Category Archives: Software

Posts about software and software distribution at Williams College

Software – Adobe Illustrator refuses to install on Mac OS (10.6.8)

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

  Rename the following folders on your machine: ‘/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Profiles’ ‘/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Recommended’   See the discussion at: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4328734

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Software – PDF editing and managment without Acrobat

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

See the long list of what you can do without acrobat at: http://www.labnol.org/software/adobe-pdf-guide-tutorial/6296/

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Software – Adobe Create Suite Cleaner Tools

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

See the web site at: http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

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Windows 8 – Deleting windows.old and temp install files

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

When doing an upgrade to windows 8 the installer can leave behind a large amount of data in a few locations.  To remove these use Disk Cleanup with the option to clean-up system files. I have gained back more than … Continue reading →

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Mac – XCode 4 on Mt Lion

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Apparently, Apple no longer installs the command line tools for XCode automatically.  Once you install XCode you need to go to the Preferences, then Downloads to install these as an extra step … http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11705912/upgrading-to-mountain-lion-and-xcode-4-broke-my-make  

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Mac – Software Packaging Reference

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

  A good article on re-packaging software for Macs that includes links to useful tools: http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.01/2501MacEnterprise-PackagingforDistribution/index.html

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Software – JMP 10 – Silent Installer

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

To create a silent installer for JMP … First run setup.exe to collect the responses in a response file.  This will not actually install the software. setup.exe -r -f1{response file name} Then, to actually install with those responses from a script,  run the setup.exe file again … Continue reading →

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Software – Endnote Deployment

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Windows: Like other software, you need to run a utility program supplied by the vendor “Admin.exe” to convert the installer to the deploy-able site-licensed version of the installer.  To get the Admin.zip folder see the web site at: https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Volume-License-Install-Steps?language=en_US After … Continue reading →

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Mac – GarageBand Loops

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

GarageBand Apple Loops are stored in \Library\Audio\Apple Loops See: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1045 And — Here is a utility to download all Apple Loops to a mac: https://github.com/carlashley/appleLoops

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Software – OIT installers web site

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

To update installers on the OIT Software web site … 1) Add the installers to: \\wp-dev1 Installers are stored in the “Software Uploads” directory structure. Note: This server is currently accessible from AD joined Lab computers because those have the … Continue reading →

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