# Many options aren't available in my paraview

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/many-options-arent-available-in-my-paraview/10583
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 24, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/many-options-arent-available-in-my-paraview/10583 "2022-10-24T06:16:03Z")
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### Author: ![axelwang](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@axelwang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/axelwang)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/many-options-arent-available-in-my-paraview/10583/1 "2022-10-24T06:16:03Z")

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Hey, I just downloaded paraview from the official website. The version I downloaded is:  
ParaView-5.11.0-RC1-MPI-OSX10.13-Python3.9-x86\_64.dmg

My system is macOS Catalina v10.15.7.

My question is that many options are greyed out for me and aren’t available  
For examples:  
 ![Screen Shot 2022-10-23 at 23.14.09](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bf6c5316a7f77999934c2e871d9e44034875c9e2.png)

![Screen Shot 2022-10-23 at 23.13.47](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/563aaaea45cc5922f9aa9f9e58e3b6cdc2804dcc.png)  
in my paraview.

![Screen Shot 2022-10-23 at 23.14.28](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/229611cfa6fa61d82e37925654814a4a220a27d3.png)

Somehow it doesn’t seem I have a full version of Paraview? Are these additional options only available to a paid version or something? I don’t seem to find a way to purchase Paraview either so I am quite confused.

Thanks for any clarifications!

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/many-options-arent-available-in-my-paraview/10583/2 "2022-10-24T06:28:16Z")

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Hi @axelwang

> [@I've just opened my dataset. I can't add filters, and everything is greyed out](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ive-just-opened-my-dataset-i-cant-add-filters-and-everything-is-greyed-out/4511):
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> Make sure your dataset is selected in the Pipeline Browser Click apply (in the Properties tab) if the apply button is green

Best,

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### Author: ![axelwang](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@axelwang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/axelwang)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/many-options-arent-available-in-my-paraview/10583/3 "2022-10-24T06:35:09Z")

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Thank you!  
I am actually watching your video on YouTube and trying to follow along!

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/many-options-arent-available-in-my-paraview/10583/4 "2022-10-24T06:47:40Z")

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Great ! Thanks for sharing ! 🙂

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/many-options-arent-available-in-my-paraview/10583/5 "2022-10-24T13:26:36Z")

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I also highly recommend following the [Self-directed Tutorial — ParaView Documentation 5.10.0 documentation](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/Tutorials/SelfDirectedTutorial/index.html)