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Contents

C.1 Using Stata datasets and graphs created on other platforms

C.2 Exporting a Stata graph to another document

C.3 Stata and the Notification Manager

C.4 Stata(console) for Mac

C.5 Calling Stata from Python

C.6 Changing a Stata for Mac license

C.1 Using Stata datasets and graphs created on other platforms

Stata will open any Stata .dta dataset or .gph graph file, regardless of the platform on which it

Suppose that you wish to export a Stata graph to a document created by your favorite word

processor or presentation application. You have two main choices for exporting graphs: you may copy

and paste the graph by using the Clipboard, or you may save the graph in one of several formats and

import the graph into the application.

C.2.1 Exporting the graph by using the Clipboard

The easiest way to export a Stata graph into another application is to use drag and drop. You can

select the graph in the Graph window and drag it to the location you would like it in another open

application.

You can also export graphs by copying and pasting.

Either create your graph or redisplay an existing graph. To copy it to the Clipboard, right-click

If pasting does not immediately work, see your application’s documentation on pasting images from

the Clipboard into documents.

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C.2.2 Exporting the graph to a file

Stata can export graphs to several different file formats. If you right-click on a graph, select Save

as..., and then click on the drop-down menu next to File format, you will see that Stata can save in

the following file types:

Enhanced PostScript (EPS, .eps) with or without a TIFF Preview, Graphics Interchange Format

suited for placing graphs on a webpage. See [G-2] graph export for more information.

C.3 Stata and the Notification Manager

You may work in another application while Stata is processing a time-intensive command or do-file.

Stata will notify you when it has finished by playing a sound and bouncing its application icon on

the Dock. The default notification behavior is for Stata to bounce its application icon on the Dock

once. The notification feature works only if Stata is put into the background while it is executing a

command or do-file. Stata will not notify you if it is in the foreground or requires further interaction

from you (such as a more condition). You can control how notifications work in Stata’s preferences.

C.4 Stata(console) for Mac

C.4.1 Requirements

You must already have Stata/SE or Stata/MP for the Mac installed and your license initialized

before installing Stata(console). If you have a single-user license and wish to have more than one

login ID use Stata at a time, please contact our sales department to purchase an upgrade to a multiuser

license. You should have some experience in working from a shell in Unix before attempting to set

up Stata(console). You must also have administrator access to your computer to complete the setup.

With administrator access, there is always the potential damaging your computer.

In the instructions that follow, use stata-mp in place of stata-se if you are installing the console

version of Stata/MP.

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C.4.2 Installing Stata(console) using the Terminal utility

If you have installed Stata in its default location /Applications/Stata, Stata(console) can be

If you would rather install Stata(console) by hand instead of using the built-in utility, read this

section. If you are not comfortable with Unix or are wary of damaging your computer, skip the rest

of this section. If you do not know when to use

setenv PATH /Applications/Stata:$PATH

and when to use

PATH=/Applications/Stata:$PATH

you should not attempt the installation.

1. Log in to your Mac with an account that has administrator privileges.

2. Install Stata/SE or Stata/MP in /Applications/Stata and initialize your license if Stata is not

already installed.

users modify their shell startup script to include /Applications/Stata/StataSE.app/Contents/MacOS in

their path. If they do not have a .bash profile file already, they should make one and include the

following line:

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Stata/StataSE.app/Contents/MacOS

C.4.4 Updating Stata(console) in the future

Stata(console) is automatically updated when the regular Stata(GUI) application is updated. All

updating should be performed from within Stata(GUI).

C.5 Calling Stata from Python

You can call Stata from Python using the pystata Python package. This includes a suite of API func-

tions and IPython magic commands that can be used to interact with Stata and Mata. To learn more about

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C.6 Changing a Stata for Mac license

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