# using Apple as client

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-apple-as-client/989
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-apple-as-client/989 "2018-11-30T08:54:45Z")
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### Author: ![swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swornom)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-apple-as-client/989/1 "2018-11-30T08:54:45Z")

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I normally use a linux workstation as my client with the downloaded binaries for the linux machine.

Now I would like to use my Apple as the client with the Apple binaries. I have a choice  
ParaView-5.4.1-Qt5-OpenGL2-MPI-OSX10.8-64bit.dmg  
ParaView-5.4.1-Qt5-OpenGL2-MPI-OSX10.8-64bit.unsigned.dmg  
Which should I download?  
I downloaded ParaView-5.4.1-Qt5-OpenGL2-MPI-OSX10.8-64bit.dmg  
and I get this error when Iconnect  
socket error permission denied  
I follow the same procedure as I used successfully with linux, this is my first experience with Apple client. Any ideas as to the problem?

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-apple-as-client/989/2 "2018-11-30T14:18:07Z")

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I assume you are trying to connect to a `pvserver` on a remote machine? Which executable gives you the error? The mac client?