Complete noob here

cowboysdude

@cowboysdude I have a very deep and very broad background in I.T. Just not with Object Oriented Programming. I can generally muddle my way through things. It is very helpful though when documentation is clear and also when people offer assistance and leave the ego at the door. I’m happy to help if I can with the config.js file.

Well generally you’ll find most here are willing to help and with no ego… :)

We do have from time-to-time people looking for someone to do all the work for them and then insulting people here… You’re not one of them but they’ve been here.

These guys work very hard and offer this free and I appreciate it very much… so when people seem like they are not being very nice I take it as my job to well for lack of better words set them straight…

I’m not a programmer but I’m not a scammer either and I REALLY hate it when people come here and mistreat others… they’ve helped me so much and have been very patient and kind.

:) You’re welcome here and hey if you can lend a hand that’s much appreciated also!

Welcome Friend :)

A Former User

@yawns said in Complete noob here:

So you downloaded the MagicMirror with the curl command, right?
Open the file manager and navigate the folder MagicMirror in your home directory. There is a subfolder named config. Inside you find a file config.js.sample
Copy this file and name it config.js
Once this is done your mirror is ready to start.
Open the terminal shell, navigate to the magic mirror folder with “cd MagicMirror” + enter. After that enter “npm start” + enter.
You should see the mirrors interface.
Now play around with your config file. To get started you should open a webbrowser and register an account at openweathermap.org to get your own app id. Copy this app id to your config file and set the location to your location. Test this location on openweathermap.org first.
Then take a look at the modules in this forum to see if something interests you. Every module developer added an instruction how to install and use the module

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Start Up (Mac)

Open the terminal shell, navigate to the magic mirror folder with “cd MagicMirror” + enter. After that enter “npm start” + enter.
You should see the mirrors interface.
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Last login: Mon Oct 24 03:42:24 on ttys000
NA-3:MagicMirror …$ cd MagicMirror
-bash: cd: MagicMirror: No such file or directory
NA-3:MagicMirror …$

Mac any advice?

A Former User

Ok now appears to be working…