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 ===Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System===
-<p>Bug reports may be lodged about povray by using the  [http://bugs.povray.org/ bug tracking system]. The bugtracker is monitored regularly by the POV-Ray development team and they will address any properly-lodged bug reports in the most timely manner possible.</p>
+<p>Bug reports may be lodged about povray by using the [https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/issues issue tracker] on GitHub. The issue tracker is monitored regularly by the POV-Ray development team and they will address any properly-lodged bug reports in the most timely manner possible.</p>
 <p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> Bug reports related to any <em>Unofficial</em> distribution should be lodged with the maintainer!</p>

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    <li><strong><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/ Official]</em></strong></li>
    <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/povrayunofficial_mac/ Unofficial]</em> (not supported by the POV-Ray developers)</li>
-   <li><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/source/ Source Code]</em></li>
+   <li><em>[https://github.com/POV-Ray Source Code]</em></li>
 </ol>
 <p>Most users will want to choose either the <em>Official</em> or <em>Unofficial</em> distributions because they contain a universal 32/64 bit binary and support (application scene and include) files. The <em>Unofficial</em> distribution (made available by a third party) offers a stable alternative to the command-line only <em>Official</em> release. It comes with a complete GUI, editor and templates, it even supports Retina&reg; displays. Choosing the <em>source code</em> distribution assumes an adequate environment (compiler and support libraries) and the expertise to build your own package.</p>

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 <ol>
    <li><strong><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/ Official]</em></strong></li>
-   <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/pv37rc7.zip Unofficial]</em> (not supported by the POV-Ray developers)</li>
+   <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/povrayunofficial_mac/ Unofficial]</em> (not supported by the POV-Ray developers)</li>
    <li><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/source/ Source Code]</em></li>
 </ol>

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 <ol>
    <li><strong><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/ Official]</em></strong></li>
-   <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/pv37rc7.zip Unofficial]</em></li> (not supported by the POV-Ray developers)
+   <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/pv37rc7.zip Unofficial]</em> (not supported by the POV-Ray developers)</li>
    <li><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/source/ Source Code]</em></li>
 </ol>

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 <p>POV-Ray is a ray tracer. It may be a little different from any other 3-D software you've used before, however, you will soon find that the images and animations created with POV-Ray can rival those commercial packages costing thousands of dollars!</p>
 <p>POV-Ray reads a text file that describes the objects and lighting in a scene, and it generates an image of that scene from the view point of a camera, also described in the text file. The creation of these images and animations by ray tracing is not a fast process by any means, but it produces very high quality images with realistic reflections, shading, textures, perspective, and other effects.</p>
 ===What's new in POV-Ray for Mac OS===
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 ===Requirements===
-<p>This version of POV-Ray runs on any Intel based Macintosh computer with Mac OS version 10.6.8 <em>Snow Leopard</em> or later.</p>
+<p>This version of POV-Ray runs on any Intel based Macintosh computer with Mac OS version 10.6.8 (<em>Snow Leopard</em>) or later.</p>
 ===Installation===
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 <ol>
    <li><strong><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/ Official]</em></strong></li>
-   <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/pv37rc7.zip Unofficial]</em></li>
+   <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/pv37rc7.zip Unofficial]</em></li> (not supported by the POV-Ray developers)
-   <li><em>[http://www.povray.org/beta/source/ Source Code]</em></li>
+   <li><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/source/ Source Code]</em></li>
 </ol>
-<p>Most users will want to choose either the <em>Official</em> or <em>Unofficial</em> distributions because they contain a universal 32/64 bit binary and support (application scene and include) files. The <em>Unofficial</em> distribution offers a very stable alternative to the command-line only <em>Official</em> release. It comes with a complete GUI, editor and templates, it even supports Retina&reg; displays. Choosing the <em>source code</em> distribution assumes an adequate environment (compiler and support libraries) and the expertise to build your own package.</p>
+<p>Most users will want to choose either the <em>Official</em> or <em>Unofficial</em> distributions because they contain a universal 32/64 bit binary and support (application scene and include) files. The <em>Unofficial</em> distribution (made available by a third party) offers a stable alternative to the command-line only <em>Official</em> release. It comes with a complete GUI, editor and templates, it even supports Retina&reg; displays. Choosing the <em>source code</em> distribution assumes an adequate environment (compiler and support libraries) and the expertise to build your own package.</p>
 <p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> POV-Ray does not run on read-only volumes.</p>

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 <p>Bug reports may be lodged about povray by using the  [http://bugs.povray.org/ bug tracking system]. The bugtracker is monitored regularly by the POV-Ray development team and they will address any properly-lodged bug reports in the most timely manner possible.</p>
-<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> Bug reports related to any <em>Unofficial</em> distribution should be lodged with he maintainer!</p>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> Bug reports related to any <em>Unofficial</em> distribution should be lodged with the maintainer!</p>
 <p>You may like to remember, however, that no matter where you end up getting assistance from, users who show that they have looked in the documentation and read the [http://wiki.povray.org/content/Knowledgebase:POV-Ray_Questions_and_Tips POV-Ray Questions and Tips] first, will be much more likely to receive the response they want than someone who obviously has not done their homework. It's also important to check that the bug hasn't already been reported - if it has, and is still open, don't add a new report - if you have relevant information not already in the existing report, consider adding a comment.</p>

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 ===Installation===
-<p>It's easy ... just download one of the following distributions:</p>
+<p>Download one of the following distributions. See the <em>README</em> file for more information.</p>
 <ol>
    <li><strong><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/ Official]</em></strong></li>

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 ===What's new in POV-Ray for Mac OS===
-<p>For technical reasons the Mac OS graphical user interface was not ready at the time of the version 3.7.0 release.</p>
+<p>For technical reasons the Mac OS graphical user interface was not ready at the time of the version 3.7.0 release. For that reason, the <em>Official</em> distribution is a command-line only version.</p>
-<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> A graphical user interface is planned for future releases.</p>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> A graphical user interface is planned for future release.</p>
 <p>See the section [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 1#Changes and New Features Summary|Changes and New Features Summary]] for information about <em>non-platform</em> specific changes.</p>
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 ===Installation===
-<p>It's easy ... just download one of the following:</p>
+<p>It's easy ... just download one of the following distributions:</p>
 <ol>
-   <li>The <strong><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/ Official]</em></strong> distribution: a command-line version only</li>
+   <li><strong><em>[http://www.povray.org/download/ Official]</em></strong></li>
-   <li>An <em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/pv37rc7.zip Unofficial]</em> distribution: a complete GUI version with editor and templates</li>
+   <li><em>[http://megapov.inetart.net/beta/pv37rc7.zip Unofficial]</em></li>
-   <li>The <em>source</em> [http://www.povray.org/beta/source/ code] </li>
+   <li><em>[http://www.povray.org/beta/source/ Source Code]</em></li>
 </ol>
-<p>Most users will want to choose either the <em>official</em> or <em>unofficial</em> distributions because they contain a universal 32/64 bit binary and support (application scene and include) files. Choosing the <em>source</em> code distribution assumes an adequate environment (compiler and support libraries) and the expertise to build your own package.</p>
+<p>Most users will want to choose either the <em>Official</em> or <em>Unofficial</em> distributions because they contain a universal 32/64 bit binary and support (application scene and include) files. The <em>Unofficial</em> distribution offers a very stable alternative to the command-line only <em>Official</em> release. It comes with a complete GUI, editor and templates, it even supports Retina&reg; displays. Choosing the <em>source code</em> distribution assumes an adequate environment (compiler and support libraries) and the expertise to build your own package.</p>
 <p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> POV-Ray does not run on read-only volumes.</p>
 ===Bug Reporting via our Bug Tracking System===
-<p>
+<p>Bug reports may be lodged about povray by using the  [http://bugs.povray.org/ bug tracking system]. The bugtracker is monitored regularly by the POV-Ray development team and they will address any properly-lodged bug reports in the most timely manner possible.</p>
 Bug reports may be lodged about povray by using the  [http://bugs.povray.org/ bug tracking system]. The bugtracker is monitored regularly by the POV-Ray development team and they will address any properly-lodged bug reports in the most timely manner possible.
-</p>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> Bug reports related to any <em>Unofficial</em> distribution should be lodged with he maintainer!</p>
 <p>You may like to remember, however, that no matter where you end up getting assistance from, users who show that they have looked in the documentation and read the [http://wiki.povray.org/content/Knowledgebase:POV-Ray_Questions_and_Tips POV-Ray Questions and Tips] first, will be much more likely to receive the response they want than someone who obviously has not done their homework. It's also important to check that the bug hasn't already been reported - if it has, and is still open, don't add a new report - if you have relevant information not already in the existing report, consider adding a comment.</p>
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 </ol>
-<p class="Warning"><strong>Note:</strong> If posting on the news group or emailing someone for support, do not include file attachments without asking first. This <em>particularly</em> applies to email (for security purposes, emails with unsolicited attachments may be deleted unread). Reasonably-sized file attachments on the bug tracking system are permitted.</p>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> If posting on the news group or emailing someone for support, do not include file attachments without asking first. This <em>particularly</em> applies to email (for security purposes, emails with unsolicited attachments may be deleted unread). Reasonably-sized file attachments on the bug tracking system are permitted.</p>
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