Gizmos on Intel-based Macintosh

Last month Apple began selling new computers that make use of an Intel chip. Many software companies are working to update their products to work well with this new technology.

Here at ExploreLearning our Gizmos make use of the Shockwave for Director plug-in. If you have one of these brand new Mac's you may have noticed that you can't see the Gizmos. We don't like that at all! We got our hands on a new iMac last week and wanted to let you know that there is a way for you to start viewing the Gizmos!

The developer of this plug-in is Adobe (formerly Macromedia), and they have stated that they are working on updating the plug-in to work "natively" on the new Apple computers, but currently you will have to run in "Rosetta" mode which may slow down your computer a bit. In the future the plug-in will be updated and you will no longer need to follow these steps.

If you have a new Intel-based Macintosh follow these steps to view the Gizmos:

• Print this page (so you can quit your web browser and continue).
• Quit the Safari browser
• In the dock click and hold on the Safari icon
• Select "Show in Finder"
  
• You will now see the main Safari application
  
• With Safari selected choose File > Get Info from the menu, or use Apple-i keyboard combination
• You will see a checkbox labeled "Open using Rosetta" on the Safari Info panel
• Select that option
  
• Close that window and start Safari by clicking on the icon in the dock
• You should now be able to view Gizmos!

If you have any problems following these steps you may have to talk with your technology coordinator or teacher. If you are still having any problems be sure to drop a line to customer support and we will work with you to solve the problem.

As the software and technology associated with our content changes we will continue to keep you updated.