

Head here if you’ve lost the DVDs to download the files you’ll need to set up an ADC (Apple Developer Connection) account (free) to actually start the download.
#Mac wiki reader mac os x
Luckily, these are easily installable off of the Mac OS X system DVDs that came with your computer. If you don’t have these installed, nothing else will work. Get the Mac OS X Developer tools, including the Unix command line tools.These can be found on one of the Mac OS X installation DVDs. For example, you need to have gcc to get this running. Mac OS X Developer tools, with the optional Unix command line stuff.The part that takes longest is partially decompressing and then indexing the bzipped Wikipedia files. This is mostly for the Wikipedia articles themselves. So I thought I’d do a slightly friendlier step-by-step with all the missing bits filled in.

#Mac wiki reader pro
The trouble is, his instructions don’t quite get the job done they require modification in some key places before everything will actually work, at least on my Macbook Pro (Intel) running OS X Leopard. I have it running on my machine right now, and it’s awesome.
#Mac wiki reader how to
No fixed portion of WikiLinks’ proceeds will be donated to WMF.This very cool and prolific hacker, Thanassis Tsiodras, wrote an article a few years back explaining how to build a fast offline reader for Wikipedia. We are not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation. WIKIPEDIA™, the Wikipedia W Logo™, the Wikipedia Puzzle Globe Logo™, WIKTIONARY™ and the Wiktionary Tile Logo™ are trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation and are used with the permission of the Wikimedia Foundation. Articles in the mind map can be downloaded all at once for later offline viewing.Īnd much more! Visit our site to see everything you can do with WikiLinks.Offline reading of previously read articles, including images.Customize text display (font, hyphenation, justification).Easily find any text in the current article.2D mind map to keep track of your journey and suggest new paths.WikiLinks' unique algorithm brings you new and unexpected reading material.Search for text in previously read articles.Keep and manage a complete history of all read articles.Keep and manage a list of bookmarks of your favorite articles.Play all Wikipedia sound, music samples, pronunciation excerpts….

