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The username/password is testuser/testuser
The username/password is testuser/testuser


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Revision as of 16:31, 4 April 2014

This page shows the instruction for running Specify with VirtualBox.



1. Install VirtualBox

Follow below link for Virtualbox installation for Mac.

- Virtualbox_install_only



2. Download Specify

Click the link below to download the appliance. The file size is about 2GB, so it would take a while to complete download.

- http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/Specify_v3.0_virtualbox.zip



3. Open appliance

Double click specify.vbox file to run the appliance.

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4. Decompress the downloaded file

After several minutes, the appliance completes booting up. Then run the Specify.

The username/password is testuser/testuser

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Resizing or scaling screen size

- The screen resolution can be easily adjusted by draging the right-bottom corner.
- If you use retina display, you would want to scale the screen itself. Then select "View" -> "Switch to scaled mode" at the Top menu.