How to Download Inkscape for Mac UPDATED

How to Download Inkscape for Mac

Inkscape Beginners' Guide

Installing Inkscape on a Mac¶

The electric current version of Inkscape can be installed on computers running macOS version 10.xi or newer.

If you are on macOS ten.vii - ten.x, you demand to install the older Inkscape 0.92.2 (from 2017) using the dissever instructions below . Inkscape is as well available for Mac users who prefer to work with the Homebrew and MacPorts environments.

Installing Inkscape on macOS 10.11 and newer¶

This is the recommended method for most Mac users to install Inkscape. It installs the current version of Inkscape and requires that your estimator is running macOS version 10.11 or newer.

1. Using a web browser, become to the Inkscape downloads page.

   

2. Click the box labelled macOS (10.eleven-x.xv) to download the Inkscape disk image ( DMG ) file.

   

3. Once the download has finished, open your Downloads binder in the Finder. Yous can open this folder by selecting from the carte bar in the Finder. Double-click the Inkscape DMG file to open it.

   

4. Click and drag the Inkscape icon to the Applications icon equally instructed in this window. This will install Inkscape on your Mac.

   

5. Open Inkscape past double-clicking its icon in the Applications folder. You can open up the Applications folder by selecting from the menu bar in the Finder.

   

Installing Inkscape on OS Ten 10.vii - x.10¶

If you take an older Mac running OS X version 10.7 - x.x, you can nonetheless install an older version of Inkscape, v 0.92. As part of this process, you will first install a helper program called XQuartz so Inkscape 0.92 itself.

Pace 1: Install XQuartz¶

1. Using a web browser, become to the XQuartz website and click the XQuartz DMG icon to download it.

   

2. Once the download has finished, open your Downloads folder in the Finder. You tin open this folder by selecting from the menu bar in the Finder. Double-click the XQuartz.dmg file to open up information technology.

   

3. A new window will appear. Double-click the XQuartz.pkg icon to launch the XQuartz installer. Follow the steps and instructions in installer to stop installing XQuartz.

   

4. Restart, shut down, or log out of your Mac before proceeding to the adjacent step.

   

Step 2: Install Inkscape¶

1. Using a spider web browser, go to the Inkscape 0.92.ii downloads folio.

   

2. Click the box labelled Mac Os X 10.7 Installer (xquartz) to download the DMG file, which contains the installer.

3. In one case the download has finished, open your Downloads folder in the Finder. Once over again, y'all tin open this folder past selecting from the bill of fare bar in the Finder. Double-click the Inkscape DMG file to open up information technology.

   

4. Click and drag the Inkscape icon to the Applications icon as instructed in this window. This volition install Inkscape on your Mac.

   

Footstep 3: Setting Up Inkscape¶

1. Open Inkscape by double-clicking its icon in the Applications folder. Y'all tin open up the Applications folder past selecting from the carte du jour bar in the Finder.

   

2. Click OK in this window, which appears the first fourth dimension Inkscape is opened. Wait for Inkscape to open. This might take a few minutes, since Inkscape is scanning all the font files in your system. The next time you open Inkscape, it volition not take nearly as long to show up.

   

3. Once Inkscape does open, its interface will appear inside XQuartz. When Inkscape is running, you will see the name "Inkscape" in the title bar of your window, simply the card bar will show the name "XQuartz" .

   

4. With Inkscape open, select the XQuartz preferences by selecting from the bill of fare bar.

   

5. Click the Input tab, and configure its settings equally shown here.

   

6. Click the Pasteboard tab, and configure its settings as shown here.

   

7. Close Preferences. You are now gear up to use Inkscape.

Note that when using Inkscape version 0.92 with XQuartz, its keyboard shortcuts use the command fundamental, rather than the usual command key.

Homebrew and MacPorts¶

In add-on to the preceding "standard" methods of installing Inkscape, yous tin also build Inkscape on your Mac using Homebrew or MacPorts. These methods are intended for users who prefer these environments; most users should use the recommended methods above. You will demand to be familiar with the macOS concluding and y'all may need to install Xcode and its control line programmer tools in order to use these methods. Depending on the type of Inkscape build, you may also need XQuartz.

Using MacPorts¶

1. Install MacPorts. Read the guide on how to do so, since there are different methods and requirements depending on your operating system version.
2. See the MacPorts instructions for Inkscape 0.92.2 for the specific MacPorts installation commands to use.

How to Download Inkscape for Mac UPDATED