eclipse.ini file not present on Mac

Question

I am trying to alter my eclipse configuration, but the eclipse.ini file is not present in my eclipse installation directory.

I am on Mac os x with eclipse 4.2.1 Jun

Answer 1

Here is how you reach that file.

1. If your eclipse link is in dock. go to the link press the control key and left click and go to option and select show in finder.

2. Once you see the link in finder. go to the link and press the control key and left click and select Show package Content.

3. go to Contents -> MacOS -> eclipse.ini and open in your favorite text editor.

Answer 2

For Eclipse Mars the location moved on Macs to the Eclipse folder.

myComputerName:Eclipse myDriveName$ pwd
/Users/myUser/eclipse/jee-mars2/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse
BYOD-1170:Eclipse ijet-sd$ ll
total 16
drwxr-xr-x   7 ijet-sd  staff   238 Mar 24 13:54 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 ijet-sd  staff   204 Jan 19  2016 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 ijet-sd  staff    60 Sep  2  2015 .eclipseproduct
drwxr-xr-x  12 ijet-sd  staff   408 Mar 24 13:54 configuration
drwxr-xr-x   2 ijet-sd  staff    68 Jan 19  2016 dropins
-rw-r--r--   1 ijet-sd  staff  1113 Mar  1 12:23 eclipse.ini
drwxr-xr-x   3 ijet-sd  staff   102 Jan 19  2016 readme

Answer 3

On mac machine do the following to see eclipse.ini file

1. Right click on eclipse icon as in image.(Note: From which ever folder it was installed)
2. Select Show Package Contents second option from list.
3. Select Contents-->MacOS-->eclipse.ini file

Answer 4

On Mac Catalina

move mat.app into mac ~/Application, then use it directly