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MacVectorTip: Changing the font used in the Editor, Results and other windows
Read more: MacVectorTip: Changing the font used in the Editor, Results and other windowsMacVector is very customizable in how you can produce graphical maps of sequences, assemblies, alignments and more. You can also change the default appearance of MacVector itself. The font used in the Editor and Results window can be changed and increased in size. You are limited to using fixed width fonts (such as Andale Mono…
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MacVectorTip: macOS Dark Mode and forcing MacVector to open in Light Mode
Read more: MacVectorTip: macOS Dark Mode and forcing MacVector to open in Light Mode“Dark Mode makes it easier to stay focused on your work because your content stands out while darkened controls and windows recede into the background” If you use Dark Mode with the Auto setting, then with the short winter days in the northern hemisphere (for our southern hemisphere friends please save this email for six…
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Merry Christmas from all of us at MacVector….!
Read more: Merry Christmas from all of us at MacVector….!We hope 2022 was a productive and enjoyable year for your research, and that MacVector has played some part in that. Once again, 2022 was not the uneventful year that we all hoped for. Perhaps 2023…? Before you go and relax with friends and family, help your colleagues make the most of MacVector and give…
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MacVector 18.5.1
Read more: MacVector 18.5.1We’ve just released a minor update, MacVector 18.5.1. Changes include: Further enhancements for importing Sequencher projects (.spf) including heavily edited assemblies. A new setting for always opening MacVector in “light” mode even when macOS switches to “dark” mode. Easier remote activation of standard licenses for larger sites. increased number of seats for serverless network licenses.…
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MacVector 18.5 has just been released and is macOS Ventura ready!
Read more: MacVector 18.5 has just been released and is macOS Ventura ready!It’s that time of year again. Apple have released macOS Ventura and we are very pleased to announce MacVector 18.5 is out. MacVector 18.5 is fully macOS Ventura ready! macOS Ventura ready MacVector 18.5 was developed and tested on macOS Ventura. It is supported on macOS High Sierra to macOS Ventura. MacVector 18.5 is a…
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MacVector 18.5 is macOS Ventura ready
Read more: MacVector 18.5 is macOS Ventura readyIt’s that time of year again. Apple have just released macOS Ventura and we are very pleased to announce our current release, MacVector 18.2 has been tested on macOS Ventura and is compatible. Not only that but we have just a few weeks of testing left before our next release. MacVector 18.5 has been developed…
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MacVector is macOS Ventura ready
Read more: MacVector is macOS Ventura readyIt’s that time of year again. Apple have just released macOS Ventura and we are very pleased to announce our current release, MacVector 18.2 is macOS Ventura ready. Not only that but we have just a few weeks of testing left before our next release. MacVector 18.5 has been developed on macOS Ventura since the…
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MacVectorTip: Create custom Codon Usage Tables for ORF analysis and reverse translation
Read more: MacVectorTip: Create custom Codon Usage Tables for ORF analysis and reverse translationMacVector uses codon usage tables (also called “Codon Bias”) to help you predict protein coding regions in the Analyze | Nucleic Acid Analysis Toolbox functions and also the protein Analyze | Reverse Translation… function. For example, here are the Plus and Minus strand Staden Codon Preference plots aligned under the Plus/Minus ORFs for a Streptomyces…
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macOS’s tabbed windows and MacVector
Read more: macOS’s tabbed windows and MacVectorOne of the lesser known features of macOS is the ability to store all open documents of an application in tabs. Tabs were initially introduced for the Finder, but macOS Mavericks saw them apply to supported application document windows too. MacVector has supported tabs since their introduction, however, by default the Tab Bar is turned…
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MacVectorTip: Identifying, Selecting and Assembling NGS reads with a variant genotype
Read more: MacVectorTip: Identifying, Selecting and Assembling NGS reads with a variant genotypeWhen analyzing/assembling/aligning NGS data, there are many scenarios where you might want to separate out the reads representing different genotypes or variant sequences. MacVector makes this very easy. Take a reference sequence and choose Analyze | Align to Reference. Now click the Add Seqs button and select and add your NGS data files. NOTE: if…
