Tag: releases

  • Introduction to Golden Gate Cloning

    Introduction to Golden Gate Cloning

    MacVector 26 (released July 2026) saw the addition of Golden Gate Cloning to the Cloning Project Manager. Golden Gate Cloning is a molecular cloning technique that enables the seamless, orderedassembly of multiple DNA fragments into a single construct in one reaction. Its defining featureis the use of Type IIS restriction enzymes, which recognize specific asymmetric…

  • MacVector 26 has just been released!

    MacVector 26 has just been released!

    MacVector 26 was released last week (13 July 2026) and it’s a significant release. MacVector 26 has new features for designing and documenting cloning workflows and for managing your sequences. The new Cloning Project Manager allows you to design Golden Gate Cloning workflows. So along with Ligase Independent Cloning, Gibson Assembly and traditional restriction enzyme…

  • MacVector 26: Understanding macOS sandboxing

    For many years now, Apple has encouraged developers to create applications that run in a “Sandbox” on macOS. In fact, for the last few years, any application downloaded from the Apple App Store must be set to run in a sandbox. This protects your computer and your data from intentional or accidental data access or…

  • Batch BLAST

    Batch BLAST

    MacVector 18.8 is out and it’s packed with new tools! MacVector 18.8 has tools to help you identify and annotate unknown, unannotated or partially annotated sequences. Ideal for identifying contigs from a de novo assembly. One of these new tools is AutoAnnotate (via BLAST) Batch BLAST is a game-changing feature that revolutionises the way you identify unknown sequences. With…

  • MacVector 18.8.2 is out

    MacVector 18.8.2 is out

    We’ve just released a minor update to MacVector 18.8. The main change is improvement to Codon Bias Table (CUT) import. But there are multiple bug fixes too. The release notes contain full details. You should be prompted to upgrade in MacVector, but you can also upgrade immediately: MACVECTOR | CHECK FOR UPDATES… You can also…

  • MacVector 18.8 Is Here – Packed with Powerful New Features

    MacVector 18.8 Is Here – Packed with Powerful New Features

    A game changer for identifying unknown sequences MacVector 18.8 is out and it’s packed with new tools! MacVector 18.8 has tools to help you identify and annotate unknown, unannotated or partially annotated sequences. Batch BLAST allows you to automate BLAST searches for multiple sequences and Auto-Annotate (via BLAST) allows you to automatically annotate multiple sequences.…

  • MacVector Pro is now MacVector Pro with Assembler

    MacVector Pro is now MacVector Pro with Assembler

    MacVector Pro now includes Assembler, a powerful sequence assembly plugin that brings sequence assembly directly to your desktop with the same user-friendly interface MacVector users have come to expect. Assembler simplifies the management, assembly, and analysis of all types of sequencing data. Assembler’s extensive toolkit has always been seamlessly integrated into MacVector, but previously required…

  • MacVector and macOS Sequoia

    MacVector and macOS Sequoia

    Apple released macOS Sequoia earlier this week (16th September 2024). As usual in the run up to a new macOS release, we have been testing MacVector on development builds of macOS Sequoia. We are happy to report that there are no issues and that MacVector 18.7 is fully supported on macOS Sequoia. If you do come across…

  • MacVector 18.7 – View the history of your plasmid

    MacVector 18.7 – View the history of your plasmid

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    The recently released MacVector 18.7 has a new History tab in the Single sequence editor that shows the editing history of your DNA sequences Since the introduction of MacVector’s Cloning Clipboard, all cloning actions (such as ligating a digested fragment into a vector) create a /FRAG feature that records the source of the ligated fragment, the restriction enzymes used to digest it (and…

  • MacVector 18.7.1 update is now out

    MacVector 18.7.1 update is now out

    We’ve just released a minor update to MacVector 18.7. You will be prompted to update over the next few days (unless you have turned off update notifications). However, you can also run MACVECTOR | CHECK FOR UPDATES.. or download the new version directly Changes for MacVector 18.7.1 macOS Support This release now supports all macOS…