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Useful Web Pages

English Department Pages

• The English IT Support Queue -- Users submit help tickets to this support queue, and the English IT team works on them from here. E-mail sent to engtech@ithelp.uoregon.edu will also be sent to the queue. The queue is managed by banner, so sometimes it can be a little sluggish.

On Campus Pages

• Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) - http://it.uoregon.edu/acceptable-use-policy
• UO Copyright information - http://filesharing.uoregon.edu/
• Required UO Design Elements - http://digital.uoregon.edu/required-design-and-content-elements
• CMET -- The UO Libraries' Center for Media and Educational Technologies (CMET) provides the University community with classroom technology, educational video support, and interactive media development for teaching/learning, research, public service, and outreach. http://libweb.uoregon.edu/cmet/
• Network Service's Jack Activation Page -- This is the place to go to request an ethernet jack be turned on. Networking Services will charge about $100 to activate a jack, so get your FIS Index Number ready. (Valid UO e-mail required for authentication.)
• Mailman is a mail list management program. It replaced Majordomo on May 1, 2012. You can read more about it here: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html
  • Basic commands: https://it.uoregon.edu/node/2851
  • Mailman Manual: it.uoregon.edu/mailman
  • Mailman Web Interface: https://lists.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo
• UO Central IT e-mail configuration web pages:
  • http://it.uoregon.edu/email-settings
  • http://it.uoregon.edu/set-up-email
• UO Central IT web page that allows a user to to manage UO e-mail and other central computing resources. https://duckid.uoregon.edu/login.jsp
• UO website for managing voicemail messages and phones. https://voiceweb.uoregon.edu/
• Various business forms: http://ba.uoregon.edu/forms

Off Campus Pages

Macintosh Utilities

Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina (released October 7, 2019)

This is a major update. The new Mac 10.15 OS breaks older 32 bit software (like McAfee, and especially Adobe software), requireing a reinstall of various application software. Another large change will be that iTunes will be replaced with other services (see https://www.techradar.com/news/this-is-what-life-after-itunes-looks-like-in-macos-catalina. As usual -- and because of the collatoral updates required -- I recommend waiting until December or January before upgrading to the new OS to allow extra time for Apple to issue patches, for third party vendors to catch up, and for users to have sufficient time between projects to update.

• Preview of Catalina: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/apple-shares-its-vision-for-macos-10-15-catalina-cross-platform-apps-are-key/
• Another review: https://www.techradar.com/news/macos-catalina
• Official Ars Technica Review of MacOS 10.15:
  https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/macos-10-15-catalina-the-ars-technica-review/
  "Apple's operating system releases have all seemed a bit rushed this year--go ahead and give the company a couple of months to patch Catalina before you install it, if you can."
• The Register: MacOS wakes to a bright Catalina sunrise--and broken Adobe apps
  https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/08/adobe_catalina/
  "'Apple released a version of the OS last night that differs from their GM,' one expert told us, 'making Adobe 2019 incompatible to install.'"
• Mac Rumors: Changes with Catalina
  https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/07/apple-releases-macos-catalina/
  "...macOS Catalina brings some major changes to the Mac, eliminating the iTunes app in favor of new Music, Podcasts, and TV apps. The three apps offer similar functionality to iTunes, but are split up by feature."
• Mac Rumors: Catalina iCloud Folder Sharing Delayed
  https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/08/apple-delays-icloud-folder-sharing-catalina-spring/
• MacRumoers Catalina Roundup:
  https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macos-10-15/
• Apple Support: Incompatible Media, Final Cut Pro X, Quicktime, and Media Formats...
  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209000

List of hardware compatible with Catalina:

• MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
• Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
• iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
• iMac Pro (2017 or newer)
• Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)

Mac OS X 10.14 Movaje (released Fall 2018)

Reveiw of Mojave: https://arstechnica.com/features/2018/09/macos-10-14-mojave-the-ars-technica-review/
Thirteen problems with Mojave (and how to deal with them): https://macpaw.com/how-to/fix-macos-mojave-problems
The Zero-Day Privacy Flaw in Mojave: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/24/macos-mojave-bypass-vulnerability/
Reminder about 32-bit software and the latest versions of the Mac OS: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208436


List of Macs Compatible with Mojave

• MacBook Pro (mid 2012 and newer)
• MacBook Air (mid 2012 and newer)
• MacBook (early 2015 and later)
• iMac (late 2012 or newer)
• iMac Pro (2017 or newer)
• Mac Pro (late 2013 or newer, or mid 2010 and mid 2012 models with Metal capable GPU)
• Mac Mini (late 2012 or newer)

Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra (released Fall 2017)

List of Macs Compatible with High Sierra

• iMac (Late 2009 and later)
• iMac (Late 2012 and later) Recommended
• MacBook (Late 2009 and later)
• MacBook (Early 2016 and later) Recommended
• MacBook Air (2010 and later)
• MacBook Air (Mid 2012 and later) Recommended
• MacBook Pro (2010 and later)
• MacBook Pro (Early 2011 later) Recommended

Depreciated September 2019 Mac OS X 10.12.6 Sierra (released Fall 2016)

List of Macs Compatible with Sierra

• iMac (Late 2009 and later)
• MacBook (Late 2009 and later)
• MacBook Air (2010 and later)
• MacBook Pro (2010 and later)
• Mac Mini (2010 and later)
• Mac Pro (2010 and later)

Depreciated Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Depreciated Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Depreciated Dec 1 2016 Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

• Ars Technica Review of Mavericks http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/
• Mavericks Version of iWork (Keynote, Numbers, and Pages) a Software Update FAIL http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/28/apples_massive_software_update_fail/
• iCloud, Keychain, passwords etc: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/apple-claim-that-icloud-can-store-passwords-only-locally-seems-to-be-false/
• How to Use iCloud Keychain: http://www.macworld.com/article/2058081/how-to-use-icloud-keychain.html
• Top 6 Mavericks Annoyances and How To Fix Them: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/top_6_mavericks_annoyances_and_how_fix_them
• Airdrop Woes Between Apple Devices http://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/23/alternatives-to-airdrop-between-iphone-and-mac/
• Mavericks Mail Woes:
  • Gmail http://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/23/how-mavericks-ruined-apple-mail-for-gmail-users/
  • FastMail SMTP & Outlook Servers http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/27/os_x_mavericks_mail_client_spews_infinite_spam/
• Fixing SMB Network Drive Access: http://www.tuaw.com/2013/10/27/did-mavericks-kill-your-network-drive-access-heres-a-fix/
• OS X Mavericks breaks multi-monitor setups with some USB displays http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/os-x-mavericks-breaks-multi-monitor-setups-with-some-usb-displays/
• Installing Mavericks from Snow Leopard and Lion http://www.macworld.com/article/2055518/installing-mavericks-what-you-need-to-know.html
• Installing Mavericks from Leopard http://www.macworld.com/article/2056564/how-to-install-mavericks-over-leopard.html
• A Technical How-To for the Technically Able: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/
• Apple's How-To For Installing Mavericks: http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/

Depreciated Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

• Mountian Lion crashes under certain Network Proxy Settings:
  • http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/30/network-related-crashes-in-mountain-lion-linked-to-proxy-setting/
  • http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/2638/networking-crashes-in-mountain-lion
• Configuring Mountain Lion to use "Save As." http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/29/get-save-as-back-on-mountain-lions-file-menu-easily-and-without/
• Some Lion-Powered Macs Won't be Upgradable to Mountain Lion: http://www.pcworld.com/article/259140/some_lionpowered_macs_wont_be_upgradable_to_mountain_lion.html
• Which macintoshes will be able to run OS 10.8: http://www.tuaw.com/2012/02/16/mountain-lion-drops-support-for-several-older-mac-models/
• Older graphic cards may prevent Mountain Lion from installing: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/02/whats-keeping-mountain-lion-off-of-some-64-bit-macs.ars
• Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper Security Software: http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/security.html

Depreciated Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

• Ars Technia review of Lion (with compatibility reminders): http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars/2#installation
• OS X Lion has a hidden 'drop box' for easy file syncing between Macs: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/11/02/os-x-lion-has-a-hidden-drop-box-for-easy-file-syncing-between/

Depreciated Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

• Making a bootable Snow Leopard RAM stick. - http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/02/install-snow-leopard-from-external-firewire-or-usb-hard-drive-or-how-to-upgrade-to-106-without-a-dvd-drive/
• Compatibility Software Checker for Snowleopard http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
• No July 2012 Safari Security Update for Snow Leopard http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/30/no-safari-security-updates/

Macintosh Utilities

• Adobe Flash UNinstaller, for Mac OS X, version 10.6 and later
• https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/memory-clean/id451444120: Memory Clean, a Mac utility.
• 2012-01-13 TUAW intro to Mac Utilities: http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/13/hidden-secret-apps-of-coreservices/
• Macintosh OS Time Machine Tips: http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html

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Windows 10

As of March 2017, Windows 10 is the recommended operating system for Windows users. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet for more information about Windows 10 version history and end of service.

Windows 8

Mainstream support for Windows 8 will end Jan 9, 2018. Windows 8 will be depreciated January 10, 2023. Updating to Windows 10 is recommended for those computers able to run it.

• Configuring Windows 8 with Virtual Box: http://www.techspot.com/guides/503-windows-8-virtual-machine/
• Ars Technica Install Guide for Windows 8: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/02/installing-the-windows-8-consumer-preview-a-visual-guide.ars
• Ars Technica Intro to Window 8 Usage: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2012/02/getting-started-with-the-windows-8-consumer-preview.ars
• Techspot Review of Windows 8's (lack of) a Start Menu: http://www.techspot.com/article/554-windows-8-start-menu-is-irrelevant/

Depreciated Windows 7

Windows 7 mainstream support ended Jan 13, 2015. It will be depreciated Jan 14, 2020.

• Burning CDs with Win7 -- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd451080.aspx
• Comments and Hints about Windows 7 Welcome Screen and Login Screen: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff394947.aspx

Depreciated Windows Vista

Depreciated Windows XP

• Windows XP Support Ends April 8, 2014

  Windows Utilities

• Microsoft's Attack Surface Analyzer
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sdl/archive/2012/08/02/attack-surface-analyzer-1-0-released.aspx
  • http://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-releases-attack-surface-analyzer-encourage-secure-software-development
  • http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2012/08/02/microsoft-s-free-security-tools-attack-surface-analyzer.aspx
  • http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260302/microsoft_tool_evaluates_new_softwares_impact_on_os_security.html
• Freeware for creating an install CD for WinVista or WinXP which includes SATA drivers and SR3 (helps to have the original media). Although, where possible it may be best just to upgrade to Windows 7 instead. - http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
  RAM stick version: http://lifehacker.com/5793427/how-to-create-a-custom-windows-installation-dvd-or-usb-install
  See also:
  http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_to_slipstream_windows_xp_sp3_and_vista_sp1
• ImgBurn, a Windows disk burning utility (careful there's a lot of misleading download links on this page; choose the mirror links inside the box labled ImgBurn v2.5.5.0)
  http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

Windows on ARM (WOA)

• What an ARM chip is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture
• Metro GUI for ARM wont run Windows X86 software: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/22/windows_8_stickers/Ask before you buy.
• What Windows on ARM is (it's not Win 64/86): http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9224128/Microsoft_details_Windows_8_for_ARM_devices?taxonomyName=Hardware&taxonomyId=12
• Comptuerworld's take on WOA: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9224173/FAQ_Windows_on_ARM_explained?taxonomyName=Windows&taxonomyId=125

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Other Pages

• Prey - a "Find my Mac" alternate which also runs on Windows Machines. http://preyproject.com/
• Useful page for syncing your office phone with your cell. https://www.google.com/voice#sms
• QR Code Generator https://developers.google.com/chart/infographics/docs/overview
  Example: https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?chs=150x150&cht=qr&chl=%3Ca%20href=%22mailto:someone@example.com?Subject=SUBJECT?body=MESSAGE%20TEXT%22%3E
• Flash Player Console (useful for clearing the cache) http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html

John Burridge, Web Communications Technician ⚣ he/him/his
University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors College
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