[PyMOL] Mobile PyMOL Problem and Solution

[Jason V. <jas...@sc...>]

Greetings,

On Oct 28th, the folks at the PDB made some changes to their PDB Web
Services interface. This change broke Mobile PyMOL's ability to search
for and download PDBs.

I have updated Mobile PyMOL and will soon resubmit it to the AppStore
for verification and release. This process takes typically takes no
less than 8 days. So, in the meantime for the 7,000 Mobile PyMOL users
please use the following technique to acquire structures:
  (1) Using Safari on the iPad browse to the www.pdb.org and find the
structure you want.
  (2) Click "Download Files" from the upper right hand side of the
structure's page and then select "PDB File (Text)".
  (3) Click "Open in PyMOL".

Happily, as a long-term solution, I've established contact with the
PDB Web Services Group and we'll now be made aware of future changes.
The PDB is an extremely valuable resource in the community and I'm
glad we could work this out.

Cheers,

-- Jason

-- 
Jason Vertrees, PhD
PyMOL Product Manager
Schrödinger, Inc.

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