[Vwoolf] How to use the Virginia Woolf CD-ROM on a Mac

[Edward Mendelson]

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If you have access to the Virginia Woolf CD-ROM, and you have a Macintosh computer, here is how to use the CD-ROM:

If your Mac does not have a built-in CD-ROM, buy a USB DVD drive; if you have a recent Mac with USB-C ports, this one works very well:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6D8XB74?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details__;!!KGKeukY!3QDkeGswn0w55bTM55Nn0_4lYcZNnRybQoBniEGzmrrswhDOU-aWgfGCOuugi2crwKVR5ugbIl9t77QDZV-vdUzkED5iaOsWjoM$ 

Attach the drive to your Mac (if your Mac doesn’t have one built-in), and insert the Virginia Woolf CD. After a few seconds, you should see a disk icon on your Mac desktop labeled VOLUME_1. 

Download this ZIP archive:

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If macOS doesn’t extract the Virginia Woolf macOS application from the ZIP archive, extract it and move to a convenient folder (e.g. your Mac Desktop or Applications folder). The application won’t run from the Downloads folder.

macOS willl refuse to run the application until you perform one further step. Open a macOS terminal (if you don’t know how to do this, search the web), and type the following string into the terminal, followed by a space (the space is essential) but do NOT press Return:

xattr -rc

Now drag the Virginia Woolf macOS application into the terminal so that its name appears after the string that you typed. Now press return.

Now run the application, with the CD in the CD drive and its disk icon visible on your desktop.

Be patient. The first time the application runs, macOS will ask for various permissions; grant them. It will also display a spurious message saying that “droplet” wants to receive keystrokes from other applications; this message is irrelevant; click “Deny” and the message will not appear again.

Use the application as you used it under Windows. You should be able to print to your default macOS printer and listen to the recording. You can click the up arrow at the upper right of the application window to make it fill the available space; this will make the text and images easier to read.

To exit, choose Exit from the File menu, or press Alt-F4 (or, probably, Fn-Alt-F4 if you did not set up your Mac keyboard to use the function keys as F1-F12 keys).

You will need to keep the CD-ROM in the drive in order to use this application. If you own a copy of the CD-ROM (and do not merely have access to a university copy), get in touch with me privately for something faster and more convenient.