~suv, I'm *pretty* sure I rebooted several times over several attempts to get Inkscape to launch (I had other reasons to reboot, coming back repeatedly to trying to open older Illustrator copies with Inkscape). Thanks for the reference to UniConvertor. I'm leery of getting into code with Terminal, w...

After a major Mac upgrade (Tiger to Mtn Lion, G4 to i7), on a techie friend's suggestion, I downloaded & installed Inkscape. I saw a note that said xQuartz was also required, which I downloaded & installed, but there was NO CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS exactly how to link the two apps that I can find ...