Everything is gray in Mac editor

Hello,
I am following the tutorial here, just setting up a beginner project: http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/roll-ball-tutorial/introduction-roll-ball?playlist=17141

The problem is when my screen is supposed to look like this:


It actually looks like this:


The objects (sphere and plane) are both there, I can click on them and modify them, the only problem is there is no color or shading, only gray. Anyone know what is happening?

 

Do you have a light in your scene?

 

I added a light to my sphere, and it is now showing up. However I cannot get the background to show up no matter which light I add, it's still gray.

 

Can you post up a picture of your scene, including the inspector & hierarchy as well (basically a whole screen shot)

 

Here is the screen, I clicked on the light in Inspector

 

& what does the scene look like now? Sorry, I'm not sure what the problem is but everything may help me or someone else see what the problem could be.

 

No problem I appreciate the help
What do you mean what does the scene look like now? Isnt that what the picture is showing?

 

What might be interesting is to see your Main Camera settings.

 

Anything out of the ordinary?

 

You said you can see stuff but the background is different but we can't see how it is different. Try to take a screenshot so your scene looks as close to what the example is.

 

The only thing I can see is the sphere which is displayed in the last pic, no matter what I do the plane/background are light gray and gray, respectively

 

ok, your camera angle looks completely different to the example, & the example looks like it might be using a skybox so I wouldn't worry about it as it won't affect your project. It also looks like you are set to 2d instead of 3d, try clicking the 2D that is under the game tab.

Do you know what is causing the error showing on the bottom of your screen?

Also, there is a forum just for the tutorials which I believe is monitored by the mods so that they can help people getting started. You may get a quicker response from there.
http://forum.unity3d.com/forums/community-learning-teaching.23/

 

I'm not sure what that error is. I tried what you suggested about 3d, no change. It is mostly usable except I can't see shadows on the surface and I'm afraid other things will break later on when I try to color my scenes

 

Can close this thread. Fixed the issue by deleting the project and creating a new one