Anyone use GIMP on a Mac?

[tractor]

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

[RasputinDude]

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

[cojak]

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.

[sal]

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

[stek]

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!

[smatty]

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.

[sal]

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.

[NickFitz]

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.

[cojak]

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 )

[Bunk]

Most problems tend to be related to the fact that it's GIMP, and it's in desperate need of some interface re-design.