diff --git a/utils/unix/Mac_OS_X/StartupParameters.plist b/utils/unix/Mac_OS_X/StartupParameters.plist
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+++ b/utils/unix/Mac_OS_X/StartupParameters.plist
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+{
+  Description   = "Adempiere";
+  Provides      = ("adempiere");
+  Requires      = ("postgresql-8.3");
+  Preference    = "Late";
+  Messages =
+  {
+    start = "Starting Adempiere";
+    stop  = "Stopping Adempiere";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/utils/unix/Mac_OS_X/adempiere b/utils/unix/Mac_OS_X/adempiere
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /etc/rc.common
+
+# Adempiere Service script for OS/X
+export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home
+export POSTGRES_HOME=/Library/PostgreSQL/8.3
+export ADEMPIERE_HOME=/Applications/Adempiere
+export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin/:$POSTGRES_HOME/bin/
+EXECDIR=/Applications/Adempiere
+ENVFILE=/etc/profile
+RETVAL=0
+ADEMPIERESTATUS=
+MAXITERATIONS=60 # 2 seconds every iteration, max wait 2 minutes)
+
+RunService ()
+{
+    case $1 in
+      start  ) StartService   ;;
+      stop   ) StopService    ;;
+      restart) RestartService ;;
+      status ) StatusService ;;
+      *      ) echo "$0: unknown argument: $1";;
+    esac
+}
+
+
+StatusService ()
+{
+    ADEMPIERESTATUSSTRING=$(ps ax | grep -v grep | grep server| grep $EXECDIR)
+    echo $ADEMPIERESTATUSSTRING | grep $EXECDIR 
+    #ADEMPIERESTATUS=$?
+}
+
+StartService ()
+{
+    ADEMPIERESTATUS=$(ps ax | grep -v grep | grep server| grep $EXECDIR|wc -l)
+   if [ $ADEMPIERESTATUS != 0 ] ; then
+        ConsoleMessage "adempiere is already running"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    ConsoleMessage "Starting ADempiere ERP: "
+    export LOGFILE=$ADEMPIERE_HOME/jboss/server/adempiere/log/adempiere_`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.log
+    export LOOKFILE=$ADEMPIERE_HOME/jboss/server/adempiere/log/server.log
+    su root -c "cd $EXECDIR/utils;$EXECDIR/utils/RUN_Server2.sh &> $LOGFILE &"
+    RETVAL=$?
+    if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
+        # wait for server to be confirmed as started in logfile
+        STATUSTEST=0
+        ITERATIONS=0
+        while [ $STATUSTEST -eq 0 ] ; do
+            sleep 2
+            tail -n 5 $LOOKFILE | grep 'Server\].*Started in' &> /dev/null && STATUSTEST=1
+            ITERATIONS=`expr $ITERATIONS + 1`
+            if [ $ITERATIONS -gt $MAXITERATIONS ]
+            then
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+
+if [ $STATUSTEST -eq 0 ]
+        then
+            ConsoleMessage "Service hasn't started within the timeout allowed, please review file $LOGFILE to see the status of the service"
+        else
+            ConsoleMessage "Adempiere Started"
+        fi
+        echo
+    else
+        ConsoleMessage "Admpiere Failed"
+        echo
+    fi
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+StopService()
+{
+    ADEMPIERESTATUS=$(ps ax | grep -v grep | grep server| grep $EXECDIR|wc -l)
+    if [ $ADEMPIERESTATUS = 0 ] ; then
+        echo "adempiere is already stopped"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    ConsoleMessage "Stopping ADempiere ERP: "
+    export LASTLOG=`ls -t $ADEMPIERE_HOME/jboss/server/adempiere/log/adempiere_??????????????.log | head -1`
+    export LOOKFILE=$ADEMPIERE_HOME/jboss/server/adempiere/log/server.log
+    su root -c "cd $EXECDIR/utils;$EXECDIR/utils/RUN_Server2Stop.sh &> /dev/null &"
+    RETVAL=$?
+    if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
+        # wait for server to be confirmed as halted in logfile
+        STATUSTEST=0
+        ITERATIONS=0
+        while [ $STATUSTEST -eq 0 ] ; do
+            sleep 2
+            tail -n 5 $LOOKFILE | grep 'Shutdown complete' &> /dev/null && STATUSTEST=1
+            ITERATIONS=`expr $ITERATIONS + 1`
+            if [ $ITERATIONS -gt $MAXITERATIONS ]
+            then
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+        if [ $STATUSTEST -eq 0 ]
+        then
+            ConsoleMessage "Service hasn't stopped within the timeout allowed, please review file $LASTLOG to see the status of the service"
+        else
+            ConsoleMessage "Adempiere Stopped"
+  fi
+        echo
+    else
+        ConsoleMessage "Adempiere Failed to Stop"
+        echo
+    fi
+    return $RETVAL
+
+}
+
+
+RestartService ()
+{
+    StopService
+    sleep 2
+    StartService
+}
+
+
+RunService "$1"