I had the same problem. It was EXTREMELY frustrating because I had spent so
long becoming extremely proficient on povray for windows XP, and when I
switched to a Mac (I'm just learning about macs) I suddenly could not even
render a simple scene.

It may not be obvious to a windows user, but you have to go to
Edit>Preferences, go to the Scenes tab, and Add the directory with the
include files.  Then it will at least render a small picture with the
default render settings.

It may ALSO not be obvious to a windows user that you MUST INCLUDE the
".pov" extension EXPLICITLY when you save the file, otherwise the
Edit>Render Settings... will be grayed out.

Hope that helps people with the same problem.
~C



"Gallygaskins" <nor### [at] dahlfamilyorg> wrote:
> "John  Conaway" <jcc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> > Hopefully I figure this out before i see a reply but i doubt it, I can not
> > get into the render settings, it is a faded option in the edit drop down
> > menu? I can not seem to open it
>
> Both the Render Settings option and the Render option are inactive until
> you have saved your script with a .pov extension and its window is active;
> these options are replaced with <filename> Settings and Render <filename>
>
> Maybe the Mac installer is a bit unstable, as I was surprised to find the
> include path was not defined in a standard installation (and maybe
> other paths I haven't found yet). Earlier posts in this list got me out
> of trouble.
>
> HTH
> Gallygaskins

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