user947: Is there a Mac OSX implementation (or equivalent) of WinBoard / XBoard?

user1944: There is now a native quartz xboard.app through GTK2.
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=52964

user20322: xboard can be installed via macports 
sudo port install xboard

if you run into trouble with your fonts see XBoard page on wiki.bitplan.com

user1311: Jin is the best, also on older macs there was another client "Fixation". I would recommend using a virtualization application such as VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox with a Windows guest to run your preferred Windows chess software - as macs also suffer from not having a satisfactory ChessBase client to review games. Performance is not an issue as chess apps do not need be too powerful for these things. 

user947: Jin seems like a good option.
Works well on OSX 10.8, and compatible with other platforms as well.

user1508: You can technically still use XBoard, but you will need to install X11 from MacPorts, since IIRC Apple no longer ships it.
Julien Marcel has a collection of well-compiled OS X chess engines (which do not require emulation).
As for not having a ChessBase client, HIARCS Chess Explorer does fine.
(FWIW, there is a port of XBoard to Cocoa - currently named OSXBoard - but it seems to have stalled.)

947: <p>Is there a Mac OSX implementation (or equivalent) of WinBoard / XBoard?</p>
 1944: <p>There is now a native quartz xboard.app through GTK2.
<a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=52964" rel="nofollow">http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=52964</a></p>
 20322: <p>xboard can be installed via <a href="https://www.macports.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">macports</a> </p>

<pre><code>sudo port install xboard
</code></pre>

<p>if you run into trouble with your fonts see <a href="http://wiki.bitplan.com/index.php/XBoard#MacOS_.2F_macports" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XBoard page on wiki.bitplan.com</a></p>
 1311: <p>Jin is the best, also on older macs there was another client "Fixation". I would recommend using a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_virtualization" rel="nofollow">virtualization</a> application such as VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox with a Windows guest to run your preferred Windows chess software - as macs also suffer from not having a satisfactory ChessBase client to review games. Performance is not an issue as chess apps do not need be too powerful for these things. </p>
 947: <p><a href="http://www.jinchess.com/" rel="noreferrer">Jin</a> seems like a good option.</p>

<p>Works well on OSX 10.8, and compatible with other platforms as well.</p>
 1508: <p>You can technically still use XBoard, but you will need to install X11 from MacPorts, since IIRC Apple no longer ships it.</p>
<p>Julien Marcel has a collection of <a href="http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">well-compiled OS X chess engines</a> (which do <em>not</em> require emulation).</p>
<p>As for not having a ChessBase client, <a href="http://www.hiarcs.com/mac-chess-explorer.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HIARCS Chess Explorer</a> does fine.</p>
<p>(FWIW, there <em>is</em> a port of XBoard to Cocoa - currently named OSXBoard - but it seems to have stalled.)</p>
