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One of the annoying defaults is that pasting in inkscape will create a raster rather than vector copy of an object. 1.4 Configuring Xquartz so that pasting and other things work with Inkscape

Try closing inkscape and Xquartz and re-opening inkscape or restarting or logging off then on again. Wait for up to 3 minutes (subsequent openings should be less than a minute).

It will take a while to run the first time, as inkscape builds a font cache.

You will get a second security message when you open inkscape, click OPEN.

NOTE: If you get the same inkscape blocked message it might be because you need to click the lock in system preferences before enabling inkscape to open.

Try opening inkscape again from the Applications folder.

At the bottom of the screen there is a message stating “ “Inkscape” was blocked…” Click on Open Anyway.

You will get a security warning: “ “inkscape” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.”ġ.3 Allow inkscape to run in security settings.

Run Inkscape by clicking on it in your applications folder.

In this case the applications folder shortcut is provided so you just need to drag and drop inkscape into your applications folder.

dmg you get the other typical type of MACOS installation method where all you need to do is copy an application somewhere.

IMPORTANT: Restart the computer or log out and back in to complete the XQuartz installation.ġ.1 Download and install the latest stable version of inkscape.

Once you double click the dmg it will create a virtual disk (looks a little bit like a flash drive) and will open up a window.

As with most MacOS applications downloaded from the web it will be in.

Here’s an example of what it might look like: Specific instructions on installing XQuartz and support are found at the XQuartz web site.

Download the latest version of XQuartz from.

If you are running 10.7-10.10 you will need to install XQuartz first. Recent versions of inkscape require XQuartz (which used to be bundled with macos). More up to date (but less detailed) install instructions are found on this page: Skip instructions if you don’t want it to work properly.

Follow ALL these instructions to successfully install and run inkscape 0.91 on MacOS version 10.7-10.10.