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Spring Thing 2018 Mac OS

May 31 2021

Spring Thing 2018 Mac OS

Is your Mac up to date with the latest version of the Mac operating system? Is it using the version required by a product that you want to use with your Mac? Which versions are earlier (older) or later (newer, more recent)? To find out, learn which version is installed now.

Spring Thing 2018 Mac OS

If your macOS isn't up to date, you may be able to update to a later version.

Which macOS version is installed?

From the Apple menu  in the corner of your screen, choose About This Mac. You should see the macOS name, such as macOS Big Sur, followed by its version number. If you need to know the build number as well, click the version number to see it.

Which macOS version is the latest?

These are all Mac operating systems, starting with the most recent. When a major new macOS is released, it gets a new name, such as macOS Big Sur. As updates that change the macOS version number become available, this article is updated to show the latest version of that macOS.

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If your Mac is using an earlier version of any Mac operating system, you should install the latest Apple software updates, which can include important security updates and updates for the apps that are installed by macOS, such as Safari, Books, Messages, Mail, Music, Calendar, and Photos.

macOSLatest version
macOS Big Sur11.3
macOS Catalina
10.15.7
macOS Mojave10.14.6
macOS High Sierra10.13.6
macOS Sierra10.12.6
OS X El Capitan10.11.6
OS X Yosemite10.10.5
OS X Mavericks10.9.5
OS X Mountain Lion10.8.5
OS X Lion10.7.5
Mac OS X Snow Leopard10.6.8
Mac OS X Leopard10.5.8
Mac OS X Tiger10.4.11
Mac OS X Panther10.3.9
Mac OS X Jaguar10.2.8
Mac OS X Puma10.1.5
Mac OS X Cheetah10.0.4
This howto is deprecated, please use the official package, else you can compile it yourself.


Important notice: as of the next engine release, this tutorial will be discontinued, as Spring will be available as a standalone Mac OS X .app bundle (so will SpringLobby).

The 2018 edition of Apple’s Mac operating system, macOS. Apple unveiled macOS 10.14 Mojave back in June 2018 at the WWDC 2018. So you know all the incredible things this operating system. OS X Mountain Lion; Mac OS X v10.7 Lion; Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard; Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard; Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger; Mac OS X v10.3 and earlier; Mac OS X Technologies; Classic Mac OS (OS9, OS8 & System 7) Photos for Mac; QuickTime; Safari; Front Row.

Last page update: 2011/08/01 by daftalx (updated SpringLobby to 0.135)

Current milestones available:

  • Spring: 0.82.7.1
  • SpringLobby: 0.135
  • 2Basics
  • 3Spring
  • 4Lobbies
    • 4.1SpringLobby

This tutorial is intended for Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.*) users running in 32bit kernel mode. Although Spring compiles and runs in 64 bits, it does not work in 64bit kernel mode (thanks to frequencyandsulphur for digging this one out).


This tutorial has not been tested on older releases of Mac OS X (10.5-). Yet, there are big chances that you can get through and still be able to run Spring. Keep in mind though that due to architecture incompatibilities, Intel-powered macs will be able to discuss online together, as well as with PCs, but not with PPC-powered Macs.


Finally, please bear in mind that this tutorial is mostly for testing purposes and proof of concept. Although no manual compilation is required, using the Terminal application is necessary (for now). Due to the little amount of time people are dedicating to the Mac version of Spring, things will move only slowly and often behind the other platforms. Once things get stabilized, an all-in-one installer will (hopefully one day) replace this tutorial.


Good luck, and have fun !

Install the XCode tools

These are available on your Mac OS X install DVD, the installer is called 'XCode Tools' in the 'Optional installs' folder.

Install the Java developer packages

As of Apple's 'Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3', headers for JNI (among other stuff) are no longer provided by default. In order to build spring AIs but also various dependencies, you should download and install the Java Developer package available on Apple's support site here (NOTE: you must have an Apple ID to access this page. Feel free to post any public hard link in the forum to be added here instead).

Install MacPorts

  • If you never had MacPorts installed, the latest version is available as a '.dmg' installer on this page
  • If you already have MacPorts, make sure you run the latest version with

Configure MacPorts

Spring and it's lobbies are published in a different repository than MacPorts's official one. So you must edit (as root) the MacPorts sources file (located by default in /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf), and add the following line before the last one:

Keep MacPorts up-to-date

To sync your MacPorts install with the latest repositories hit

and upgrade any outdated ports with

From now on I assume your Portfiles will always be up-to-date, therefore I will get straight to the point during the remainder of this tutorial.

Install spring

Crazy as it may seem, installing spring now comes down to this command:

WARNING: this will take a *long* while, especially on a fresh system (ballpark figure: over an hour with an Intel C2D 2.2GHz cpu).

the binutils are required for finding the source of a crash of spring, the utility addr2line is used.

Setup game data

create a '.spring' folder in your home directory, and create the usual 'games', 'maps' and 'demos' folder. There you can store your favorite game data (most of the content is cross-platform compatible).

Check if Spring works

should launch the standalone GUI in window mode, which allows offline gaming, e.g. if you have demo scripts or single player games (my favorite these days is Chicken BA).

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SpringLobby

Although the Mac OS port of SpringLobby should be considered 'barely alpha'-stage, quite a lot of features are already functional, so you should be able to play online with patience and little effort.

Install SpringLobby

As for the engine, installing SpringLobby comes down to a simple command:

In the end you should get two 'double-clickable' .app bundles (springlobby and SpringSettings) in MacPorts's binary folder (/opt/local/bin by default).

Setup SpringLobby

Upon first run, you'll have to tell SpringLobby where to find the spring executable and unitsync library manually. The spring executable is in '/opt/local/bin/spring' and the unitsync library in '/opt/local/lib/libunitsync.so'.

As mentioned earlier the lobby is in a very early port stage. One major feature that does *NOT* work yet is to join (or autojoin) an IRC channel (but you may chat inside a battleroom). So before connecting to the main server, open the 'Autojoin channels' options window and remove all default channels.

That's it, connect and enjoy NOTE: SpringLobby will mostly crash upon startup (much less afterwards). Don't worry, just keep trying until you get through...

Known bugs

  • Add bot in a game opens a tiny (one-pixel wide) window. Clicking it restores its size, but be precise !

In case you encounter compile or install errors on the way, MacPorts will let you know that a log file has been stored somewhere like /opt/local/var/macports/logs/??/main.log, where the '??' describes the port you are installing. Paste the contents of this file into a paste bin (http://www.pastebin.ca) and post the shortlink to the pastebin in this topic, together will your full system info (OS, CPU, ARCH, MacPorts version).

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That's it ! Enjoy !

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