Please refer to the Macintosh Help and Readme files in your product for details of how to install and run the BirdGuides product on the Mac.

Mac OS X

Unfortunately Mac OS X is not backward-compatible with Mac OS 9, and the version of "Classic" OS 9 packaged with it will not run our programs either. We recompiled all of our Version 7 programs together with the Concise Guide to British Birds, Eastern Birds, and the CD-ROM Guide to British Butterflies, to run directly on Mac OS X, which is fine for 10.3.x and 10.4.x, but unfortunately will not now work on Apple's latest Leopard 10.5.x.

Please email us at with your full postal address for a copy of an OS X Updater CD if you have 10.3.x or 10.4.x, or for options available to you if you have 10.5.x Leopard.

BWPi 2.0, the DVD-ROM Guide to British Birds (Version 9) and BBi all work on Leopard 10.5.x.

Mac OS 9

We have found that some Macintosh computers with USB ports seem to "freeze" when launching our products. They get to the splash screen with the progress bar, but no further. We have been working hard to find the solution to this problem and think that we have found it:

1. Click to download the USB Floppy Enabler.
2. Once the file has downloaded "unzip" it using a program such as Stuffit Expander or Zipit.
3. Once the file is unzipped copy the contents into the Extensions folder in your System Folder.
4. Restart your Macintosh.

NB. Neither of the above sections applies to BWPi or any of our forthcoming Version 8 products, which are compatible with Mac OS X only.

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