Guitropolis: An Adventure in Learning the Guitar

Guitropolis for Macintosh

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Check to confirm your computer system meets the minimum system requirements. The minimum system requirements are listed on the bottom of the Guitropolis box, page 2 of the Guitropolis manual, and the readme.txt file located on the Guitropolis CD-ROM.
Check to confirm your CD-ROM drive is installed correctly on your computer.

Check to confirm your computer system meets the minimum system requirements. The minimum system requirements are listed on the bottom of the Guitropolis box, page 2 of the Guitropolis manual, and the readme.txt file located on the Guitropolis CD-ROM.
Close any other programs that may be running besides Mac OS and Guitropolis.
Check to confirm that 'Virtual Memory' on the 'Memory' Control Panel is turned off.
If you have 16 (or more) megabytes of RAM, you may allocate more memory for Guitropolis by selecting the Guitropolis icon, choosing 'Get Info' from the 'File' menu, and changing the memory size to 8192.
Guitropolis may not perform optimally on networked computers. To improve performance, disconnect from any networks that your machine is connected to before running Guitropolis.

Make sure that the volume on your computer and your computer speakers is turned up sufficiently.

Check to confirm that QuickTime Version 2.5 (or higher) is installed properly on your computer. (Note: The Guitropolis Installer runs the QuickTime Installer automatically.)

Check to confirm that your monitor's resolution is set to 640 x 480 pixels, the optimum setting to view Guitropolis.

Your system is low on memory. Disable any unneecessary extensions,and close any programs that are running concurrently with Guitropolis, including the Chord Computer and/or Guitar Tuner.

Though a standard installation of Guitropolis requires 19MB of free space, it may be necessary to free several additional MBs of hard drive space for temporary and support files during installation.