You CAN install the latest version of Make-the-Cut (in some OTHER folder location), run the new and old simultaneously, and cut & paste content between them. Clear shelf paper does a good job as transfer paper. A pin or exacto blade point makes a great weeding tool. Use transfer paper to install stickers with after weeding them (removing all the unwanted bits). A blank CD makes a good measuring tool for this job. Pens should be set to about one-CD-thickness (about 1mm) higher than the top surface of the material when the carriage is "up". Watch the rest of your evening disappear. Set speed to "EXTREME", select the checkbox that says "never use serial protocol". 
Set blade height (on blade holder) and cutting pressure (knob on lower left of machine) appropriately for your material.The "standard" blades have red caps and the "deep cut" blades have blue caps. The right settings can make all the difference between a perfect result and a ruined one. Don't guess at the blade type, blade height, or pressure settings.These are literally the only buttons you'll need to use.
The "UNLOAD" button is the bottom-right-most unlabeled button.
The "LOAD" button is one left and one up from the bottom-right corner of the unlabeled expanse of buttons.
Whenever you're ready to use the machine, turn it on, secure your material to the cutting mat, and load the mat in the machine. Use whatever software to prepare your designs. Select your proper cutting mat size & orientation. Don't fool yourself into trying to peel anything off the mat. you want your material to stay secure while being cut, but not stick so badly that you ruin the piece removing it from the mat. Locate your cutting mat, make sure the stickyness matches your material. Be careful handling the machine with the cables plugged in - the ports have been known to get broken. The cables plug in at the bottom of the right-rear corner. Plug in the power brick and connect the USB cable to the design station PC. You don't need to tighten the holder very much at all. BE CAREFUL - the plastic bracket can break. Check the blade holder, if needed, install a new holder and/or tool or pen and set the tool/pen height. Do not try to update the software, as it no longer works with the machine since v4.2* We have a registered copy of Make-the-Cut that still supports the Cricut machine, installed on the design station PC (first machine on the left in the 3d printing lab). The machine can cut thin/soft materials such as paper, foam-core and vinyl sheets and it can also act like a pen-plotter.
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