You will want to get hold of the installation media of SAPGUI for Java version 7.70 or later (the freeware version 7.50 from e.g. This blog assumes you have local admin rights to your MacBook (though everything might work out without admin rights, I haven’t tested that) the ability to use Terminal for basic commands is needed for the JAR method of installing, and useful for modifying files in the main config folder (though you could use Finder instead for that).
These notes might help people with the eponymous task they are not as wide-ranging and thorough as the official instructions and guides from SAP, instead these are just some remarks based on author’s recent experience, which might be helpful 👌 (or might not 😱 ).
