How to create a Minecraft Server on a Mac & play with friends (detailed walkthrough)

This is a detailed walkthrough for how to create your own Minecraft server on a Mac. This tutorial will work for almost any version of Minecraft as long as you download the correct "server.jar". In this video, we cover not only how to create the Server properly, but also some of the reasons for why it does not work some of the time. If anything doesn't work for you there is a checklist later in the description of things to check and try. I know I was talking a little bit fast and this might seems complicated, but I was just trying to cover as much as I could in the best and shortest way. I hope this helped you :)

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Here are the timestamps if you need them:

Opining the "server.jar": 1:24
Creating the "start.command" file: 2:39
Simple port forwarding: 5:01
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Downloads: Latest server.jar download: minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/
Port Map download: codingmonkeys.de/portmap/ Almost any "server.jar" downloads: mcversions.net/
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"start.command" text:

2GB Ram:
#!/bin/bash
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
exec java -Xmx2G -Xms2G -jar server.jar nogui

4GB Ram:
#!/bin/bash
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
exec java -Xmx4G -Xms4G -jar server.jar nogui

8GB Ram:
#!/bin/bash
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
exec java -Xmx8G -Xms8G -jar server.jar nogui

(Ps. To change the Ram amounts yourself and customize them all you have to do is change the two reoccurring numbers in the text. Ex. "-Xmx8G -Xms8G" is an 8GB server and "-Xmx4G -Xms4G" is a 4GB server)

If your either confused or don't know what to choose ram-wise, I'd stick with the first (2GB) one. If you would like to learn more about Ram and what it does I would start by watching this video: youtube.com/watch?v=GtEbrY4nDIQ or just looking it up.

I love ram
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Things to check if your server does not work:

1. Make sure you're playing on the same version of Minecraft as that of your server running on

2. Make sure the TextEdit document is formatted

3. If your "start.command" keeps saying "[Process completed]" try just running the "server.jar", use it in the same way that you would the "start.command" (it's just not as convenient).

4. Check that you have Java installed, if not you can do so by downloading it here: java.com/en/download/
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Here are some of the videos that helped me when I was stuck:
youtube.com/watch?v=UFcd-gbarRs
youtube.com/watch?v=MdIWSjMX99E
youtube.com/watch?v=ZVnZ6RWq-sE
youtube.com/watch?v=qrLCrSIcvMA ____________________________________________________

The music: LAKEY INSPIRED - Wonder
(It's a very chill song, you should check it out)

Server Icon at 3:20 made by "bqlqn" You can check out their work at: flaticon.com/authors/bqlqn




Lastly, I know the thumbnail isn't the best. Since this is our first uploaded video to this channel we want to sense the traction a little bit first, but of course, I want to make this better and have the best tutorials out there. You can only try. :)