This is a quick guide for getting started with OpenCV on OSX. I am using Xcode on an Intel Mac but the same procedure should work on PowerPCs.

• download OpenCV.framework, unzip, drop in /Library/Frameworks
• open Xcode, create a new projects Command Line Utility/Standard Tool
• create a new target, BSD/Shell Tool
• add existing Frameworks, add /Library/Frameworks/OpenCV.framework
• create a new File, BSD/C++ File
• drop some example code in there
• build/run

Alternatively here is a ready-made xcode project opencv-examples.

NOTE I ran into this problem with Xcode 2.2 where it would fail to see frameworks under /Library/Frameworks. After upgrading to v2.4 this problem disappeared. For v2.2 I had to manually add /Library/Frameworks to the frameworks search path like this: 1.)go to Project Info/build tab 2.)set the Frameworks Search Path to the above.

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