# macOS install on an Intel Mac: nothing answers on port 3000

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**Category:** Help: Server\
**Tags:** install\
**Created:** [October 10, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.getzonerails.com/t/macos-install-on-an-intel-mac-nothing-answers-on-port-3000/16 "2026-10-10T21:30:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![LanPow](https://community.getzonerails.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@LanPow](https://community.getzonerails.com/u/LanPow)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.getzonerails.com/t/macos-install-on-an-intel-mac-nothing-answers-on-port-3000/16/1 "2026-10-10T21:30:38Z")

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I installed ZoneRails Server on an older Intel Mac mini. The installer finished fine but nothing answers on port 3000. Is Intel supported, and where would I look for logs on macOS?

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**Author:** ![LanPow](https://community.getzonerails.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@LanPow](https://community.getzonerails.com/u/LanPow)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.getzonerails.com/t/macos-install-on-an-intel-mac-nothing-answers-on-port-3000/16/3 "2026-10-10T21:41:49Z")

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Intel Macs are supported (use the `-x64.pkg`). The 1.6.0 Intel installer completed but the server crashed as soon as it started, which matches what you see. That was fixed in 1.6.1. Install the current release over it; your data is kept.

```bash
curl -fLO https://download.getzonerails.com/zrsv/1.7.0/SHA256SUMS
curl -fLO https://download.getzonerails.com/zrsv/1.7.0/zonerails-server-1.7.0-x64.pkg
grep ' zonerails-server-1.7.0-x64.pkg$' SHA256SUMS | shasum -a 256 -c - \
  && sudo installer -pkg zonerails-server-1.7.0-x64.pkg -target /

```

Locations on macOS:

- Program: `/opt/zonerails-server`
- launchd job: `/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.aholdings.zonerails-server.plist`
- Data: `/Library/Application Support/ZoneRails`
- Logs: `/Library/Logs/ZoneRails`

The daemon starts at install and on boot. If it still doesn’t answer, post the latest lines from the log directory along with the version you installed.

Docs: [Documentation — ZoneRails](https://getzonerails.com/docs.html#install-macos)