Re: switching between versions 7 and 8
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- Subject: [mg114902] Re: switching between versions 7 and 8
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:35:19 -0500 (EST)
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But that just renames the executable? What about all the Library stuff? There's a whole Mathematica folder tree there -- although it appears empty to me! On 12/21/2010 12:19 AM, Vivek J. Joshi wrote: > Hi, > > You could always rename Mathematica.app file for version 7 and 8 > respectively, > > Suggestions, > > Version 7.0 > Mathematica.app -> Mathematica7.app > > Version 8.0 > Mathematica.app -> Mathematica8.app > > You can put both the installations in Applications or create a sub > directory "Applications/Mathematica/" and put everything in one place. I > have all the Mathematica installs starting from version 5 in one > directory. > > > Another useful trick I use is to use version specific FE preferences. > This way I can maintain multiple init.m files. Just incase of some weird > version specific FE corruption of init.m file my other Mathematica > installs are not affected and specifically on Mac this was the only way > I found I could run Mathematica version 5. > > In Version 8.0 you could goto, > > Mathematica>> Preferences>> System>> (Check the box under "System > Settings"-> Create and maintain version specific front end preferences.) > > Hope this helps, > > Vivek J. Joshi > > > > On Dec 19, 2010, at 11:39 PM, richard i pelletier wrote: > >> hi, >> >> i have seen, from a couple of posts over the years, that this is > obvious >> and elementary to many of you, but i could really use a little >> hand-holding. (I have never seen an answer that i could put into > action.) >> >> can someone please tell me _exactly_ how to set up two versions of >> mathematica so that i can run either one -- not simultaneously --, >> without having to go change the names of folders? >> >> i am running version 7 on mac OS 10.6.5 -- i.e. snow leopard. i have > >> downloaded version 8. all i want is to be able to run version 8, quit > >> it, and then run version 7, quit it, and then run version 8, etc. >> >> thanks, >> >> rip >> >> -- >> email address is r i p 1 AT c o m c a s t DOT n e t >> > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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- switching between versions 7 and 8
- From: richard i pelletier <bitbucket@comcast.net>
- Re: switching between versions 7 and 8
- From: "Vivek J. Joshi" <vivekj@wolfram.com>
- switching between versions 7 and 8