Installing PowerCoach X on Mac OS X
Go to the News page of PowerCoach ACADEMY. Enter your password into Personal Domain Login. From your Personal Domain, go to Software Download page.
Download PowerCoach X (install package) for Mac OS.
Unstuff the downloaded file. You get a folder named "PowerCoach_X" containing 4 objects:
- PowerCoach_X.app (file)
- DATA (folder)
- MEDIA (folder)
- TOOLS (folder)
Note: if you have problems to unstuff the downloaded file, try StuffIt Expander.
Move the downloaded "PowerCoach_X" folder into "Applications".
To launch the program easily from the Dock, open the "PowerCoach_X" folder into "Applications" and drag
- "PowerCoach_X.app"
onto the Dock (this creates an alias to the original item).
To start the application, click the PowerCoach icon in the Dock.
When the dialog "Open" gets displayed, choose "My_Database_X.4DD" and cklick [OPEN]. The database file "My_Database_X.4DD" is located in the "DATA" folder in "PowerCoach_X".
Note that the file extension ".4DD" is mandatory for a PowerCoach database, but you can change the file name. For example, you may name your database "Ann_Smith.4DD".
Important: You must quit the PowerCoach program before renaming a database.
When the PowerCoach start screen gets displayed, click the release version to choose your user language (English, French or German).
Click anywhere else on start screen to resume initialization.
When the LICENSE dialog gets displayed, enter your firstname and name into the first field. Optionally, enter the name of your organization into second field.
Click [OK] to get the next dialog with your license CODE and the LICENSE entry field.
To get your LICENSE, send your NAME and CODE to PowerCoach Software.
TIP: Simply click the license CODE. Your email program will automatically compile a corresponding email -- ready to send and requesting your license (Tech Tip 20070312).
If you don't know your license yet, click [CANCEL]. Once you know your license, enter the license and click [OK].
Congratulations.
You are ready to use PowerCoach software !You might want to start with the following steps:
- Downloading and importing objects from PCO Library...
- Downloading and importing data series...
Note: [CTR]+[Q] means, hold down the control key and hit the Q key simultaneously. If you are not familiar with symbols used in the PowerCoach documentation, click here.