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IBM now has IBM i Access for Mac, with 5250 emulator being a very desirable feature, but the default install approach isn't the "Mac way" where users would expect it to exist in /Applications. How can I get it installed like a normal Mac app with an icon/application in the /Applications folder?
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To use IBM® i Access for Windows , it needs to be installed and configured on both the IBM i platform and the PC. This topic assumes that the system administrator installs and configures the IBM i platform, while the users install IBM i Access for Windows on the PC.
To get the driver, visit the IBM i Access Client Solutions page and select Downloads for IBM i Access Client Solutions. After logging in and redirected to the IBM I Access Client Solutions Download page, select the Download using http tab then scroll down and download the ACS Linux App Pkg.
If you are looking to install Access (or other MS software) on your Mac directly, you can either use Boot Camp or Parallels. Boot Camp allows you to install regular Windows on your Mac, thus you can then install any MS software. Originally Answered: How do I get Microsoft Access for a Mac?
You will also have to install the macOS ODBC driver that allows unixODBC to talk to Db2 on i. To get the driver, visit the IBM i Access Client Solutions page and select Downloads for IBM i Access Client Solutions. After logging in and redirected to the IBM I Access Client Solutions download page, scroll down and download the ACS Mac App Pkg.
This is what worked for me. First download the zip file from here
Open up Mac's Terminal app (Cmd+Space and type Terminal)
cd into where the zip file now exists:
cd ~/Downloads
Use unzip to get the zip file contents into the /Applications folder:
unzip IBMiAccessT_v1r1.zip -d "/Applications/IBM i Access Client Solutions.app"
cd into 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 into /Applications which will add content 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 do Cmd+Spacebar to open Spotlight and type "ibm" to locate it, as shown below.
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