QGIS for OSX Snow Leopard v10.6 and Lion v10.7 Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard" was released on August 28, 2009. Mac OS X v10.7 "Lion" was released on July 20, 2011. QGIS Requirements (2014): matplotlib Python module (not mandatory previously) GDAL complete including frameworks: GDAL GEOS PROJ SQLite UnixImageIO Optional Python modules for the plugins -- Status Kyng framework versions 2014-10-12: PROJ framework v4.8.0-1 [3.4 MiB] UnixImageIO framework v1.5.0 [2.7 MiB] GEOS framework v3.4.2-3 [1.5 MiB] SQLite3 framework v3.7.17-2 [4.3 MiB], with Spatialite 4.1 GDAL framework v1.11.0-5 [27.6 MiB] GDAL requirements above plus NumPy -- Latest versions supporting Snow Leopard, OSX 10.6, and Lion OSX 10.7: -- GDAL Complete 1.9D BUT WITH OLDER VERSIONS, so better do the individual frameworks below...! The "GDAL Complete" bundle includes: GDAL 1.9.1-1, UIIO 1.3.3, GEOS 3.3.2-1, PROJ 4.8.0-1, SQLite 3.7.6.3-1a http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/GDAL_Complete-1.9D.dmg -- PROJ 4.8.0-1 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/PROJ_Framework-4.8.0-1.dmg UnixImageIO 1.4.3 requires: PROJ 4.8 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/UnixImageIO_Framework-1.4.3.dmg GEOS framework 3.4.2-2 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/GEOS_Framework-3.4.2-2.dmg SQLite3 3.7.17-2 requires: GEOS 3.3.8, PROJ 4.8 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/SQLite3_Framework-3.7.17-2.dmg GDAL 1.10.1-1 requires: UIIO 1.4, GEOS 3.3, PROJ 4.8, SQLite 3.7.17 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/GDAL_Framework-1.10.1-1.dmg QGIS 2.0.1-7 requires: GDAL 1.10, PROJ 4.8.0, GEOS 3.4, SQLite3 3.7.17, UnixImageIO 1.4.0 Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard: http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/qgis/QGIS-2.0.1-7-Snow.dmg Mac OSX 10.7 Lion: http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/qgis/QGIS-2.0.1-7-Lion.dmg -- Useful Kyng frameworks: FreeType 2.4.10-1 More fonts e.g. useful for the QGIS map composer http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/FreeType_Framework-2.4.10-1.dmg GSL 1.16-1 Might actually be mandatory in QGIS 2.0...? GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/GSL_Framework-1.16-1.dmg Cairo 1.12.2-1 Improved communication with the graphical drivers on your Mac Cairo 2D, no Quartz support here requires: FreeType 2.4, UIIO 1.4 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/frameworks/cairo_Framework-1.12.2-1.dmg -- Python Kyng frameworks are required for some of the QGIS plugins: NumPy 1.8.0-1 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/python/NumPy-1.8.0-1.dmg SciPy 0.13.1-1 requires: NumPy 1.8.0 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/python/SciPy-0.13.1-1.dmg matplotlib 1.3.0-3 requires: FreeType 2.4.10, NumPy 1.8.0 PIL 1.1.7-4 requires: UIIO 1.4, FreeType 2.4.10 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/python/PIL-1.1.7-4.dmg Psycopg2 2.4.5-2 http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/python/Psycopg2-2.4.5-2.dmg --