A couple newbie questions

[evanmiyakawa]

I've been on Gimps for a couple months, but just switched to a mac and am having a couple problems:

1. How do I select LL first time tests? I was doing them on my old pc, but when I selected "first time tests" on my mac, I got assigned a double-checking assignment. I don't see an option for "LL first time tests" in the "Type of work to get" dialog under "worker windows."

2. Where is the worktodo.txt file? I found it in the same folder that prime95.exe was in on windows, but on mac I can't find it.

[GP2]

Originally Posted by evanmiyakawa

I've been on Gimps for a couple months, but just switched to a mac and am having a couple problems:

1. How do I select LL first time tests? I was doing them on my old pc, but when I selected "first time tests" on my mac, I got assigned a double-checking assignment. I don't see an option for "LL first time tests" in the "Type of work to get" dialog under "worker windows."

Even if you select first time tests, by default it will do one double-check a year, as a way of trying to detect machines that may have unreliable hardware. You can turn this off if you really want, at https://mersenne.org/thresholds/

I don't use a Mac, so I don't know the answer to the second question.

[Prime95]

Originally Posted by evanmiyakawa

2. Where is the worktodo.txt file? I found it in the same folder that prime95.exe was in on windows, but on mac I can't find it.

I think the default directory is ~/Prime95

[evanmiyakawa]

Also out of curiosity, in order to have a chance of finding the next world-record prime, would you choose "world record sized tests"?

[GP2]

Originally Posted by evanmiyakawa

Also out of curiosity, in order to have a chance of finding the next world-record prime, would you choose "world record sized tests"?

Yes, although in practice there is currently no difference between "World record tests" and "Smallest available first-time tests".

As of a month ago, all exponents below M74207281 have been tested at least once. (Milestones page)