The error 'command not found' means that the command is not found in the $PATH environment variable. If you installed blender as described in the [Wiki Installing Blender on Mac](http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Installing_Blender/Mac). The executable `blender` is located in /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS You could simply open your terminal and enter cd /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS ./blender ndof: 3Dx driver not found found bundled python: /Applications/Blender/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/2.68/python In order to run blender from any other location you would need to follow the instructions from [DirectoryLayout Configuration & Data Paths](http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Installing_Blender/DirectoryLayout) More Environment Variables -------------------------- Run `./blender --help` Environment Variables: $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG Directory for user configuration files. $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS Directory for user scripts. $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS Directory for system wide scripts. Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..). $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files. $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON Directory for system python libraries. $TMP or $TMPDIR Store temporary files here. $SDL_AUDIODRIVER LibSDL audio driver - alsa, esd, dma. $PYTHONHOME Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.