Software Download

Download and Install Available Software

You may freely install and use the programs below whille you are part of the Haverford community.

Licenses for some of these applications limited the number of computers running that program concurrently. Keyserver is a program which tracks usage and assures we are in compliance such licenses. To use this restricted software you must install a Keyserver Client. Programs that require Keyserver Client are denoted with an * after their name.

Note: Some of these files are large and may take a significant amount of time to download. Downloads are available only for supported operating systems: Macintosh OS X (10.3 and newer), Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

Carefully select the appropriate installer for your system.

Type of Software	Applications Available
Antivirus Software and AntiSpyware CRITICAL--You must install this software
Virus Protection	Vista/XP: McAfee EPO/VirusScan Mac OS 10.4/10.5: McAfee VirusScan 8.6.1
Operating System Updates CRITICAL--Install all critical security updates for your operating system
OS Updates	Vista: Check for updates via the Control Panel XP: Follow instructions from Microsoft Mac OS X: Follow instructions from Apple
Internet and Mail Software Email, Web and other software to keep you connected with the world
Adobe Acrobat Reader	Vista/XP/Mac: Adobe Acrobat Reader (from Adobe)
Adobe Flash Player	Vista/XP/Mac: Flash Player (from Adobe)
Email	Vista/XP/Mac: Thunderbird Eudora users: Contact the Help Desk for migration information.
Google Earth	Vista/XP/Mac: Google Earth (from Google)
FTP Client	Mac/XP/Vista: FileZilla (FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License. See filezilla-project.org) Mac: Fetch
Media players	Vista/XP/Mac: VLC (free, open source software from VideoLAN) Vista/XP/Mac: QuickTime (from Apple) Mac: Flip4Mac (from Microsoft) Vista/XP/Mac: RealPlayer at Haverford
Sound editor	Vista/XP/Mac: Audacity (Audacity is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License. See audacity.sourceforge.net)
VPN Client	Vista/XP/Mac: VPN Client
Web Browser	Vista/XP/Mac: FireFox (from Mozilla)
Multimedia Software Create, edit, and view images, web pages, animations and videos
Adobe Acrobat Pro 9*	Contact the Help Desk.
Adobe Photoshop CS3*
Adobe Indesign CS3*
Adobe Illustrator CS3*
Adobe Contribute CS3*
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3*
Adobe Flash CS3*
Academic Software Software used in Haverford Courses. Limited support from ACC.
ArcGis GIS Software	Vista/XP: ArcGIS is available for faculty and staff. Contact the contact the Help Desk.
ChemDraw	Vista/XP/Mac: Chemdraw (follow instructions on CambidgeSoft web site)
Latina Latin language tool	Vista/XP:Latina Drills 4.0 Mac: Latina Drills 4.0
Mathematica Mathematical software	Vista/XP: Mathematica 7 Mac: Mathematica 7 Student versions only. Faculty/staff versions are available through the Math department. Contact Rob Manning or David Lippel.
Origin Scientific graphing and data analysis	Vista/XP: Origin 8 [31.8 MB] Mac: N/A
PC Spartan Chemical modeling software	Vista/XP: PC Spartan Plus [5.95 MB] Vista/XP: PC Spartan Pro [8.17 MB] Vista users--Ignore the installer's error message about the Aladdin Device Driver. The program seems to work properly after installation.
Rasmol and PyMol Molecular modeling	XP: Rasmol 2.7 [592 KB] Mac: Rasmol 2.7 [1.8 MB] Vista/XP: PyMOL v1.1 OS X 10.4: PyMol v1.1 (Uncompress and drag into your Applications folder.)
Sequencher* DNA sequence assembly software	Vista/XP: Sequencher 4.8 OS X: Sequencher 4.8
SciFinder Scholar Reference scientific information in journals and patent literature	Vista/XP/Mac: SciFinder Scholar Online (access via Tripod)
Sibelius Music notation software	Vista/XP: Sibelius 6 Mac: Sibelius 6
Stata * Statistical software	Vista/XP: Stata 10 Mac: Stata 10 Student version only. Faculty/staff requiring Stata should contact their liaison.
Miscellaneous Software Other useful software
Database	FileMaker 8.0
Keyserver License Manager	Vista/XP: Keyserver Mobile Client 6.2 Mac (10.4 - 10.6): Keyserver Client 6.2 When installing, enter the Keyserver address: keyserver.haverford.edu See Additional Keyserver information
Microsoft Office File Compatibilty	Microsoft Office Compatibility Issues
Microsoft Office 2007 Add-in	Vista/XP with Office 2007: Microsoft Save as PDF (download from Microsoft)
Compression	XP:Justzipit (from Free-backup.info) Vista: Right-click on file or folder. Select "Extract All..." to expand or "Send to archive" to compress. Mac: Stuffit Expander (from Smith Micro)
Screen Reader	XP: Jaws for Windows
Spyware Removal	XP: Windows Defender (download from Microsoft) XP: Spybot (from Safer-Networking) Vista: Windows Defender included with Vista. Mac: Spyware is not a widespread problem for Macintoshes.
Type of Software	Applications Available

* Requires Keyserver.

For Questions and Comments, contact Haverford College's Academic Computing Center.
Last updated on November 12, 2009