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+#summary Running CORE on Apple Mac OS X
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+= What you can do with a Mac =
+
+The emulated nodes in CORE require a patched FreeBSD kernel or Linux virtualization. There is no native support for running the virtual nodes on Apple's OS X kernel. You can use ssh with X11 forwarding to run the CORE GUI on your Mac, and connect to a virtual or real machine running CORE.
+
+ * the virtual machine provided on the [http://downloads.pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil/core/vmware-image/ CORE downloads] page is for VMware. VMware player/server does not run on Mac OS X.
+ * the VCORE VMware virtual machine is configured with 512 MB RAM and a 40 GB disk
+ * refer to the below sections for using other virtual machine products
+
+== Parallels ==
+
+running FreeBSD CORE inside Parallels desktop for the Mac - _tips and tricks here_
+
+== VMware Fusion ==
+
+running FreeBSD CORE within VMware Fusion for the Mac - _tips and tricks here_
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