DAMBE for MAC

Please cite:

Xia X. 2018. DAMBE7: New and improved tools for data analysis in molecular biology and evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35:1550–1552.

I have tested DAMBE on an M2 MAC and DAMBE runs smoothly::

1. Download DAMBE.msi
2. Download Whisky and unzip it.
3. (Let me know if the Whisky link above becomes unavailable)
4. Move Whisky to your Applications folder
5. Double-click Whisky to open it.
6. Press the plus button in the top right-hand corner to create a "bottle" (i.e., a Windows environment) for running DAMBE
7. Give your bottle a name (e.g., DAMBE), and select the Windows version you want (Both Windows 10 or 11 are fine.)
8. Hit Create and wait for a few seconds. When your bottle is ready, it'll appear in the list on the left-hand side
9. Press the Run... button in the bottom right
10. Navigate to the DAMBE.msi file you just downloaded. Select DAMBE.msi and press Open to install DAMBE.
11. You should now see DAMBE with a green arrow above it. If you don't see it, click "Installed Programs", choose DAMBE in the list.
12. When you see "DAMBE" with a green arrow above, double-click "DAMBE" and wait for 10 seconds (only for the first time) during which there seems no response, but DAMBE will eventually start.
13. You might wish to know more about Whisky.

For older Intel-based computers, you may download the DAMBE7.zip. Unzip it, copy it to the Application folder and double-click to start.

1. Click OK and then open Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click General:
   
   
   
2. Click Open Anyway in the dialog above. You will see the final warning:
   
   
   
3. Click Open. You may be informed that DAMBE7 is not optimized for Mac:
   
   
   
4. Click OK and DAMBE will run. After this, you can run DAMBE by just double-clicking it.