Установка Apache Maven 3.0.4 на Mac OS X 10.7.3

nano ~/.profile

export M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-3.0.4
export M2=$M2_HOME/bin
export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx512m"
export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
export PATH=$M2:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Apache Maven FAQ – часто задаваемые вопросы по Apache Maven

How to disable tests during build?

IntelliJ IDEA 11.0:

You can also define the property on the command line that you execute Maven from:
mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true release

It might be better to use -Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true because otherwise the test-jar is not being built.

Or add <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip> to .m2/conf/settings.xml active profile.