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Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac

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Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac mauricemaurice 24 Aug 20:28
  Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac scl 25 Aug 07:01
   Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac mauricemaurice 25 Aug 10:56
    Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac scl 28 Aug 04:26
mauricemaurice
2013-08-24 20:28:09 UTC (over 11 years ago)
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Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac

Hi everyone ! First time posting here.

I recently bought a new MacBook (Mountain Lion 10.8.4) and I decided to install GIMP, since I used it a lot on my former computer. I installed it from the website, but when I open GIMP, I have a problem with the toolbox. When I try to pick a tool, I get the tool that is 4 tools below. I don't know if I am being clear : when I try to click on "rectangular selection", for instance, it selects "compass" instead ! It works great except for that, but it is really annoying, and I cannot select the tools that are at the top op the toolbox with my mouse. I tried deleting GIMP and reinstalling it, tried both versions that are available for download, waited a few days and tried again but always the same problem.

Has any of you ever had that problem ? How can I do to get my toolbox to work normally ? Or should I try downloading an older version of GIMP ?

Thank you for reading !

scl
2013-08-25 07:01:07 UTC (over 11 years ago)

Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac

On 24.08.2013 at 10:28 P.M., mauricemaurice wrote: >

I installed it from the website, but when I open GIMP, I have a problem with the toolbox.

Hi mauricemaurice,

thank you for reporting this. However, at our Mac download site we have many download options for Mac users: two native builds, MacPorts and Fink. Can you please post the link you eventually used?

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Sven

mauricemaurice
2013-08-25 10:56:29 UTC (over 11 years ago)
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Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac

Hi ! Thank you for your quick reply !

I used thes two "native build" download links : I used http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html first, and then ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/osx/gimp-2.8.4-nopython-dmg-1.dmg and I tried each one twice (I reinstalled each one one time, after deleting).

Thank you very much ! Best regards.

scl
2013-08-28 04:26:44 UTC (about 11 years ago)

Problem with the toolbox GIMP 2.8 Mac

Hi mauricemaurice,

if this error happens with both versions, the cause is probably in your system. You can try the following: 1. Remove or rename the folder /Users/$username/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/ (for the 2.8.4 version. For the version from gimp.lisanet.de check the location in GIMP/Preferences/Folders). Restart or reinstall GIMP.
If that doesn't work:
2. Try Partha's GIMP build: www.partha.com If that doesn't work:
3. It's perhaps a bug in OS X 10.8.4. An update to the latest 10.8.5 could perhaps fix it. The 10.8.5 version is expected to be released the next days. I don't use OS X 10.8, so take this advice without warranty, please ;-)

Kind regards,

Sven