Anyone use GIMP on a Mac?

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NickFitz replied

30 July 2014, 00:11
Originally posted by tractor View Post

Thx for the replies, I forgot about this one, the answer in the end was that she needed to install the Mac equiv of DirectX, can't remember what it was now though

Probably Quartzy stuff (I can never remember exactly what it's called). But I thought if she had the latest version of Gimp it included such dependencies? Ah well, as long as she got it working

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tractor replied

29 July 2014, 20:54
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Thx for the replies, I forgot about this one, the answer in the end was that she needed to install the Mac equiv of DirectX, can't remember what it was now though
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johnnymire replied

14 July 2014, 12:49
Originally posted by smatty View Post

Did they end up releasing it free? Sounds like it was a mistake from what I've read.

Interesting read, I thought they had released it for free also. I don't know why they didn't though, all the points in this article are perfectly valid.
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NickFitz replied

14 July 2014, 12:34
Originally posted by cojak View Post

I can't remember what problem I had, I just remember not being able to fully install it (I should have asked on here )

When was that? IIRC it's only within the last couple of years that it's become a native OS X app, rather than a mutant Unix port.

But +1 for Acorn, which is fine for most purposes.
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Bunk replied

13 July 2014, 17:19
Most problems tend to be related to the fact that it's GIMP, and it's in desperate need of some interface re-design.
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cojak replied

13 July 2014, 15:07
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

Not sure why there would be a problem - the download from GIMP - Downloads is just a disk image containing an app you drag into your Applications folder, there's no installation process beyond that. It used to need things like X11, but now it's a native OS X build. Can she provide any more detail as to the actual problem she's encountering?

As stek says, 10.9.4 is the latest version of OS X. There is no 10.9.11.

I can't remember what problem I had, I just remember not being able to fully install it (I should have asked on here )
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NickFitz replied

13 July 2014, 14:53
Not sure why there would be a problem - the download from GIMP - Downloads is just a disk image containing an app you drag into your Applications folder, there's no installation process beyond that. It used to need things like X11, but now it's a native OS X build. Can she provide any more detail as to the actual problem she's encountering?

As stek says, 10.9.4 is the latest version of OS X. There is no 10.9.11.
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sal replied

11 July 2014, 10:50
Originally posted by smatty View Post

Did they end up releasing it free? Sounds like it was a mistake from what I've read.

Ahh, thanks for enlightening me, didn't know that was the case at the end.
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smatty replied

11 July 2014, 10:28
Originally posted by sal View Post

Not exactly on topic, but why would you use Gimp, when the old full versions of Photoshop CS are free?

Did they end up releasing it free? Sounds like it was a mistake from what I've read.

Personally prefer Gimp as I've used it for years so familiar with it. PS is nice but doesn't do anything extra I need that Gimp can't do and it won't run on my Linux desktop.
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stek replied

11 July 2014, 09:57
There is no OSX 10.9.11 - I think 10.9.4 is out to developers at the moment, I've gone all 10.10 tho!
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sal replied

11 July 2014, 09:39
Not exactly on topic, but why would you use Gimp, when the old full versions of Photoshop CS are free?
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cojak replied

11 July 2014, 08:58
Originally posted by RasputinDude View Post

I use it my old mac. I think that I needed to install X-Quartz to get it running.

How to install GIMP on mac OS X 10.5.2 or greater

WRDS.

Gimp isn't a natural bedfellow of Mac. I use Acorn instead.
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RasputinDude replied

11 July 2014, 08:49
I use it my old mac. I think that I needed to install X-Quartz to get it running.

How to install GIMP on mac OS X 10.5.2 or greater
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tractor started a topic Anyone use GIMP on a Mac?

11 July 2014, 08:34
Anyone use GIMP on a Mac?

I have a niece in NZ who is trying to install GIMP on a Mac OS X 10.9.4 and it won't install anyone know why - I am not a mac user so clueless

TIA

Answer: she has OS X 10.9.4 and needs 10.9.11

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