If you're using "Relion" on your Mac (see http://www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/relion) then you may well want to use CTFFIND with it. Here are the steps to get it up & running
1 Install the XCode comand-line tools
2 Install the "Homebrew" package manager
3 Use Homebrew to install the following dependencies
Run the following one by one from the terminal:
4 Download the CTFFIND source code
5 Carefully copy and paste these terminal commands
../configure CXXFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib" CC=/usr/bin/gcc)
6 Test to see if it's running
Test it’s working by simply typing “ctffind” - the program should launch in interactive mode in the terminal. Quit with ctrl-c
If you get an error message at this stage, try unzipping and dropping these compiled binaries and associated files into /usr/local/bin
If you're using with Relion, you'll want to plug in the path to ctffind (/usr/local/bin/ctffind) as in the following graphic:
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