MT4 For Mac

Get full MT4 features on MAC & enjoy your trading experience

While you can use Metatrader4 on your iPad or iPhone, until now there hasn't been a fully MAC compatible version available. Frustrating, isn't it? Never ones to let our customers down, PCM International has come to your rescue with a fully featured MT4 download available for all MAC users. 

 

Download MT4 for Mac in four simple steps

  Download PlayonMac
Just visit the official website at this link, click on the download and follow the instructions.

  Install PlayonMac
Once downloaded, launch the DMG package and follow the step by step instructions until installation is complete.

  Update Wine emulator
Wine 1.4.1. is automatically installed with PlayonMac. It's currently the most stable version – but if you wish you can update to the beta version of Wine 1.5.31 which has a number of improved features. To update:

Open PlayonMac Select Tools > Manage Wine Versions
Select the latest version from the left hand window and drag it to the right hand window. The upgrade will start automatically. Once the installation is complete the new version will appear. You can now close this and install MT4.

  Install MetaTrader4

To install the MetaTrader4 platform, please first sign up for a demo account here.

After the download is complete, please launch the setup file. PlayOnMac will automatically be used to open it. Follow the step by step installation.

When the installation is complete, PlayOnMac will offer to create shortcuts for MetaTrader 4 terminal components - the client terminal itself and MetaEditor.

After creating these shortcuts, you can start using MetaTrader 4. Double click on it in PlayOnMac window to launch the terminal.

Then just login as you would on any device, and you’re good to go!

MT4 Data Directory
PlayOnMac creates a separate virtual logical drive with necessary environment for each installed program. The default path of the installed terminal's data folder is: Library\PlayOnMac\WinePrefix\MetaTrader_4_\Drive C\Program Files\MetaTrader 4

Known issues
As mentioned above, some versions of Wine are not completely stable. On occasion this might cause some functions of the MetaTrader 4 terminal to not work correctly.
We are aware of the following:
 
  • News might not display if it contains Unicode symbols. News in English is displayed correctly.
  • Updates may occur silently
  • Cmd and F1 can sometimes close the terminal Except for these minor issues, you can enjoy all the features of MetaTrader 4 on Mac OS.