From that point on, the installer will pretty much install itself. Once the download is complete, an icon named X11tiger.zip will appear on your desktop.ĭouble-click on that zip file and a folder will appear on your desktop called “X11Tiger.” Double-click on the folder and it will open to reveal two more icons-choose the one named “X11SDK” and click on it. If you do not have the installation disk that came with your computer, click the following link to and continue on with step #2.įind the link to download X11 (it should be near the top of the page) and click on it to begin your download. If have your original installation disk, insert it, click on the “Optional Installs” folder and skip down to step #3. Before you download GIMP you’ll need to make sure your Mac is running a special program called X11. In today’s article, I’m going to explain how to install GIMP on a Mac-as you’ll see, it’s a little bit more complex than. GIMP is an to Photoshop that is available for both PCs and Macs.
Mac OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard – 32 bit: GIMP 2.8.2 for Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard – still uses X11: GIMP 2.6.11 for Leopard Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger – still uses X11: GIMP 2.6.11 for Tiger.
This platform is not currently supported. The current stable release of GIMP is 2.10.8 ().