[Macpartners] IS&T Announces Full Support for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and Higher

[Justin Fleming]

Good morning,

Information Services and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce full support for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and higher.

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 new features<http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/> can be found on Apple's website.

The minimum system requirements to run OS X Mountain Lion are as follows:

  *   2 GB of memory
  *   8 GB of available space
  *   OS X 10.6.8 or later required to upgrade

Mountain Lion supports the following Mac models:

  *   iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
  *   MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
  *   MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
  *   Xserve (Early 2009)
  *   MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
  *   Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
  *   Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)

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 Software Grid<http://ist.mit.edu/macosx/108>.  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.

Documentation specific to OS X Mountain Lion<http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/XAAPC>, including upgrade instructions<http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/RQBpC>, can be found in the Knowledge Base.

For assistance with Mountain Lion, contact the Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or helpdesk at mit.edu<mailto:helpdesk at mit.edu>. You can also submit a request online<http://ist.mit.edu/support#form>.

Those using plain-text email can view the formatted announcement in the Knowledge Base: http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/A4wBCQ

~ Justin

On behalf of the Software Release Team and IS&T
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Justin Fleming
Mac Platform Coordinator
Software Release Team
Systems Engineering, IS&T, MIT
jtflem at mit.edu<mailto:jtflem at mit.edu> | 617.253.0157 | W92-229A

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