[Macpartners] Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Support Announcement

[Patrick M McNeal]

Hello,

Information Services and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce
support for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard.)

Known Issues
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Though many issues have been resolved, a few products are still not
compatible with 10.6, including: TSM 5.5, SAPgui 7.10 Revision 1.2, and
PGP Whole Disk Encryption 9. Users that rely on any of these
applications are strongly advised not to upgrade until updates are
released.

New versions of TSM and PGP are being reviewed by IS&T, and are expected
to be released to the MIT community in the near future. SAP has yet to
provide us with an updated client that provides 10.6 support.

For a full list of known issues, see the Mac OS X 10.6 product page:

  http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/macosx/106

Licensing
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IS&T has made Mac OS X 10.6 available to MIT faculty and staff for use
on MIT-owned equipment. For more information and to obtain licenses and
download the software, visit IS&T's Mac OS X 10.6 Distribution Site at:

  http://macosx.mit.edu [certificates required]

If you have questions about licensing or the Snow Leopard download
site, please direct them to vsls-help at mit.edu.

Students, faculty, and staff can obtain copies of Mac OS X 10.6 for
personal use via a number of retailers, including Apple and Amazon.

Upgrading
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IS&T strongly recommends that you make a complete backup of your hard
drive and run Disk Utility's "Repair Permissions" on your boot volume
before attempting to upgrade. Staff in administrative departments should
check with their local providers of computing support before proceeding
with upgrades on their own.

For more detailed information on installing and setting up Mac OS X
10.6, see:

  http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Snow_Leopard_Installation_Instructions.pdf

Updated Software
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IS&T has released new versions of the following applications with
Snow Leopard support:

* Apple VPN
* Kerberos Extras rev 15
* McAfee Security 1.0

Users of these applications should download updated installers from the
MIT Macintosh Software download page:

  http://tinyurl.com/ygmn7pj

Getting Help
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IS&T's Mac OS X 10.6 product page, which includes links to a number of
other documents, can be found here:

  http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/macosx/106

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Computing
Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or 617.253.1101. You can also submit
a request online at http://ist.mit.edu/support.

--Patrick for the Snow Leopard Release Team

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Patrick McNeal
Macintosh Platform Coordinator
ISDA, Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology