > > What can you tell me about using R with a Mac. ?What do I need to download? > ?I have downloaded the basic R package. > > Thanks, > > -- > Tiffany Kinder > MS Student > Department of Watershed Science > Utah State University > tiffany.kinder at aggiemail.usu.edu > > ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/
On Oct 14, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Tiffany Kinder wrote:> Hello, > Is R very compatible with a Mac?Very compatible. I have been using it as my work machine for the last 2.75 years and several of the regular contributors to rhelp are also running Macs. Rock-solid. Better memory management than Windows XP or Vista. Simon Urbanek (and his collaborators) deserves a huge amount of thanks for the fine work he has done. The R-Mac SIG is the place for mac-specific question, though: https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac> A colleague of mine indicated that > everyone he knows with a Mac has problems with R.He needs more sophisticated friends :-)> > What can you tell me about using R with a Mac. What do I need to > download?There is a section in the installation document: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Installing-R-under-Mac-OS-X> I have downloaded the basic R package.That is not exactly specific enough to advise whether you got the correct bundle for your machine. Be sure to read the installation document carefully. No shortcuts.> > Thanks, > > -- > Tiffany Kinder > MS Student > Department of Watershed Science > Utah State UniversityDavid Winsemius, MD West Hartford, CT
I have had no problems with R on my Mac ... just download, install, and run ... let me know if you have any problems. Cheers David Cross d.cross at tcu.edu www.davidcross.us On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Tiffany Kinder wrote:> Hello, > Is R very compatible with a Mac? A colleague of mine indicated that > everyone he knows with a Mac has problems with R. > > What can you tell me about using R with a Mac. What do I need to > download? > I have downloaded the basic R package. > > Thanks, > > -- > Tiffany Kinder > MS Student > Department of Watershed Science > Utah State University > tiffany.kinder at aggiemail.usu.edu > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
R works great on my Mac. In fact, the user interface in some ways seems to be more friendly (ex. you type an open parenthesis, it automatically includes a close parenthesis; color coding for coding files, etc.) Andrew Miles On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:49 PM, David Cross wrote:> I have had no problems with R on my Mac ... just download, install, > and run ... let me know if you have any problems. > > Cheers > > David Cross > d.cross at tcu.edu > www.davidcross.us > > > > > On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Tiffany Kinder wrote: > >> Hello, >> Is R very compatible with a Mac? A colleague of mine indicated that >> everyone he knows with a Mac has problems with R. >> >> What can you tell me about using R with a Mac. What do I need to >> download? >> I have downloaded the basic R package. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Tiffany Kinder >> MS Student >> Department of Watershed Science >> Utah State University >> tiffany.kinder at aggiemail.usu.edu >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.