I downloaded boost 1.53 and extracted to Users/user/Desktop/boost_1_53_0 I built boost as static libraries following instructions at: http://libcinder.org/docs/v0.8.5/_cinder_boost.html I changed XCODE's "Build Settings" "Header Search Paths" to /Users/user/Desktop/boost_1_53_0 as well as the "Library Search Paths" to Users/user/Desktop/boost_1_53_0/stage/lib Then I build and get errors: The first error I'm getting is "has_binary_operator.hpp" Parse issue Expected member name or ';' after declaration specifiers at the line: template < typename Lhs, typename Rhs > struct operator_exists { ... Does anyone have tips for what the build settings should be? The project contains some files that are cocoa/objective C (.m) and others that are C++(.mm) using boost. I'm completely new to trying to use boost under OSX mountain lion and XCODE 4.6.1.