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Information for using Mac OS X at ACU National
Macs running OS 10.4 and higher can participate in the ACU network.
Lotus Notes 6 is available on the Mac platform. Entourage will be available to staff when ACU moves to Exchange for its e-mail servers.
Printing
Macs are able to print to printers at ACU by printing directly to the printer's IP address. All print drivers are located locally on each Mac.
Internet
Safari is supported on Macs as it is the default browser which comes with OSX. Safari is supported by WebCT. Internet Explorer is not supported by Microsoft for the Mac platform.
Media players
Macs are able to play all media formats. Windows based media files can be played through the Mac version of Media Player and also the Flip4Mac plug-in for Quicktime.
Windows
All Intel based Macs have the ability to run Windows in either native mode (bootcamp) or a virtualised mode (parallels/VMfusion).
ACU Software
Below is a comparison of software commonly used at ACU and its ability to run under OSX. As this list is constantly changing please contact ITCS Client Support Services to see if there have been any late changes.
|
Software |
Available on Mac |
Comments |
|
MS Office |
Y |
Current version of Office is 2004 and is different to the Windows version but still compatible |
|
Word |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Excel |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Access |
|
No Mac version |
|
Powerpoint |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Frontpage |
|
No Mac version |
|
Publisher |
|
No Mac version |
|
PowerDVD |
Y |
OSX has built in DVD playback software |
|
Nero Burning ROM |
|
OSX has built in CD/DVD burning |
|
Adobe Reader 8 |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Inoculate IT |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Java |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Quicktime |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Flash |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Shockwave |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
SPSS 14 |
|
Lastest version of SPSS is version 13 and will only run on PowerPC based Macs. SPSS 16 is available for Intel based Macs |
|
End Note X |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
Ebrary Reader |
|
No Mac version |
|
Lotus Notes |
Y |
Runs fine |
|
ws FTP |
Y |
OSX has built in FTP access |
|
Banner |
|
Banner 5 does not have a Mac version, Banner 7 is web based and will run on the Mac platform |
|
Putty |
|
OSX has built in SSH client |
|
Nvivo 7 |
|
No Mac version |
|
Macromedia Webtools |
Y |
A license will need to be purchased for the machine |
|
Adobe Photoshop |
Y |
A license will need to be purchased for the machine |
|
CS2/CS3 |
Y |
A license will need to be purchased for the machine |
Other Software
If a software application is not included on this list please contact ITCS Client Support Services or your vendor for advice.
