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 ===== 0.1b Installation of XCode and XQuartz  on Mac OSX =====
-You need to use an X11 server. Download and install [[https://www.xquartz.org/|XQuartz]] unless you already have it on your machine.
+If you are running on a Mac OS X you need to install XCode and XQuartz.
+Download and install [[https://www.xquartz.org/|XQuartz]] unless you already have it on your machine.
 Also, you need to install XCode from the apple store or from the following link: [[https://developer.apple.com/xcode/|XCode]].
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 ===== 0.2b CP2K Installation on Mac OS X =====
-Visit [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cp2k/files/|sourceforge CP2K project page]] and download any of ''cp2k-2.6.2.tar.bz2''.\\
+Visit [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cp2k/files/|sourceforge CP2K project page]] and download ''cp2k-2.6.2.tar.bz2''.\\
 Unpack the compressed ''tar.bz2'' file by using the following command from the Apple terminal:\\
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 ===== 0.3 First CP2K simulation =====
-It is possible to run cp2k from any directory your own machine by adding a line to your ''.bashrc'' file, without having to specify the location of the binary.
+It is possible to run cp2k from any directory on your own machine by adding a line to your ''.bashrc'' file, without having to specify the location of the ''cp2k.sopt'' file.
-To do this go to the directory where the binary is located and type ''pwd''. Copy the output of this command and edit the ''.bashrc'' file located on your home directory:
+To do this change to the directory where the ''cp2k.sopt'' binary is located and type ''pwd''. Copy the output of this command and edit the ''.bashrc'' file located on your home directory:
 To edit the ''.bashrc'' file type
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 You just ran a short Molecular Dynamics trajectory of liquid argon.
 ===== 0.4 Visualization with VMD =====
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-===== Plotting tools =====
+===== 0.5 Plotting tools =====
 Throughout the course you will also need to plot some graphs. You can use any tool you like for that. ''gnuplot'' and ''Xmgrace'' are two programmes often used in Linux environments that are rather easy to use, but you can also use ''MS Office'', ''Numbers'', the plotting library of python ''Matplotlib'', etc. Take care to install any of these software on your machine as needed.