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<div>Information Services and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce full support for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and higher.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; ">Mountain Lion introduces several new features and changes, including new Notes and Reminders applications that sync with Exchange, updated Mail, Contacts, and Calendar applications, and a security feature named Gatekeeper that blocks
unsigned software and reduces the risk of installing malware. A full list of <a href="http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/" target="_blank">new features</a> can be found on Apple's website.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; ">The minimum system requirements to run OS X Mountain Lion are as follows: </div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; ">2 GB of memory</li><li style="margin: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span">8 GB of availabl</font><font class="Apple-style-span">e space</font></li><li style="margin: 0px; ">OS X 10.6.8 or later required to upgrade</li></ul>
<div><span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Mountain Lion supports the following Mac models:</span>
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<li style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)</li><li style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)</li><li style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)</li><li style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">Xserve (Early 2009)</li><li style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)</li><li style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)</li><li style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ">Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)</li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span">IS&T has purchased Mountain Lion licenses for MIT faculty and staff for use on MIT-owned equipment. Mountain Lion can be downloaded, free of charge, from IS&T’s <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/macosx/108" target="_blank">Software
Grid</a>. </font>Before upgrading on their own, departmental users should first check with their local IT support provider regarding the rollout plan for the new operating system.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; "><a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/XAAPC" target="_blank">Documentation specific to OS X Mountain Lion</a>, including <span style="color: rgb(27, 57, 245); "><a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/RQBpC" target="_blank">upgrade
instructions</a>, </span>can be found in the Knowledge Base.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; ">For assistance with Mountain Lion, contact the Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or <a href="mailto:helpdesk@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(27, 57, 245); ">helpdesk@mit.edu</span></a>. You can also <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/support#form" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(27, 57, 245); ">submit
a request online</span></a>.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; ">Those using plain-text email can view the formatted announcement in the Knowledge Base: <a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/A4wBCQ">http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/A4wBCQ</a></div>
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~ Justin</div>
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<i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">On behalf of the Software Release Team and IS&T</i><br>
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<div>Justin Fleming</div>
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<div>Systems Engineering, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">IS&T, MIT</span></div>
<div><a href="mailto:jtflem@mit.edu">jtflem@mit.edu</a> | 617.253.0157 | W92-229A</div>
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