user1766: I know it's pointless. I just want to learn how to do it. Are there any guides out there?

user1768: 
For Mac OSX users, you must have Snow Leopard (10.6) or newer
installed. 
A fully-connected BitCoin wallet. see http://bitcoin.org/
If this is the first time you have launched BitCoin, it must
download and verify all the existing blocks in the system.


 This can
    take an hour or longer - just ignore it for a while.

Update: since the time of this post the block chain has grown It can take several days on a slow connection to download and is currently pushing past 15GB  


Install DiabloMiner see
https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner/wiki/Solo-Mining


1766: <p>I know it's pointless. I just want to learn how to do it. Are there any guides out there?</p>
 1768: <ol>
<li>For Mac OSX users, you must have Snow Leopard (10.6) or newer
installed. </li>
<li>A fully-connected BitCoin wallet. see <a href="http://bitcoin.org/" rel="nofollow">http://bitcoin.org/</a></li>
<li>If this is the first time you have launched BitCoin, it must
download and verify all the existing blocks in the system.</li>
</ol>

<blockquote>
<pre><code> This can
    take an hour or longer - just ignore it for a while.
</code></pre>
  
  <p>Update: since the time of this post the block chain has grown It can take several days on a slow connection to download and is currently pushing past 15GB  </p>
</blockquote>

<ol>
<li>Install DiabloMiner see
<a href="https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner/wiki/Solo-Mining" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner/wiki/Solo-Mining</a></li>
</ol>
