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## Social Security Benefit Calculator Download

Obtaining the calculator electronically

The calculator (see description)            can be obtained from this website. The             sections below describe how to do this for the Windows and Mac OS             versions.

Note on downloading files

If you have trouble using one of the links below to download the files to a Windows              machine, try right-clicking the link and selecting the "Save target as" or similar             option on the pop-up menu. This will allow you to download the file to your              computer.

Downloading a Windows installation file

The downloadable files are stored in an InstallShield file.             InstallShield uses the Windows Installer service, which comes             with all recent versions of Windows. You can simply download our             InstallShield installation file by clicking on             Calculator.msi             (4,690,944 bytes).

Downloading a Windows zip file

If you would rather not use the Windows installation file, we             provide an alternative version of the calculator setup package as a simple             Winzip self-extracting file. It contains the same files as Calculator.msi, and             installs them in the same place, but the Winzip version of the calculator setup             package does not create desktop and start menu shortcuts, and does not allow             for uninstallation from the Control Panel.

The 2024.1 version of the calculator and data, updated through 2023, can be             downloaded by choosing the appropriate setup file in the following table.
| Installation type                | Install file                                    | Comments                                                                                          |
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Windows Installer file           | Calculator.msi                (4,690,944 bytes) | Uses the Windows installer service, and creates shortcuts and                   Start Menu items. |
| Windows self-extracting zip file | anypia32z.exe                (1,793,024 bytes)  | Forget the Windows Installer! Just give me the files!                                             |

Installing the Windows version

After downloading the calculator, install it by executing the downloaded file.             The InstallShield dialog boxes will guide you through the installation process.             When it is finished, you will have a folder named **Calculator** with 32             files: anypia32.exe, anypia32.chm, 29 sample files, and a readme file             (readme.txt). The default location for the folder is in a folder named **SSA**,             inside your **Program Files** folder. There will also be an entry in your             Start Menu and an alias on your desktop for the benefit calculator. To start             the calculator, choose it from the Start Menu, or click the alias on the             desktop.

To uninstall the calculator, choose **Settings**,             **Control Panel**, **Add/Remove Programs** from the Start             menu. Highlight **Social Security Benefit Calculator**            and click **Remove**.

Note on installation

Some people have encountered problems installing the detailed	     calculator on computers running Windows where the installation file is 	     not allowed to write to the installation directory. If you encounter this problem, 	     download the installation file to your machine as explained in the note 	     above.  Then try changing the installation directory from the default 	     C:\Program Files\SSA Benefit Calculator\ to a directory 	     outside of Program Files such as C:\SSA Benefit Calculator\. 	     This works for most people. If this doesn't work for you, 	     contact us using the link below.

As an alternative, you can download the zip installation file,	     which should install without any problems. However, you will have to 	     create your own shortcuts and start menu items if you do this.

Downloading the Mac OS version

The downloadable files are stored in a self-extracting archive. The             2024.1 version of the calculator and data, updated through 2023, is in the             **Anypia.dmg** disk image file. Click on Anypia.dmg           (10,306,971 bytes) to download the Mac OS version.

Install the calculator by expanding **Anypia.dmg**, which will create	  a disk image on your computer.  Then run the **Anypia.app** program inside the disk image, 	  which will prompt you to select a folder where you want the calculator installed. 	  A folder called **Benefit Calculator** will be created in the folder you select.            It contains 31 files: **Anypia**, 29 sample files, and a readme file             (readme.txt). Start the calculator by double-clicking on **Anypia**.

The **Benefit Calculator** folder also contains two subfolders named **html**            and **images**. The **html** subfolder contains about 400 help files in             html format, divided among 12 subfolders. The **images** subfolder contains             17 .gif files used in the html files. Start your browsing of the help files             with **main_index.html** in the **html** subfolder.

To uninstall the calculator, drag the **Benefit Calculator** folder to the             trashcan.

Note that this Mac version will not work on a Mac running Lion or newer	  versions of the OS X operating system.  We hope to produce a Mac version which will 	  work on newer versions of OS X, but we have very limited resources to devote to           that project at this time.

Questions or comments

If you have questions or comments about the Detailed Calculator, please visit our      Contact Social Security       page for ways to contact us.  Remember to use "Detailed Calculator" as the subject      so we know which calculator your question or comment refers to.

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