Installing and Using MATLAB on Mac OS X

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General

MATLAB sometimes uses Macintosh dialog box button conventions, which might be different than those documented, but the intended action should be clear. For example, if you select File -> Save on the Macintosh, the Save dialog box that appears presents you with the options Don't Save and Save. On Windows and UNIX platforms, the Save dialog box presents the options Yes, No, and Cancel.

Mouse Buttons

The standard Macintosh mouse is a single button device. Since other platforms use a mouse with more than one button and MATLAB takes advantage of these buttons, you should know how to access their functionality on the Macintosh:

• The Macintosh equivalent of right-clicking the mouse is Control+click.
• The Macintosh equivalent of middle-clicking the mouse is Command+click.

OroborOSX uses a different right-click key combination. Its default right-click is Option+click rather than the Macintosh standard, Control+click. To right-click in a figure window or Simulink window, you would use Option+click because it is controlled by OroborOSX, but you would use Control+click to right-click in a MATLAB window such as the Help browser. You may want to change this preference in OroborOSX so that it matches the Macintosh key combination. To do so:

1. Select XDarwin Preferences from the OroborOSX Options menu.
2. This displays the Preferences dialog with its defaults.

   

1. To change the key combination for right-clicking:
   • Clear the Option in the Button 3 Modifiers column by clicking its checkmark.
   • Select Control in the Button 3 Modifiers column by clicking its check box.

3. Click OK.

Preferences

In Preferences for the Editor/Debugger, Keyboard and Indenting -> Key bindings, there is an option for Macintosh in addition to the existing Emacs and Windows options.

Use the New Profiler to View Profile Results

The profile report and profreport functions are not supported on the Macintosh. Instead, use the new Profiler to view profiling results. To access the new Profiler, select View->Profiler from the desktop, launch it from the Start menu, or type profile viewer.

Differences Between Macintosh and UNIX

Toolboxes