Installing PowerCoach on Mac OS 9
Download the current release of PowerCoach for Mac OS9/Classic. Unstuff the downloaded file. You get a file named "PowerCoach_YYYYMMDD". Note: if you have problems to unstuff, try StuffIt Expander.
In "Applications" create a new folder named "PowerCoach".
Move the downloaded "PowerCoach_YYYYMMDD" file into the "PowerCoach" folder.
Within "PowerCoach" folder, create a folder named "DATA".
To launch the program easily from desktop create an alias of "PowerCoach_YYYYMMDD".
Double click the alias to start the application:
- When the "Open which data file..." dialog gets displayed, click [New...] button.
- When the "Create a data file..." dialog gets displayed, navigate to the DATA folder, enter a file name and click [Save] button.
NOTE: The name extension ".4DD" is mandatory for PowerCoach database files. For example, name your database "PowerCoach.4DD", "John_Power.4DD" or "POWER_COACHING.4DD".
When PowerCoach start screen gets displayed, click software release version to choose the 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 first field. Optionally, enter the name of your organization into second field.
Click [OK] to display CODE and LICENSE entry fields. As long as PowerCoach is not licensed, the program will display at startup this dialog:
- If you don't know your license yet, or if you don't want a licensed program, click [CANCEL].
- Once you know your license, enter the license into license field 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...