browders Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Not sure if this is the appropriate discussion area for this, but here goes. I am an Apple Mac user and have been attempting to better myself in Inkscape. Yesterday I upgraded my operating system to Yosemite. Apparently it's the latest and greatest. Unfortunately for me, the result of this upgrade was that I can no longer run Inkscape. I downloaded the program again from the Inkscape web site, but it still wouldn't run. Then I noticed that X11 wasn't appearing so I went to their website and attempted to download the program. I got a message saying I needed OS 7. I'm using OS 10.10. Don't know what to do next. This was the wrong time of year for a software malfunction. Is there anyone out there who might be able to help? Thanks, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLarry Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Not a Mac user so do not know if this will help or not. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1385805 I did a search for using Inkscape with Mac 10.10. Larry Phantom Scroller and browders 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multifasited Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Computors are confusing and SPECIAL ,I was having display issues displays and icons seemed to have a mind of their own ,I went to ( ) large big box office supply store with tech.dept .and inquired .no sweat bring it in should be cheap fix .RIGHT ,took it in ,they couldn't fix .Did a automatic free scan and came up with 4300 issues ,I watched the scan ,for $149.00 they could eliminate the 4300 issues but no guarantee of fixing the problem.would take 6 hrs to do the auto prog.issue fix then they would call with next step if needed ,their best guess was another $275.00 .Me. What about another computor ,being this was not a preemo unit Just a middle of the road 2-yr old Dell ,$650.00 upon further questioning turns out there is middle of the road ,but new ! I said Thanks but no thanks ,how much do I owe You so far ! nothing he said .Fine I said brought it home sicked Norton on it ,complete check out ! upon completion I played with it .not sure what I did but works fine and been using for 6 mos. since . So evidently it was the nut behind the wheel .So my long winded point is you have to ask a lot of questions and the important ones three times in slightly different ways to get to the facts ,compatability is a major issue on older programs and newer one s too! btw Norton did not find any where 4300 issues and it corrected them all ! You have to ask and ask or you will own something ( oh ! Gee ! thats not compatable ,but I can't take it back it's been opened !! browders and Rob Roy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Sorry.Wish I could help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 My computer guy says to download and run two programs before you shut down for the day.They are CC Cleaner and malwarespyware both are free from filehippo , File hippo will tell you what needs to be upgraded every month too.They clean tons of things everytime for me. browders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browders Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 My computer guy says to download and run two programs before you shut down for the day.They are CC Cleaner and malwarespyware both are free from filehippo , File hippo will tell you what needs to be upgraded every month too.They clean tons of things everytime for me. Thanks Kev, I'll give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 some time a 'restore' will work. I was having a big problem with ads popping up every time I tried to go to another place. I could not find the source of the problem and then I just erased the internet browser I was using and BINGO it is gone. No more problem. But as for you, Jim. It sounds like Inkscape has not updated it's page to work with your new ops. I think you will just have to wait until they do that before you will be able to use their program again, Dick heppnerguy browders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdub4ever Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) I don't know anything about Mac's, but windows has a compatibility mode which allows you to run a program with settings from previous versions that program last worked. Does a Mac have this option? Edited November 8, 2014 by Tdub4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Here's the solution for running Inkscape on X11: https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/ You'll need to download and install a program that makes cross platform programs operate in an OSX environment. I don't own a mac, so I'm not very familiar with the process. But at least this should point you in the right direction. browders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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