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Re: Installing ImageJ on a new Mac

Posted by wirthvolker on Jan 23, 2013; 7:35am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Installing-ImageJ-on-a-new-Mac-tp5001498p5001501.html

Hi Jon,
does it work, if you copy the ImageJ folder into "Applications"?
http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/docs/install/osx.html#install
Best regards,
Volker

2013/1/22 Jon Harman <[hidden email]>:

> Hi,
> I know PC's, but am clueless about Macs.  Someone with a new Mac asked me to
> help install ImageJ at a conference with only spotty internet access.  I
> tried to install it, but failed.  I hope someone can help me to figure out
> what I did wrong.  Sorry if my memory is poor about the details, but in the
> past it seemed easy to install ImageJ on a Mac.  Are things different now?
>
> I had an old IJ install zip file(IJ 145) for a mac which I placed on the
> desktop, double clicked, then navigated into the folder that was created and
> double clicked on ImageJ.   It complained that it needed Java 6.10 (or some
> flavor of Java 6). OK, so when I was able to get some internet time I
> downloaded the latest Java for Mac, which was version 7.  I installed that
> on his machine, but ImageJ still required Java 6 and would not work.
>
> What is the proper Java needed for ImageJ.  If it is not provided anymore on
> Macs where can I download a version that will work for ImageJ?  Would it be
> possible to have a bomb proof ImageJ installation package that automatically
> does all the needed steps.  I.e just as ImageJ is available for the PC as a
> self-installing program.
>
> Jon
>
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