Lego Mindstorm NXT2.0 on OSX 10.6

Posted by acidjunk on December 10, 2011

Just as a quick reminder for myself. The Mindstorms NXT 2.0 doesn’t work out of the box on OS X 10.6. But with a quick hack it is possible to run it; this is how I did it:

To install LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

  1. Copy all files from the MINDSTORMS CD to a folder on your desktop.

  2. Open that folder and look under “Parts”.

  3. Locate MindstormsUnivEdu.pkg or MindstormsUnivRet.pkg.

  4. Right-click (control-click) and choose “Show Package Contents”.

  5. Navigate into the Contents/Resources directory and delete the “preflight” file.

  6. Close this package and run the meta-package (LEGOMindstormsEngRet.mpkg from the root of the copied installer folder) to install MINDSTORMS NXT