XQuartz for Mac
Community supported update to X11.
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XQuartz overview
The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.Org X Window System that runs on OS X. Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple has shipped with OS X since version 10.5.
What’s new in version 2.8.5
- Fixed a regression introduced in 2.8.3 that broke MIT-SHM clients going through an ssh tunnel
- Updates to the XQuartz server to address a few issues in resize handling and window content rendering
- Fixed issues when resizing motif applications
- Fixed a crash that could occur when opening menus in motif applications
- Changed XQuartz server to build COMPOSITE (although it is disabled at runtime)
- Adjusted thread priorities to be user interactive or user initiated where appropriate
- Updated libXpm to libXpm-3.5.15 to address CVE-2022-4883, CVE-2022-44617, and CVE-2022-46285
- Updated freeglut to current release (3.4.0)
- Removed a bashism from a startup script, making it more compatible with using dash as /bin/sh
- Ignoring NISC18030.ttf because it is a corrupt font or is not parsed correctly
- Updated a number of other projects to newer upstream versions
XQuartz for Mac
Free
In English
Version 2.8.5
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Feb 24 2018
Version: 2.7.11
If you need Quartz for anything this version is free and powerful!
Oct 19 2012
Version: 2.7.4
Could a macUpdate staff member please update the XQuartz short description? It still says “Community supported update to X11 in Leopard,” but if I’m not mistaken (and it’s entirely possible that I am), the last version of XQuartz that ran on Leopard was 2.6.3, and the current version (2.7.4) runs only on Snow Leo, Lion and Mountain Lion. Thanks.
Feb 21 2012
Version: 2.7.14
This IS X11. This is where Apple contributes to and sources what they provide with Mac OS X as X11. The XQuartz project is typically well ahead of what Apple provide.
This is GEEKWARE. It requires knowledge of using the CLI found in the Terminal app for full capability. If you don't know what X11 is, if you don't know what MacPorts are or what Fink/Porticus/PortAuthority/Pallet are, then don't download XQuartz. Don't install it. Don't write a one star review out of ignorance. Learn about X11 and XQuartz first.
I use X11 apps and features frequently. I love this stuff. But I am a geek and I have taken the time to learn how to use this. I also have unfathomably patience setting up this geek level stuff. It takes unfathomable patience to use X11 because it is designed by geeks for geeks, not for average or even intermediate users. It is in fact a big, frustrating PITA to use X11 successfully! But the rewards are a lot of fun.
ALSO NOTE: Apple are no longer going to provide X11 with Mac OS X! It come with the Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion installer. INSTEAD Apple are going to direct Mac users to download exactly what we have here: XQuartz, the source project for X11. So if you like X11, download the latest stable XQuartz and get to work with it!
BUT! Be sure to read ALL the documentation at the source website BEFORE you download or install new versions. Because this is geekware, IT HAS BUGS. Some bugs may mean that it won't install on or work with your version of Mac OS X. Please do your homework so you're ready for the XQuartz's challenges.
