Re: switching between versions 7 and 8
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg114894] Re: switching between versions 7 and 8
- From: David Annetts <david.annetts at iinet.net.au>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:22:24 -0500 (EST)
- References: <201012200539.AAA22719@smc.vnet.net>
Hi Richard, My experience with this, under XP, was to simply install v8. Files created under v8 were opened with v8, but the default behaviour was to start v7. I could open any .nb file with either version from after starting. But on a Mac, YMMV. D. On 20/12/2010 13:39, 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 >
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- switching between versions 7 and 8
- From: richard i pelletier <bitbucket@comcast.net>
- switching between versions 7 and 8