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Problems with DMG appearing not to mount.
Read more: Problems with DMG appearing not to mount.Sometimes when you download the MacVector disk image and try to mount it nothing appears to happen. Generally this is because although it has been mounted a Finder window has not popped up. It also affects those of us with messy desktop (not me of course!). If you have many files then you might miss…
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MacVector 12.0.6
Read more: MacVector 12.0.6MacVector 12.0.6 was released a few days ago. This has a few small but significant bug fixes. If you are running MacVector 12 it’s a recommended upgrade.
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MacVector 10.6 and earlier and Lion
Read more: MacVector 10.6 and earlier and LionIf you have upgraded to Lion and you’re running MacVector 10 to 10.6 (earlier versions will not run) then anytime MacVector displays an error message it will crash. MacVector 10.6 was developed before even Snow Leopard was released and is quite long in the tooth now. Why not take this opportunity to upgrade to MacVector…
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Useful help resources for learning MacVector
Read more: Useful help resources for learning MacVectorMacVector is designed to be easy to use. However, there’s a great amount of functionality in there. So if you are new to using MacVector or you’ve recently upgraded from an older version then you might be interested to know that we have some downloadable resources to help you. The first one, which we recommend…
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Are you teaching a Molecular Biology Course this year?
Read more: Are you teaching a Molecular Biology Course this year?Many MacVector users don’t realize that we offer FREE licenses for teaching purposes. If you or your lab owns a license of MacVector 12 with a current maintenance contract, you are eligible. If you are teaching a course this year and are in the process of preparing your course content, consider using MacVector as a…
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MacVector 12.0.5 is out
Read more: MacVector 12.0.5 is outMacVector 12.0.5 is a cumulative patch release that fixes a few bugs in MacVector 12.0.4 and includes all the bug fixes since 12.0 was released. If you have a current maintenance contract with MacVector (as of Dec 1st 2010), you can download the updater for MacVector 12.0.5.
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Updated Gateway Restriction Enzyme file
Read more: Updated Gateway Restriction Enzyme fileHere’s an updated restriction enzyme file for Gateway cloning with MacVector.
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MacVector and upgrading to Lion.
Read more: MacVector and upgrading to Lion.The latest version of OS X, Lion, has been out for a few weeks and it’s a great operating system. MacVector 12 has been tested and although not yet officially supported, it works great.. Nonetheless even though we’ve not yet come across any issues we are committed to fixing bugs. So if you are running…
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Designing primers that do not bind at multiple places in your template
Read more: Designing primers that do not bind at multiple places in your templateThe default settings for Primer3 do not actually check for whether a primer will bind at multiple places in the template. To turn this on use the PRIMER vs PRODUCT setting in the PRIMER BINDING tab (the Primer3 parameter is “PRIMER_MAX_TEMPLATE_MISPRIMING”). The default value is -1, which means do not check. Change this to 1…
