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Released: 2012-02-20

Installation

Download XQuartz-2.7.1.dmg, and open it in macOS’s Installer.

Important Notices

OS Requirements

macOS 10.6.3 or later is required to install this package.

Default X11 Server

If this is your first time installing XQuartz, you may wish to logout and log back in to update your DISPLAY environment variable.

Changes in 2.7.1

• All changes in 2.7.0 plus:
• app:
  • mkfontdir 1.0.7
  • mkfontscale 1.1.0
  • oclock 1.0.3
  • quartz-wm 1.3.0
    • Fixes a possible crash when restoring from the dock (#538)
  • xclipboard 1.1.2
  • xclock 1.0.6
  • xinit 1.3.2
    • Fixed setting of $DISPLAY (Bug #523)
  • xinput 1.4.5
• lib:
  • freetype 2.4.8
    • CVE-2011-3439
  • libpng-1.5.8
  • libXi 1.5.0
  • mesa 7.11.2
  • pixman 0.24.4
• misc:
  • util-macros 1.16.1
• proto:
  • glproto 1.4.15
  • inputproto 2.1
• pkg
  • The installer should now allow downgrading to this release (Bug #532)
    • If you need to downgrade to 2.7.0, you should manually delete XQuartz.app first.
• server:
  • xorg-server 1.11.4 plus other patches
    • While in fullscreen mode, hiding by using CMD-H now causes you to leave fullscreen mode first, as if by cmd-opt-a (Bug #478)
    • Release all mouse buttons when switching applications (Bug #486)