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Installation of the ready-to-run Gramps application for Mac OS X. This is also known as the GTK-OSX port of Gramps for Mac. It is a single, stand-alone bundle which uses the native quartz windowing system of Mac OS X instead of X11.
'''Notice:''' this page describes the [http://gtk-osx.sourceforge.net/ GTK-OSX] port of GRAMPS to Mac, which has not been thoroughly tested. Everything should work just as it does on Linux, but you are encouraged to make backups to protect your data. Time Machine will do very nicely.
 
 
 
'''Notice:''' This page is in transition at the moment; a new set of binaries for 3.2.4 will be available shortly. The build instructions will be changed first, as they will enable you to build your own 3.2.4 bundle from sources. Most of issues below apply only to the 3.1.2 build and have been corrected for 3.2.4.
 
 
 
'''Note:''' The 3.1.2 installer left out two files:
 
#''_strptime.py''. You can get the file from  [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=3177 here].
 
#''keysyms.py''. You can get the file from  [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=3157 here].
 
  
The GTK-OSX port of GRAMPS for Mac is a single, stand-alone bundle which uses the native quartz windowing system instead of X11.
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== Before installation ==
  
Mac GRAMPS is available for both Intel and PPC Macs. OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is presently required; WebKitGtk doesn't presently work on earlier versions. The distribution page carries both a binary application that should work as soon as it is downloaded.  
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'''MacOS versions''' Gramps 5.0 requires Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and later. Gramps 5.1 requires at least Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).
  
== How to Download and run the binary GRAMPS application for Mac ==
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;'''Back up your databases:''': If you're using Time Machine, that's already taken care of. (You do test your Time Machine backups periodically, right?) But it doesn't hurt to have a spare copy set aside before starting up a new version. If you've been using the Gtk-OSX build, version 3.2.4 or later, just copy <code>Library/Application Support/gramps/grampsdb</code>. (Right click/option click and select "Make a copy" from the menu. It will be named <code>grampsdb(2)</code>.
  
'''File structure:''' GRAMPS database and settings files can be found at the following places in the Mac file system (GRAMPS Version 3.2.5):<br>
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;'''New Version Notice:''': If you are upgrading from the pre-built Gramps Application version 3.2.3 or earlier (or a build from source version) and you want to keep your old database and settings, you'll need to create a <code>Library/Application Support/gramps</code> folder with your existing data in it. Unless you've changed the location in Preferences, the data is in a hidden folder in your home directory called "<code>.gramps</code>". Select a Finder window and select Go>Go to Folder from the menu. Type "<code>/Users/yourname/.gramps</code>" in the dialog box that opens up, and click on "Go". (Yes, substitute your userid for "yourname".) The hidden folder will appear, highlighted and open. Option-drag the whole thing to <code>Library/Application Support</code> (the one in your home folder, not the one in your boot drive's "root" directory). Slow-double-click on the new copy so that you can edit the name and delete the '.' at the beginning to unhide it.
* The GRAMPS database with the user's genealogical information is stored under /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps/grampsdb.<br>
 
* Setting files (ini-files) are found here: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps/gramps32<br>
 
* Start-up settings for GRAMPS (for e. g. the environment variable LANG) can be accessed through Gramps.app (generally in /Applications): Right click on "Gramps.app",  select "Show Package Content" from the menu, the start-up settings are found in the file Contents/MacOS/Gramps.
 
  
'''Download:''' Select one of [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Stable/ Intel] or
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{{man note|''Migrating to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_transition_to_Apple_silicon Apple Silicon]?''|Make an XML backup of your databases on your Intel Mac and copy them to your Apple Silicon Mac and restore them there after installing Gramps. There seems to be a binary object incompatibility in SQLite3 databases, even when running an Intel binary using Rosetta2.}}
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Stable/ PPC]. You'll get a download window. Once it's downloaded (it may take a while, they're 38M each), you can open the dmg (just double click on it in Finder if your browser doesn't open it automatically) and drag the Gramps application wherever you like. Once installed on your computer, it opens like any other application.
 
  
'''Back up your databases:''' If you're using Time Machine, that's already taken care of. (You do test your Time Machine backups periodically, right?) But it doesn't hurt to have a spare copy set aside before starting up a new version. If you've been using the Gtk-OSX build, version 3.2.4 or later, just copy Library/Application Support/gramps/grampsdb. (Right click/option click and select "Make a copy" from the menu. It will be named grampsdb(2).
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== Installing Gramps ==
  
'''New Version Notice:''' The new (3.2.4 and later) builds will default to using your Library/Application Support/gramps folder, which, if you want to keep your old database and settings, you'll need to create. Unless you've changed the location in Preferences, they're in a hidden folder in your home directory called ".gramps". Select a Finder window and select Go>Go to Folder from the menu. Type "/Users/yourname/.gramps" in the dialog box that opens up, and click on "Go". (Yes, subsitute your userid for "yourname".) The hidden folder will appear, highlighted and open. Option-drag the whole thing to Library/Application Support (the one in your home folder, not the one in your boot drive's "root" directory). Slow-double-click on the new copy so that you can edit the name and delete the '.' at the beginning to unhide it.  
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From the '''[[Download#Mac_OS_X]]''' page download the dmg. Once it's downloaded, you can open the file (just double click on it in Finder if your browser doesn't open it automatically) and drag the Gramps application wherever you like. Once installed on your computer, it opens like any other application.
  
'''Language:''' The GRAMPS application takes per default its working language from the System Preferences - International (Languages & Text in Snow Leopard) settings. It will search the list in order and select the first one for which there is a Gramps translation. It is, however, possible to decouple the language that you use for GRAMPS from your system language setting by modifying the GRAMPS start-up settings file. Find the "Gramps.app" file (generally in /Applications). Right click (CTRL-click) on the file and select ""Show Package Content" from the menu. Open Contents/MacOS/Gramps with a text editor (e. g. XCode for syntax highlighting). Add the following two lines after the default language selection routines at line 105:
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'''Links with other programs:''' Double clicking an image in the media reference editor should bring up Apple Preview (or a whatever program you've set as the default to edit that kind of image) to view the image. Clicking the view button in an internet reference should bring up the URL in the default browser. Clicking the Google Maps button in the Places display should bring up the map in the browser.
  
unset LANG
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Gramps doesn't use the X11 Mac package. It's useful to install [http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ LibreOffice], [http://www.calligra-suite.org/ Calligra] (or [http://www.neooffice.org/ NeoOffice], a more mac-friendly version) to work on your reports after saving them from Gramps.
export LANG=<locale>
 
  
For example, use "export LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8" for a French speaking GRAMPS running on an English MacOS. Save the file. Check which locales are installed on your Mac and how they are called by typing "locale -a" in the Terminal application.<br>
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== What goes where ==
For more information on language choices in GRAMPS see the following wiki page:
 
[http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Howto:Change_the_language_of_reports#Run_GRAMPS_in_a_different_language Run_GRAMPS_in_a_different_language]
 
  
'''Links with other programs:''' Double clicking an image in the media reference editor should bring up Apple Preview, or a similar program, to view the image. Clicking the view button in an internet reference should bring up the URL in the default browser. Clicking the Google Maps button in the Places display should bring up the map in the browser.
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'''File structure:''' Gramps database and settings files can be found at the following places in the Mac file system (Gramps Version 3.2.5 and later):
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* The Gramps database with the user's genealogical information is stored under <code>/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps/grampsdb</code>
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* Setting files (ini-files) are found here: <code>/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps/gramps51</code>
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* Start-up settings for Gramps (for e. g. the environment variable LANG) can be accessed through Gramps.app (generally in /Applications): Right click on "Gramps.app",  select "Show Package Content" from the menu, the start-up settings are found in the file <code>Contents/MacOS/Gramps</code>.
  
GRAMPS doesn't use the X11 Mac package. It's useful to install [http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ LibreOffice] (or [http://www.neoffice.org NeoOffice], a more mac-friendly version) and [http://www.graphviz.org/ Graphviz] to produce reports, but they are both straightforward.
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== Advanced setup ==
  
'''Dictionaries:''' The spelling checker uses  MySpell dictionaries -- the same ones that [http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ LibreOffice] and NeoOffice use. Unfortunately, they bury them in their application bundles, so you can find them to [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries download here]. You need to install them in /Library/Dictionaries, and you'll need to authenticate as an administrator to do so. If you have one of them installed and know how to make symbolic links from the command line, you'll find them in Contents/share/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages, scattered about in the hash-named directories. You'll need to link both the aff and dic files (e.g., en_US.aff and en_US.dic).
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If Gramps has the appropriate translation, calendar, etc. it will honor the settings in System Preferences>Language and Region provided that the combination results in a locale that exists in /usr/share/locale. It will always fall back to English if it can't figure out your Language & Region settings. Some examples: French and France, Belgium, or Canada work fine, as do German and Germany or Switzerland and Dutch and Netherlands or Belgium. German and France doesn't work, nor does Dutch and Switzerland.
  
=== If something seems to go wrong ===
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If you want to run Gramps with different locale settings than you use for your system settings, you can use the "defaults" program from Terminal.app (Applications:Utilities:Terminal.app):
You'll find error messages in the console log, which you can view with /Applications/Utilities/Console.app
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  defaults write -app Gramps AppleLocale "de_DE"
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to set Gramps to operate in German with German calendar and formatting.
  
==Bugs==
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To read the setting use:
All of the known bugs in 3.1.2 have been corrected in 3.2.4. There will no doubt be new ones; report them in the usual way on [http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/my_view_page.php Mantis] ([http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Using_the_bug_tracker instructions]). When reporting what you're sure is an OSX specific bug, please set the Platform field to "mac" (no quotes, caps, or spaces!) so that I can find it easily.
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  defaults read -app Gramps
The 3.1.2 bugs are described at [[Mac gtk-osx port bugs]].
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this gave "Can't determine domain name for application Gramps; defaults unchanged" for me; if you have problems you can use
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  defaults read  org.gramps-project.gramps
  
==Updates==
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The settings are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/org.gramps-project.gramps.plist
  
GRAMPS stores all its internal data in ~/Library/Application Support. So, to upgrade a Gramps application bundle to a newer version, just throw the old application in the Trash. Make a backup copy of your data, just in case, then download the new version of the application and just use it.  If you don't like the new version and want the old one back, throw the new version in the Trash and fetch the old one back from the Trash. The Gramps version is shown in Finder if you use column view; otherwise right click on it and select Get Info.
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To remove the special settings
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  defaults delete -app Gramps AppleLanguages (or AppleLocale or AppleCollation).
  
==Building GRAMPS from Scratch==
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Note that you will need to run Gramps at least once before the defaults system will recognize its existence; before that trying to use defaults will produce an error about there being no Gramps application.
 
 
Building Gramps from scratch is useful to produce a version not currently available as a binary (for example, a PPC version) or to produce a complete environment for debugging and further development, including debugging of all the C libraries Gramps uses, like gtk.
 
 
 
This is a command-line process. It's not too difficult, but you'll be using Terminal.app, not XCode. Unfortunately, Gtk has so far resisted efforts to get it to successfully cross-compile PPC on Intel or vice-versa, so the whole process must be repeated on machines of each architecture. '''''WebKit will not build on 10.4 (Tiger) or earlier systems, nor will it build against a 10.4 SDK. You must be running 10.5 (Leopard) or newer for this procedure to succeed!'''''
 
 
   
 
   
You'll need XCode, Apple's development environment. There's a copy on your OS X distribution DVD, or you can download the latest version from [http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html Apple], though you must register as a Mac developer.
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[[Howto:Change the language of reports]] has more information on language features in Gramps. When reading it, remember that AppleLanguages (which corresponds to the language list on the Languages & Text system preference pane) sets the LANGUAGE environment variable and AppleLocale (Formats in the Languages & Test pane) sets the LANG variable.
  
Next, read [https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gtk-osx/wiki/Build the build instructions for Gtk-OSX], '''''especially the Prerequisites'''''. Download and run the [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gtk-osx/gtk-osx-build-setup.sh gtk-osx-build-install.sh] script, which will set up jhbuild for you.
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=== Dictionaries ===
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The spelling checker uses  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpell MySpell] dictionaries -- the same ones that [http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ LibreOffice] and NeoOffice use. Unfortunately, they bury them in their application bundles, so you can download them [http://archive.services.openoffice.org/pub/mirror/OpenOffice.org/contrib/dictionaries/ here]. You need to install them in /Library/Dictionaries, and you'll need to authenticate as an administrator to do so. If you have one of them installed and know how to make symbolic links from the command line, you'll find them in Contents/share/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages, scattered about in the hash-named directories. You'll need to link both the aff and dic files (e.g., en_US.aff and en_US.dic).
  
''It's important that jhbuild is not confused by any existing MacPorts or Fink installation.'' For this reason, it can be convenient to create a new Mac User account and log in to that account.
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== Bugs ==
  
If you are building for distribution, especially if you are running Snow Leopard on a 64-bit capable machine (Core2Duo, Core i5 or i7, or any Xeon) you should edit the file ~/.jhbuildrc-custom so that the call to <tt>sdk_setup</tt> looks like
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=== If something seems to go wrong ===
  setup_sdk(target="10.5", sdk_version="10.5", architectures=[i386])
 
(If you're building on a PPC, you don't need to worry about this.)
 
  
If you're not familiar with using the unix command line, you might find the frequent use of "~" below puzzling. It refers to the user's home directory (mine is /Users/john; if your name is John, then yours probably is too.) You can use it that way in commands if your current directory is somewhere else.
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You'll find error messages in the console log, which you can view with <code>/Applications/Utilities/Console.app</code>
  
jhbuild is installed in ~/.local/Source, and produces a binary which appears in ~/.local/bin. You'll want to add ~/.local/bin to your path:
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All of the known bugs in previous version have been corrected in Gramps {{Version_Mac}} and later. There will no doubt be new ones; report them in the usual way on [https://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/my_view_page.php Mantis] ([[Using the bug tracker]] instructions). When reporting what you're sure is an OSX specific bug, please set the Platform field to "mac" (no quotes, caps, or spaces!) so that I can find it easily.  
  export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
 
  
Next, you'll need to get a local copy of the gramps mac configuration stuff from svn (if you already have a gramps svn sandbox, then skip this step and substitute the path to it where appropriate below):
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Previous Gramps version 3.2.4, bugs are described at [[Mac OS X:Build from source:gtk-osx:bugs]].
  svn co https://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gramps/trunk/mac gramps-mac
 
That will make a current copy from the repository in your current directory, which we'll assume to be ~.
 
  
The Gtk-OSX build instructions are very straightforward, but we need to deviate from them a bit to keep from doing things more than once. Run the following commands from the terminal:
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== Updates ==
  
  jhbuild bootstrap
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Gramps stores all its internal data in <code>~/Library/Application Support</code>. So, to upgrade a Gramps application bundle to a newer version, just throw the old application in the Trash. Make a backup copy of your data, just in case, then download the new version of the application and just use it. If you don't like the new version and want the old one back, throw the new version in the Trash and fetch the old one back from the Trash. The Gramps version is shown in Finder if you use column view; otherwise right click on it and select Get Info.
  jhbuild build gettext-fw
 
  jhbuild --moduleset=~/gramps-mac/gramps.modules build berkeleydb
 
  jhbuild build python
 
  jhbuild --moduleset=~/gramps-mac/gramps.modules build meta-gtk-osx-bootstrap meta-gtk-osx-core meta-gtk-osx-python gramps
 
  
jhbuild by default puts everything it is building in ~/gtk (controlled by the hidden files ~/.jhbuildrc and ~/.jhbuildrc-custom ). ~/gtk/source contains the downloaded sources, and ~/gtk/inst contains the built libraries and applications. More is built than is needed in the final Gramps application - for example, the build tools are themselves built.
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[[Category:Developers/Packaging]]
 
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[[Category:Documentation]]
At this point, you can do
 
 
 
  jhbuild shell
 
  gramps
 
 
 
at the command line and run gramps. Most everything will work (see the note about spelling dictionaries above).
 
 
 
Once you've done this once, you can generally get away with just running
 
  jhbuild --moduleset=~/gramps-mac/gramps.modules build meta-gtk-osx-bootstrap meta-gtk-osx-core meta-gtk-osx-python gramps
 
to update everything that has been changed since the previous build. Most of the time nothing will have changed except gramps itself.
 
 
 
If you want to build the svn trunk, you can substitute "gramps-svn" for "gramps". If you want to have both installed, you'll need to set up separate prefixes in .jhbuildrc-custom; gramps doesn't version its installations, so the most recent will overwrite the previous build.
 
 
 
== Bundling ==
 
The next step is to create an application bundle. You'll need ige-mac-bundler, so follow the instructions in the [https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gtk-osx/wiki/Bundle Gtk-OSX Wiki] to download and install it.
 
 
 
You may need to edit <tt>~/gramps-mac/Info.plist</tt> to update the version number and copyright information.
 
 
 
Now open a jhbuild shell and run the bundler:
 
  jhbuild shell
 
  ige-mac-bundler ~/gramps-mac/gramps.bundle
 
 
 
 
You'll have an application bundle named Gramps.app on your desktop.
 
 
 
== Packaging ==
 
To make an uploadable disk image, create a folder named "Gramps-arch-version", replacing "arch" with either Intel or PPC and "version" with the current version number. Drag your app bundle to this directory. Open your build directory and copy (option-drag) the files "FAQ", "COPYING", "README", and "NEWS" to the Gramps folder you just made. Rename each to have a ".txt" extension so that they're readable with QuickLook. You might also rename COPYING to License.txt so that it's meaning is more clear to users who aren't familiar with the GPL.
 
 
 
Now open Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility and select File>New Image From Folder and select your folder, then approve the name and location. You'll have a dmg ready for distribution.
 
 
 
Good Luck!
 

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Installation of the ready-to-run Gramps application for Mac OS X. This is also known as the GTK-OSX port of Gramps for Mac. It is a single, stand-alone bundle which uses the native quartz windowing system of Mac OS X instead of X11.

Contents

Before installation

MacOS versions Gramps 5.0 requires Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and later. Gramps 5.1 requires at least Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).

Back up your databases:
If you're using Time Machine, that's already taken care of. (You do test your Time Machine backups periodically, right?) But it doesn't hurt to have a spare copy set aside before starting up a new version. If you've been using the Gtk-OSX build, version 3.2.4 or later, just copy Library/Application Support/gramps/grampsdb. (Right click/option click and select "Make a copy" from the menu. It will be named grampsdb(2).
New Version Notice:
If you are upgrading from the pre-built Gramps Application version 3.2.3 or earlier (or a build from source version) and you want to keep your old database and settings, you'll need to create a Library/Application Support/gramps folder with your existing data in it. Unless you've changed the location in Preferences, the data is in a hidden folder in your home directory called ".gramps". Select a Finder window and select Go>Go to Folder from the menu. Type "/Users/yourname/.gramps" in the dialog box that opens up, and click on "Go". (Yes, substitute your userid for "yourname".) The hidden folder will appear, highlighted and open. Option-drag the whole thing to Library/Application Support (the one in your home folder, not the one in your boot drive's "root" directory). Slow-double-click on the new copy so that you can edit the name and delete the '.' at the beginning to unhide it.
 
Migrating to Apple Silicon?

Make an XML backup of your databases on your Intel Mac and copy them to your Apple Silicon Mac and restore them there after installing Gramps. There seems to be a binary object incompatibility in SQLite3 databases, even when running an Intel binary using Rosetta2.

Installing Gramps

From the Download#Mac_OS_X page download the dmg. Once it's downloaded, you can open the file (just double click on it in Finder if your browser doesn't open it automatically) and drag the Gramps application wherever you like. Once installed on your computer, it opens like any other application.

Links with other programs: Double clicking an image in the media reference editor should bring up Apple Preview (or a whatever program you've set as the default to edit that kind of image) to view the image. Clicking the view button in an internet reference should bring up the URL in the default browser. Clicking the Google Maps button in the Places display should bring up the map in the browser.

Gramps doesn't use the X11 Mac package. It's useful to install LibreOffice, Calligra (or NeoOffice, a more mac-friendly version) to work on your reports after saving them from Gramps.

What goes where

File structure: Gramps database and settings files can be found at the following places in the Mac file system (Gramps Version 3.2.5 and later):

  • The Gramps database with the user's genealogical information is stored under /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps/grampsdb
  • Setting files (ini-files) are found here: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps/gramps51
  • Start-up settings for Gramps (for e. g. the environment variable LANG) can be accessed through Gramps.app (generally in /Applications): Right click on "Gramps.app", select "Show Package Content" from the menu, the start-up settings are found in the file Contents/MacOS/Gramps.

Advanced setup

If Gramps has the appropriate translation, calendar, etc. it will honor the settings in System Preferences>Language and Region provided that the combination results in a locale that exists in /usr/share/locale. It will always fall back to English if it can't figure out your Language & Region settings. Some examples: French and France, Belgium, or Canada work fine, as do German and Germany or Switzerland and Dutch and Netherlands or Belgium. German and France doesn't work, nor does Dutch and Switzerland.

If you want to run Gramps with different locale settings than you use for your system settings, you can use the "defaults" program from Terminal.app (Applications:Utilities:Terminal.app):

  defaults write -app Gramps AppleLocale "de_DE"

to set Gramps to operate in German with German calendar and formatting.

To read the setting use:

  defaults read -app Gramps

this gave "Can't determine domain name for application Gramps; defaults unchanged" for me; if you have problems you can use

  defaults read  org.gramps-project.gramps

The settings are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/org.gramps-project.gramps.plist

To remove the special settings

  defaults delete -app Gramps AppleLanguages (or AppleLocale or AppleCollation).

Note that you will need to run Gramps at least once before the defaults system will recognize its existence; before that trying to use defaults will produce an error about there being no Gramps application.

Howto:Change the language of reports has more information on language features in Gramps. When reading it, remember that AppleLanguages (which corresponds to the language list on the Languages & Text system preference pane) sets the LANGUAGE environment variable and AppleLocale (Formats in the Languages & Test pane) sets the LANG variable.

Dictionaries

The spelling checker uses MySpell dictionaries -- the same ones that LibreOffice and NeoOffice use. Unfortunately, they bury them in their application bundles, so you can download them here. You need to install them in /Library/Dictionaries, and you'll need to authenticate as an administrator to do so. If you have one of them installed and know how to make symbolic links from the command line, you'll find them in Contents/share/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages, scattered about in the hash-named directories. You'll need to link both the aff and dic files (e.g., en_US.aff and en_US.dic).

Bugs

If something seems to go wrong

You'll find error messages in the console log, which you can view with /Applications/Utilities/Console.app

All of the known bugs in previous version have been corrected in Gramps 5.2.0 and later. There will no doubt be new ones; report them in the usual way on Mantis (Using the bug tracker instructions). When reporting what you're sure is an OSX specific bug, please set the Platform field to "mac" (no quotes, caps, or spaces!) so that I can find it easily.

Previous Gramps version 3.2.4, bugs are described at Mac OS X:Build from source:gtk-osx:bugs.

Updates

Gramps stores all its internal data in ~/Library/Application Support. So, to upgrade a Gramps application bundle to a newer version, just throw the old application in the Trash. Make a backup copy of your data, just in case, then download the new version of the application and just use it. If you don't like the new version and want the old one back, throw the new version in the Trash and fetch the old one back from the Trash. The Gramps version is shown in Finder if you use column view; otherwise right click on it and select Get Info.