http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T16:36:42 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6.1/htmldocs/instala2.htm#24498 una-muse-d,<br>I have read your other comments, too. In response, I have a few things:<br>* One reason that ColdFusion MX can run on Mac OSX because of the underlying UNIX OS. <br>* Another reason ColdFusion MX can run on Mac OSX is because JRun can run on OSX<br>* JRun is a J2EE application server, so to run ColdFusion MX on Mac OSX, you install it in the J2EE configuration<br>* I'm assuming that you read the deployment instructions on macromedia.com: http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/j2ee/cfmxj2ee_mac_onjrunandtom.html<br>* From the documentation point of view, we've tried our hardest to give straightforward instructions, but we are unable to avoid things like "login as root," "use the console," and "use the jar utility to uncompress the archive file."<br><br>If you have further installation and deployment problems, I suggest posting them to the ColdFusion online forums: http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/ Many of the developers who regularly monitor the forums have gone through the issues you've been dealing with. jrunrandy 1 1 2004-11-27T13:50:01 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6.1/htmldocs/instala2.htm#24457 what does it mean "as an integrated server (the server configuration) or <br />deployed as a Java application on a standards-based J2EE application <br />server (the J2EE configuration)." If I want to run CFMX on my Mac (OS <br />X.2) with JRun for development purposes only which of these is a better <br />choice? Do I even need J2EE? How does J2EE fit into the picture <br />anyway? This is all so confusing. una-muse-d 0 0 2004-11-25T10:17:43