- Investor/RT runs natively on Mac OS X 10.5 and higher and is compatible with MacOS Mojave and earlier including OS X Yosemite, El Capitan, or Sierra/High Sierra. Investor/RT is not compatible with MacOS Catalina.
Step 1 is to install the InvestorRT folder into your user Application Support folder
Download the starter database for OS X.
Download OS X Starter Database
The file will be downloaded into your Downloads folder. Double-click on the disk image irt_osx_database.dmg file to mount the disk image and its contents will appear in a Finder window.
Using the Finder's Go menu, choose Go > Go to Folder... and the Go to Folder window will appear. Enter the text ~/library/application support into the entry box and click the Go button.
- The tilde character ~ is a shortcut for referring to your user home folder.
A Finder window will then open showing you the contents of your Application Support folder. Drag and drop the InvestorRT folder from the desktop into the Application Support folder. Be careful that you do not drop it into some other folder. After completing this step you will see that InvestorRT is now a folder directly within Application Support. This completes step 1.
Step 2 is to install the Investor/RT application.
Download and run the latest installer for Investor/RT from https://www.linnsoft.com/download. It is recommended that you drag the Investor/RT application icon from the Applications folder onto your Dock.