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MacVector 18.7 – Change in Default Restriction Enzyme File Location
One change in MacVector 18.7, that will improve installation on multi user Macs, is that by default MacVector now stores restriction enzyme files in the user’s home folder. Since it’s the user’s home folder, it will always be writeable, even if the user does not have Administrator access to the machine. Additionally for a Mac…
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Testing pairs of primers with MacVector
MacVector’s Primer Design tools makes it easy to test your primers. You can insert them directly from MacVector’s Primer Database or copy and paste them.
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A whole new way to design primers with MacVector’s Quicktest Primer
QuickTest Primer completely changes the way primers can be designed on a computer. It simplifies primer design by showing your primer and its statistics in realtime. Does your primer have a hairpin? Nudge it along your template until the hairpin goes? Want to add a restriction site? Then add one and again nudge your primer…
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MacVector for Windows update: Using the Cloning Clipboard.
Macvector for Windows is getting closer. Here’s a short screencast on using the Cloning Clipboard:
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MacVector 11.0 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
MacVector 11.0 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia or Panthera uncia) On August 28th Apple Computer, Inc. publicly release Mac OS X 10.6 also known as Snow Leopard. With any new release of the operating system (OS) there is always the question of whether the applications you own will continue to work.…
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MacVector, Universal Type Identifiers and File Extensions
One feature that Macintosh applications have typically provided since the very beginning has been the ability to associate a document with an application such that opening the document (double clicking) would launch the appropriate application. Historically, on the Mac OS, this has been accomplished by including two additional pieces of information stored in the directory…