Bert Den

I am new to MAX and have a few questions.

I am following dearjohnreed's tutorial series on YouTube and have reached 

. I'm stumped because I don't seem to be able to set up MIDI with Max. When I double-click on the noteout object the only option that appears is "All Devices by Channel". When I open "MIDI setup" under Options, the menu that appears is empty. I have tried using "MIDItester" under extras but I can't view the content of the window and it appears as below.

I am using a mac and my IAC Driver is online and the port "IAC Bus 1" is active.

I am also having trouble with presentation in some places in the program. When I open some help patches, most of the objects, messages etc appear fine, but some of the formatted text does not seem to load. This is also a problem when I try to access "Max Tour" under the Help menu (see picture 2).

It also seems, that I do not have the attached tutorial patches that accompany Max 7. I am able to access the tutorials via the documentation on the cycling74 website, but do you know if it is possible to separately download the actual tutorial patches?

I am new to MAX and have a few questions. 

I am following dearjohnreed's tutorial series on YouTube and have reached this video. I'm stumped because I don't  seem to be able to set up MIDI with Max.  When I double-click on the noteout object the only option that appears is "All Devices by Channel". When I open "MIDI setup" under Options, the menu that appears is empty. I have tried using "MIDItester" under extras but I can't view the content of the window and it appears as below.
I am using a mac and my IAC  Driver is online and the port "IAC Bus 1" is active.

I am also having trouble with presentation in some places in the program. When I open some help patches, most of the objects, messages etc appear fine, but some of the formatted text does not seem to load. This is also a problem when I try to access "Max Tour" under the Help menu (see picture 2). 

beginners-problems-with-midi-and-some-text-format

What kind of MIDI device are you using? Do you want to send MIDI out or receive MIDI from inside of Max (I haven't watched the video you refer to). What version of OS does your mac run? There could be loads of stuff going on.

Also, MIDI tends to be misunderstood quite frequently in terms of how it actually works and what it is and what it is not (not that I assume you're a noob, don't get me wrong).

For your other issue concerning text display I stongly advise that you contact customer support.

https://cycling74.com/contact-support/#.VyNJ3Hp1Z_A

For your other issue concerning text display I stongly advise that you contact customer support.
https://cycling74.com/contact-support/#.VyNJ3Hp1Z_A

Beginners problems with MIDI and some text format