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MacOS Recommendations and Q & A
Recommendations Remove the PEP Archive 1v3 (and older versions) before installing 1v4. To remove the PEP Archive 1v3, simply throw the PEP Archive 1v3 folder in the trash. Some of the files in the 1v3 archive were locked, so hold down the option key while emptying the trash to avoid an error message. Note that if you remove 1v3 after installing 1v4, the desktop icon for the PEP Archive 1v4 may not work (see question below). Workaround for Folio Views Monitor Size Bug. All users should replace the Folio Views preference file with one from the download below. This fix also changes some options to make Folio Views work better for PEP Archive users. Note: If the following steps seem complicated, you may want to obtain help from your local computer guru. There is a bug in Folio Views related to screen resolution. When you open the PEP Archive in Folio Views, it should adapt the size of the main window to the size of your screen. Also, the status/navigation toolbars should move to the bottom of the screen:
Unfortunately, Folio Views has a bug, and it uses the screen resolution stored in its preferences file instead of checking how your display is set. The PEP Archive shipped with a preference file set to 1024 x 768. If your computer's resolution is lower (e.g. 800x600), you won't be able to scroll down because the down arrow is below the bottom of the screen. If your computer is set to a higher resolution, you won't be able to stretch the main window out to use the whole screen. The solution is to download a collection of preference files from the PEP website, and copy the appropriate preference file over the old one. Quit Folio Views before you start. 1. Determine your
screen resolution: 2. Click here to Download CorrectedPref.sit. It contains several folio preference files with preset resolutions. 3. Expand CorrectedPref.sit: The file is normally downloaded to your desktop. You should be able to double-click it, and it will be UnStuffed by Stuffit Expander. 4. Open "Corrected Prefs": After unstuffing, there'll be a folder called Corrected Prefs on your desktop. Double-click it. 5. Open the appropriate
folder: There will several folders inside Corrected Prefs named by
resolutions. Double-click the one that matches your screen resolution: 6. Open PEP Archive 1v4:Plug-ins:Preferences: Double-click on the icon for your hard drive (usually "Macintosh HD"). Then double-click on the "PEP Archive 1v4" folder. In that folder, double-click on "Plug-ins", and finally double-click on "Preferences". There should be one file called "Folio Preferences". 7. Drag the "Folio Preferences" file from the appropriate resolution folder to the Preferences folder: You should have two window open, one named the same as your resolution and one named "Preferences". Position the windows so you can see both. Both will contain one file called "Folio Preferences". Drag the "Folio Preferences" file from the resolution folder to the "Preferences" folder. You will be asked if you want to replace it, click Replace or OK. 8. You're done!
You can now close the two windows. Printing from the Classic environment Printing from the Classic environment (including the PEP Archive) may need to be set up separately from printing from MacOS X applications. To set up your printer in Classic:
If your printer is
not listed in the Chooser, you will need to install Q & A Q:
Why can't I make the PEP Archive window as big as my screen? A: The screen resolution and window sizes/positions are stuck in the preferences at 1024x768. See the second recommendation above for a solution. Q: When I double-click on the "PEP Archive 1v4" icon on my desktop, the PEP Archive doesn't open. (MacOS X) A: This seems to occur on MacOS X systems when the PEP Archive 1v3 was previously installed, and was removed after 1v4 was installed. To fix this problem:
You should now be able to open the PEP Archive by double-clicking on the PEP Archive 1v4 icon on your desktop. Q: Do I really need 1.5GB of disk space? A: Yes, the install process really needs 1.5GB. After the install is complete, the PEP Archive 1v4 takes up just under 1GB, so you can temporarily remove some stuff and put it back after the install. If you are low on disk space, remove older versions of the PEP Archive. You could also remove large media files or applications that you can easily reinstall. A: At least 64mb more
than what MacOS requires. For MacOS X 10.3, that would be 128MB + 64 MB
= 192MB. More memory is better, and memory is cheap! For example, according
to ramseeker (http://www.ramseeker.com/), 256MB of memory for a flat-panel
iMac is $45-$61 as of this writing. Q: Is the PEP Archive MacOS X native? A: No, except for the installer. The PEP Archive for
Mac has 3 basic parts: 2. The Folio Views Mac software, which is used to view the Infobase. 3. The installer, which installs the other two onto your computer. The installer for the PEP Archive 1v3 could not run on a MacOS X system, even in the Classic environment. The PEP Archive 1v4 installer was designed to work properly on both MacOS 8-9 and MacOS X systems natively. Unfortunately, the
Folio Views software for the Mac has not been updated since 1999. The
company that now owns it, NextPage, doesn't plan on updating it, which
means there will never be a MacOS X native version. The good news is that
the software works in the Classic environment under MacOS X. For all its
faults, the Folio Views software has very powerful and fast text searching
capabilities, and there are very few alternatives. We have spent many
years digitizing, converting, and preparing the texts of the PEP archive
for the Folio Views software, so if there were a good alternative it would
be very expensive to switch. Q:
Is the Classic Environment required for PEP Archive on MacOS X? A: The PEP Archive requires the Classic environment (see previous Q&A). Apple has always shipped MacOS X-based systems with the Classic environment. It is possible that it has been removed. If you reformatted your hard disk you may not have reinstalled it. Also, some universities remove it because it is less secure than MacOS X. To check for a working
Classic environment: 2. Open an application in the folder, such as Graphing Calculator (double-click its icon). You may be warned that classic is starting. After the application launches, you should see a menu bar in the MacOS 9 style, with a multi-colored Apple menu instead of the blue Apple menu. Reinstalling Classic: Q: During installation, I get a message that says, "Access denied", and suggests that I don't have sufficient privileges to install. A: There are two possible reasons for this message. One is that you don't have a working Classic Environment (see other question about the Classic Environment above). The other possibility is that a folder on your hard drive has the wrong privileges setting. About Privileges Fixing Privileges
Problems The Disk Utility that is included in MacOS X 10.2 and 10.3 has a function called "Repair Disk Permissions" that can fix privileges problems. To repair permissions: 1. Open "Disk Utility": Click on the dock "Finder" icon, which is the left-most icon in the dock. A finder window should be visible. Click on the "Applications" icon in the window, and then locate the "Utilities" folder. Double-click the Utilities folder. In the Utilities folder you will find the "Disk Utility". Double-click the Disk Utility icon. A window titled "Disk Utility" will open. 2. Select your startup volume from the list on the left: There is a list of drives attached to your computer on the left (there is probably just one), and indented under each drive are the volumes on that drive (again, there is probably just one). Click on the volume that is your boot or startup volume. For most people, this means clicking on "Macintosh HD". 3. On the right side of the window, there will be a series of tabs. Click the "First Aid" tab (it may already be selected). 4. Click the "Repair Disk Permissions" button. The repair process will then begin and may take some time to complete. 5. If you are using MacOS 10.3 or later, choose "Fix OS 9 Permissions" from the file menu. The OS 9 permissions will then be fixed. An alternate method Q: Should I choose "Article" or "Paragraph" in the Search by Context dialog? A: When in "Search
by context" you must select how close the words must be to match.
For instance, "Paragraph Level" would search for two or more
words through all the material and yield results where those words were
found only in the same paragraph. This is the level that we recommend,
but you may wish to search for words at the "article level".
This will, of course, yield many more results, but the words may not be
related to each other. Q: Why do the checkboxes in Advanced Search not work? A: The Advanced Search
dialog doesn't work on the Mac, and is normally not visible. You've opened
the infobase instead of the shadow file. Open the "PEP Archive 1v4"
icon on your desktop or in the PEP Archive folder instead. Q: Where is "2. Advanced Search"? A: The Advanced Search
dialog doesn't work on the Mac. You can still do ranked searches by entering
a bracket [ then the word "rank", then the number of articles
you want to rank, then end bracket], then the word or words you want to
see in a ranked search. For example: "[rank 200] countertransference" Posted August 6 2004 |
