.. _installation_osx_installer:

Mac OS X Installer
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#.  Navigate to the `GeoServer Download <http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/Stable>`_ page and click your preferred GeoServer version--Stable, Latest or Nightly.

#.  On the resulting page, download the :guilabel:`Mac OS X Installer` format of your preferred GeoServer version.  

#.  Double click on the ``.dmg`` file to start the download. 

    .. figure:: images/oxs1.png
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       *Starting the Mac OSX Installer of GeoServer*
      
#. Drag the GeoServer icon to the Applications folder. 

#. Navigate to your applications folder, and double click on the GeoServer icon.

    .. note:: Accept any security warnings regarding GeoServer as an application downloaded from the Internet.
    
#. In the resulting GeoServer console window, start GeoServer by going to :menuselection:`Server-->Start`.

    .. figure:: images/oxs2.png
       :align: center
   
       *Starting GeoServer*

#. The console window will log GeoServer's loading.  Once GeoServer is completely started, a browser window will open at the URL ``http://localhost:8080/geoserver``.  Welcome to GeoServer!