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Installing SciFinder Scholar for Mac OS X

Applicable to SciFinder Scholar 2006, SciFinder Scholar 2007 and SciFinder Scholar 2007a for Mac OS X.

1. Download the file scholar-osx.dmg or sfs2007a.dmg to your desktop or to your download folder.
2. On some systems, Macintosh Disk Image Files (*.dmg) will automatically mount.
   1. If not, double-click on scholar-osx.dmg or sfs2007a.dmg to mount the disk image. (Macintosh Disk Image Files behave like a CR-ROM; they open an icon on your desktop.) 
   2. Then double-click on the desktop icon SciFinder Scholar (may have 2007 or 2007a appended) (The image below is the Mounted Icon View. You may need to use the View Menu to select icon view.)
      
      
      
      
3. Drag and drop the SciFinder Scholar Application Package (the SciFinder Scholar icon on the white "button") into your Applications folder.  Wait while the package is expanded.
   
4. SciFinder Scholar requires a site.prf file to connect to the SciFinder Scholar servers at CAS. The site.prf file for your institution may be obtained by contacting your Site Administrator for SciFinder Scholar or re-check your institution's SciFinder Scholar download site for this file.
   
   1. To add site.prf to the Application Package:
      Open the Application Package, then the Contents folder, and copy your organization's site.prf file into MacOS folder.
      (MacDrive:Applications:SciFinder Scholar:Contents:MacOS:site.prf)
      
      To open the Application Package:
      1. Select the SciFinder Scholar Application Package (icon).
      2. Click the Actions button (gear with triangle).
      3. Choose Show Package Contents.
      
      
      
      
   2. If you do not have access to the SciFinder Scholar Application Package:
      Add site.prf to the User Location:
      (All users can access this location within their Home Folder, which is HardDrive/Users/[Login Name]/)
      1. Navigate to HardDrive/Users/HomeFolder/Library/Application Support
      2. Create a folder named SciFinder Scholar within /Application Support/ 
      3. Copy site.prf into the SciFinder Scholar folder
         (HardDrive/Users/HomeFolder/Library/Application Support/SciFinder Scholar/site.prf).
         Note: When SciFinder Scholar is started, it will copy any site.prf file located within the Application Package into the User Location.
         
5. Double-click the HardDrive/Applications/SciFinder Scholar icon to launch SciFinder Scholar.
   
6. (Optional) Create an alias for your Desktop or Dock.