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There are many options for using Sugar on an Apple Macintosh Computer.<br><br>
{{Definition_table
|width=12em|Taste of Sugar | <!-- Read only LiveOS image
--> provides a safe read-only experience that does not alter your Mac. Get to know the Sugar Learning Platform by using it first hand. The quickest way to experience Sugar is to [[#Restart.2C_Play._Restart.2C_Mac. | go here...]]
|Sugar in a window | <!--Virtualization of a Linux OS with Sugar installed 
--> installs to a directory on your Hard Disk. In a window or Full Screen you can switch between Mac and Sugar instantly. Your journal is safe and remembered between restarts. [[#Click_Sugar._Click_Mac. | Read more...  ]]
|Sugar on Linux | <!-- Bootable installation of a Linux OS with Sugar installed 
--> Linux runs on Apple computers long after Apple discontinues support. There are many choices available for easy installation; but after first boot, their support for Sugar varies.  <!--Those stating educational focus may provide a better experience. But this is baseless bias. --> [[#Farewell_Mac._Hello_Sugar.| Read more... ]]
|Sugar on a Stick | On some Intel Macs, [[Sugar on a Stick]] can be loaded on a USB flash storage device and booted on the computer. [[#Sugar on a Stick for Mac| See below...]]
}}
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{{Note/help|Please help:| Assistance is needed from Macintosh system experts to document installing or running  a Fedora LiveOS image on a Mac.}}
{{Note/note|Note:|See this [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi&#63;id&#61;528232 Fedora bug]. Apparently, Fedora 16 (Fall 2011) will have kernel support for EFI booting.}}



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== Sugar on a Stick for Mac ==
'''Sugar on a Stick''' loaded USB devices should run on Intel Macs.

See [[Sugar on a Stick/Macintosh]] for a Fedora 17 test from April 2012.


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Follow these instructions '''every time''' you wish to use your '''Sugar on a Stick''' device on an Intel Mac:
* Boot the Mac with the boot-helper CD 
* Interrupt the boot sequence
* edit the kernel parameters
 vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=iso9660 rw liveimg overlay=LABEL=soas-2-blueberry quiet rhgb selinux=0
* continue the boot.

You can create a '''Sugar on a Stick''' device with a Mac. However, to save the Journal you must create your stick on a PC or Linux machine: Instructions for [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Windows|Windows]] and [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux|Linux]] <!-- Have you tried to run the livecd-iso-to-disk bash script with --efi option on a 32-bit Intel Mac? (do they exist?) (would a bash script even run? could it be modified to run on a Mac, for example, substitute $(readlink -f "$2") calls with $(readlink "$2") and whatever else is required?) See http://www.mail-archive.com/soas@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg01010.html and https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/soas/+question/95622 -->

# Download the boot helper from: http://www.wronkiewicz.net/soas-4-boot-test.iso for Mango Lassi
#: http://www.wronkiewicz.net/soas-3-boot-test.iso for Mirabelle
#: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-boot.iso for Blueberry
# Put in the boot-helper CD
# Plug in the USB
# Turn on the Mac
# At the chime press the "C" key

The Mac should boot first from the CD then from the USB device. 
As of 12 April 2009, this is experimental. Let us know what results you get.