# Obtaining PschToolBox on mac

**URL:** <https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/obtaining-pschtoolbox-on-mac/1799>\
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**Created:** [March 29, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/obtaining-pschtoolbox-on-mac/1799 "2007-03-29T12:42:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/obtaining-pschtoolbox-on-mac/1799/1 "2007-03-29T12:42:36Z")

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I'm having problems obtaining PsychToolBox on the mac.   
  
I'm using matlab student version 7.0.0.19901 (r14).  
  
I'm running an IMAC G5 with mac os x version 10.4.9  
  
The message I get is   
  
I've tried psychtoolbox('stable') and the other variations suggested  
by the Psychtoolbox instructions.  
  
If anyone can help I'd be hugeley greatful.  
  
dan   
  
  
  
EDU\>\> DownloadPsychtoolbox('current')  
DownloadPsychtoolbox('beta','/Applications')  
Requested flavor is: beta  
Requested location for the Psychtoolbox folder is inside: /Applications  
  
Will use the svn client which is located in this folder: /usr/local/bin/  
Good. Your privileges suffice for the requested installation into  
folder /Applications.  
  
I will now download the latest Psychtoolbox for OSX.  
Requested flavor is: beta  
Target folder for installation: /Applications  
The following CHECKOUT command asks the Subversion client to   
download the Psychtoolbox:  
/usr/local/bin/svn checkout  
svn://svn.berlios.de/osxptb/beta/Psychtoolbox/ /Applications/Psychtoolbox  
Downloading. It's nearly 100 MB, which can take many minutes.   
Alas there is no output to this window to indicate progress until the  
download is complete.   
Please be patient ...  
Command "CHECKOUT" failed with error code 1:   
svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.berlios.de': Operation timed out  
  
  
Will retry now by use of alternative http protocol...  
The following alternative CHECKOUT command asks the Subversion client to   
download the Psychtoolbox:  
/usr/local/bin/svn checkout  
http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/osxptb/beta/Psychtoolbox/  
/Applications/Psychtoolbox  
  
Sorry, the download command "CHECKOUT" failed with error code 1:   
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/svnroot/repos/osxptb/beta/Psychtoolbox'  
svn: PROPFIND of '/svnroot/repos/osxptb/beta/Psychtoolbox': could not  
connect to server (http://svn.berlios.de)  
  
The download failure might be due to temporary network or server  
problems. You may want to try again in a  
few minutes. It could also be that the subversion client was not  
(properly) installed. On Microsoft  
Windows you will need to exit and restart Matlab after installation of  
the Subversion client. If that  
does not help, you will need to reboot your machine before proceeding.  
??? Error using ==\> DownloadPsychtoolbox  
Download failed.