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SciFinder Scholar at Stanford University

Installation Instructions for the Mac Version

These instructions are for SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Mac OS X (10.2 and higher). Please see SciFinder Scholar 2004 for Mac OS 9.2 and earlier.

Download

Accept the User Agreement to download the compressed file. The expanded file contains:

ReadMe (this file)
Installer (SciFinder Scholar 2007 Application Package)
site.prf (Stanford Site License)

Installer

Double-click “sfs2007-osx.dmg” to mount SciFinder Scholar (a Desktop Volume containing the SciFinder Scholar 2007 Application Package)
Drag and drop the SciFinder Scholar 2007 Application Package (~21.9MB) to your Applications folder. (The Application Package will be the SciFinder Scholar 2007 icon on the white button-like background in Icons view)

The site.prf file

Create a “SciFinder Scholar” folder in: [HardDrive]/Library/Application Support/
Move the site.prf file to the new “SciFinder Scholar” folder.

Eject (unmount) the SciFinder Scholar Desktop Volume.

(Optional) Create a SciFinder Scholar alias on your dock or desktop.

System Requirements

Computer: An Apple® Mac® with a PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor

Mac® OS X (10.2 or higher)
Minimum of 40–50 MB of available hard disk space
TCP/IP network-level connection to CAS via Internet, Z39.50 application-level connection to CAS through port 210 [Accessing full text via ChemPort and online Help files on tha CAS server requires HTTP application-level connection through port 80.]

Monitor: 13 inch or larger color monitor capable of displaying 256 colors

Printer: High-quality graphics printer, e.g., laser or inkjet, recommended

Optional Software:

Web Browser: Safari® (OS X Default) or a Mac OS X compatible version of Netscape®, Mozilla Firefox^TM, Microsoft® Internet Explorer (MSIE), or Opera®. A web browser is needed to access full text via ChemPort, online Help, and Internet resources within the Tools menu.

Java^TM and JavaScript^TM must be enabled for online Help and some features within ChemPort.
Cookies must be accepted for some feature in ChemPort.

Adobe Reader®: Version 5.0 or higher. The Reader is needed to access PDF documents available via the CAS web site and ChemPort. Adobe Reader can be downloaded from www.adobe.com.