1. download and install X11 server from Apple: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html 2. download & install PD : http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pure-data/PureDataInstaller_0.37-2003.10.02.dmg?download 3. install the present package ( http://tdegoyon.free.fr/pdp_pidip_osx.tar.gz ) in / : sudo cd sudo cp pdp_pidip_osx.tar.gz / sudo cd / sudo tar xvfz pdp_pidip_osx.tar.gz 4. install the fonts on your system : sudo mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF sudo cp /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp_pidip_osx/fonts/* /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF 5. create a .pdrc file in your home directory with a text editor containing the following lines : -rt -path /usr/local/lib/pd/extra:/usr/local/lib/pd/pdp_pidip_osx/abstractions -lib /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp_pidip_osx/pdp 7. launch the xfree server with the X server icon you have in your toolbar 8. launch pd from the icon : you should see the following information when starting pd : PDP: pure data packet PDP: version 0.12.1 PiDiP : additional video processing objects for PDP : version 0.12.13 ( ydegoyon@free.fr ) IMPORTANT : use pdp_ieee1394 for video capture ( instead of pdp_v4l on linux ) and pdp_glx for video output ( instead of pdp_xv on linux )