How to install IBM i Access for Mac?

Question

IBM now has IBM i Access for Mac, with the 5250 emulator being a very desirable feature, but the default approach is not a “Mac way” where users expect it to exist in /Applications . How can I install it as a regular Mac application with the icon / application in the /Applications folder?

Answer 1

This is what worked for me. First download the zip file from here

Open the Mac Terminal app ( Cmd+Space and enter Terminal )

cd where the zip file now exists:

 cd ~/Downloads 

Use unzip to get the contents of the zip file to the /Applications folder:

 unzip IBMiAccessT_v1r1.zip -d "/Applications/IBM i Access Client Solutions.app" 

cd to the following folder where acs_mac_app.zip now exists:

 cd /Applications/IBM\ i\ Access\ Client\ Solutions.app/Mac_Application 

Now unzip the acs_mac_app.zip file in / Applications, which will add the contents to /Applications/IBM i Access Client Solutions.app

 unzip acs_mac_app.zip -d /Applications 

You should now have "IBM i Access Client Solutions" with an icon in the / Applications folder, as shown below. Double-click to start or press Cmd + space to open Spotlight and type "ibm" to find it, as shown below.