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FirstClass Installation for Macintosh
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Installing
FirstClass
What is your current FirstClass
version? To find out, from the FirstClass menu
choose About FirstClass Client.
- Print these instructions.
- Click here to download the FirstClass
9.126 for Mac installation software. The Download
Manager may open and a file called FC9126US.dmg will
appear on your Macintosh desktop. (You may see a message
saying that the file contains an application and asking whether
you want to continue. If so, click Continue.)
- If any version of FirstClass is already installed on this
computer, first follow the removal instructions then
continue with the installation. You will not be able to install
FirstClass 9 unless previous versions have been deleted.
- Quit from all programs including the browser you are using
to read these instructions and refer to your printed instructions.
- Double-click on FC9126US.dmg, causing it to create
a volume called FC9126USClient on the
desktop. It may automatically open the volume, but if not,
double-click FC9126USClient to open it.
- In the window that appears, double-click the FirstClass 9126US icon
to launch the install program. You can click through each install
window, as follows:
Introduction: Continue
License: Continue, and then Agree
Installation Type: Easy Install
Would you like to add the FirstClass Client to your dock?: Yes or No
Finish Up: Quit
- If Quit is grayed out, click once on the Installation successful
window to make it the active window then click Quit.
- FirstClass should now launch automatically as noted by the
new FirstClass icon in the dock. If the
Login window does not appear, from the menu choose Collaborate > Connect.
Click
the Advanced button in the Login window so
that it opens up a new bottom section shown in this picture.
- Click the Setup button to open a Service
Setup window.
In the Connect via field choose Local Network.fcp.
In the Server field type firstclass.wellesley.edu
Do not enter information in the other fields.
Click Save.
- Log in with your FirstClass User ID and password.
- There is now a FirstClass icon on your dock because FirstClass
is open. If you would like to make a permanent FirstClass 9.126
icon in the dock, click and hold down the mouse on the FirstClass
icon in the dock. Then select Keep in Dock from the
pop-up menu.
- If you preserved a personal dictionary file (user.fct) before
removing a previous installation of FirstClass, you can add
it to your version 9 installation. FirstClass > Quit
FirstClass, then locate the file that you saved in
the FirstClass removal instructions and drag it to the Home > Library > Firstclass > Tools folder.
- Close all windows and drag the FC9126US.dmg file and
the Install FirstClass® Client volume to the Trash.
From the Finder menu choose Empty Trash.
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Removing
FirstClass
- Exit from FirstClass. If there is an arrow under the FirstClass
icon on the dock, select it and from the FirstClass menu
choose Quit FirstClass.
- Click once on the Finder icon in the dock.
- Go > Applications
- Find the FirstClass icon and drag it to the Trash then
close the Applications window.
- Go > Home
- Open the Library folder.
- Open the FirstClass folder.
- If there is a Download folder within the FirstClass folder,
it may contain files you received as attachments. If there
is anything here that you need to keep, move it to another
location on your computer or a removable disk so that it is
no longer in the FirstClass folder. Close the Download folder.
- If you have personal dictionary entries for your FirstClass
spell check you can save them in a temporary location be used
with a new installation. Open the Tools folder
within the FirstClass folder and locate the file called user.fct.
Drag the file to your Macintosh Desktop or other location outside
of the FirstClass folder. The FirstClass 9 installation instructions
explain how to replace this file to use with the new version.
Click the back button to close the Tools folder.
- Click the back button again so that you see the closed FirstClass
folder inside the Library folder, then drag the FirstClass folder
to the Trash.
- Close the Library window.
- If you have a FirstClass icon on your dock, click on it once
and drag it off the dock.
- From the Finder menu choose Empty Trash and
click OK to confirm. If you see a message
that some files cannot be deleted, hold down the OPTION key
while you go to the Finder menu and choose Empty
Trash.
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- Becky Atwood, ratwood@wellesley.edu
- Information services
- Modified:
22 September, 2009
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