Category: General

  • Error 500 when installing MacVector

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    With some operating systems buying a new computer can mean days migrating all your data and applications over. However, with OS X the Apple Migration Utility almost completely removes the hassle and the pleasure of your new Mac is not diluted by the pain of migration! However, this utility is not perfect and sometimes when…

  • Displaying translations alongside your DNA sequence

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    There’s a few ways to display an amino acid translation in the same window as your DNA or RNA sequence. (1) You can show either three or six frame translations directly in the editor. To do so simply press and hold down the STRANDS toolbar button. You’ll see the following menu and be able to…

  • AUTUMN SPECIAL OFFER: upgrade your old single network license to 2 standard licenses

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    Upgrade your old single seat network MacVector license for two standard licenses at the price of a single standard upgrade. A huge savings of more than 50% off the regular price of a network upgrade –plus we will throw in an extra license! If you have an old two-seat network license, we’ll upgrade it to…

  • Graphics In MacVector: Exporting publication quality graphics.

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    This article is the first in a series of “howtos” resulting from the 2010 survey results. It may not be at the cutting edge of sequence analysis but sooner or later most users of such apps are going to have to produce a graphic of their work, whether that is a plasmid map, a tree,…

  • Post-survey feedback!

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    We’ve just finished going through the survey results.  We’re very pleased with the amount and quality of feedback that you gave us.  There’s some excellent ideas in there, that you’ll start seeing with the next release (MacVector 12 is out later this year).  So once again thanks a lot to all who spent time to…

  • ASM2010

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    We had a great time at the ASM2010 in San Diego this year. San Diego is a great town, and even better with a bunch of scientists gathering in the bars and restaurants! Many great people stopped by the booth. Both old MacVector users, new ones, and people just interested in our software. Some of the…

  • MacVector at ASM 2010

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    The MacVector team will be attending the ASM 2010 meeting in San Diego.  If you are attending then please do drop by booth 240 (near the laptop lounge) to say hello!  If you are an user, then please do come and tell us what you think. Even if you think it is perfect (come top…

  • Flying for business is so 20th century!

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    The volcanic ash cloud covering most of Europe is a timely reminder of just how powerful nature is. With the disruption to air travel it’s also a great reminder of just how most communications can be done without meeting face to face. Whereas it is always nice to meet with MacVector users, any such visit…

  • Hidden labels in MacVector 11.1?

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    We made a whole slew of graphical enhancements to MacVector 11.1. Most of these were intended to increase the performance for viewing the graphical map of very large sequences. One of these hides the labels of features when you are showing a heavily annotated sequence. However, in hindsight we set the default value for this…

  • Configuring cross-posting with the MacVector forums

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    I’m configuring access from the WordPress blog to cross post to the MacVector forums. So I thought it was a good opportunity to remind you about our forums. We have a fairly quiet but active community on our forums. They’ve been running since 2007 and there’s a lot of useful tips and topics on there.