Dear John,
Jmol, by itself, is challenging to use for most purposes. It has an
extensive command language with thousands of commands and permutations.
Therefore many people, myself included, have created explanations or
tutorials that show molecules using Jmol, but are much easier to use,
with built-in help that is lacking in Jmol per se.
Examples are
* http://biomodel.uah.es/en/model3 (Carbohydrates, Lipids, Vitamins,
Proteins, Nucleic Acids)
* http://MolviZ.Org (DNA, hemoglobin, antibody, water, lactose
repressor, collagen, etc.)
* http://Proteopedia.Org has many articles with interactive molecule
in Jmol. Use the search slot, or browse lists at:
* http://proteopedia.org/w/High_school_teachers%27_resources
* http://proteopedia.org/w/Teaching_Scenes%2C_Tutorials%2C_and_Educators'_Pages
For general exploration of any macromolecule, I believe
http://FirstGlance.Jmol.Org is easiest (disclosure of possible bias: I
wrote the user interface) but it is designed for research or specialized
study. If you want to give students access to specific molecules not
available in existing tutorials, you can make your own web page with
links that show the molecule in FirstGlance, or your own page in
Proteopedia.Org.
To answer your question:
Jmol is not, as far as I know, available in the Apple Store. You
download it free from http://Jmol.org.
Jmol is available as a stand-alone application (Jmol.jar). It has almost
no built-in help. To do more than see the initial view of a molecule,
you need to use the menu (complicated, no help) or learn the commands.
Yes, you can drop it onto the Mac Dock (on the right end).
The resources I listed above, designed for students and educators, all
work in a web browser, using the plug-in form of Jmol (JSmol or the Java
applet). For those, all you need is a bookmark or link. Nothing needs to
be installed, except Java which is not necessary for most purposes.
Please don't hesitate to ask if we can help.
-Eric
On 6/1/16 3:41 PM, John Keller wrote:
Hi All,
I don't see Jmol in the Apple App Store. Is there an easy way for a
Mac user, such as a high school teacher, to install Jmol on their OS X
machine? Hopefully this would place the Jmol icon on the toolbar too.
John Keller
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