X11 for Mac

MacOS 10.9 and later (11.2 “Big Sur” Working as of 4 March 2021):
  1. Upgrade OS to latest available (not always necessary, but usually avoids bugs)
  2. Upgrade to (or install) XQuartz-2.8.5
  3. Log out/Log in to your Mac (may not be needed for upgrades from earlier 2.8.0 releases)
  4. starting Mac terminal (or x2go, if installed) should trigger xquartz.
  5. For OpenGL graphics to work, you may need to turn on indirect GLX by typing the following into your terminal:
    defaults write org.xquartz.X11 enable_iglx -bool true
Troubleshooting:
Before 10.9, use XQuartz 2.7.11

Revision #4
Created 10 May 2023 20:40:29 by Chris
Updated 18 June 2024 21:03:35 by Nathan