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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.
{{man note|''Migrating to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_transition_to_Apple_silicon Apple Silicon]?''|Make an [[How_to_make_a_backup|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_Xmacos]]''' 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.
You'll find error messages in the console log, which you can view with <code>/Applications/Utilities/Console.app</code>
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 MantisMantisBT] ([[Using the bug tracker]] instructions). When reporting what you're sure is an OSX macOS 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]].