## Scribus on Mac OS X

### Hardware

- Scribus will run on any Mac running standard hardware supported by current mac OS versions. The more memory the better when working with larger documents and many images.

### Before Installing Scribus

- Install Ghostscript for Mac OS X – Ghostscript 8.60+ or newer is recommended. This is important for EPS, PS, and PDF import and printing. You can also install this via MacPorts. The result will be the same.

### Installing

- Simply download the Mac OS X DMG or *.pkg file from Sourceforge, open it and drag the Scribus icon to the location of your choice. The DMG Finder window offers the default system Application directory. From there you may click on the icon and run Scribus.
- The first launch of Scribus, or when a new user launches Scribus, can be much longer than usual. This is because Scribus is creating a cache file of your fonts. Later starts will be much quicker.

### Additional Software

- Scribus 1.6 supports Render Frames. It enables the use of other programs to render their outpout in a Scribus document. To take full advantage of this feature, you need to install these programs. By default, Scribus is pre-configured to use LaTeX, Lilypond, POV-Ray, Graphviz, and Gnuplot.