To Start server: /bin>catalina.bat start To Stop server: /bin> catalina.bat stop 3) Mac/Linux/Unix (if you have downloaded binaries as. Do an ls - you should see a file called startup.sh. The path to Tomcat via the Finder is Macintosh HD > Library > Tomcat. TomcatOnMacOS - Apache Tomcat, To start Tomcat, open a shell command prompt (using, for instance, the Terminal application).