Mac basics
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Basics and general information
- What is Mac OS X?
- How do I install or upgrade Mac OS X?
- In Mac OS X, how do I password-protect my computer?
- In Mac OS X, how can I protect myself from viruses?
- For Mac OS X, where is the tutorial?
Networking and printing
- Using Mac OS X 10.5 or later, how do I connect to the IU Secure wireless network?
- Using Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), how do I connect to the IU Secure wireless network?
- In Mac OS X, how do I make an IPsec VPN connection to the IU network?
- At IUB or IUPUI, in Mac OS X, how can I manually configure my computer to connect to the network?
- At IUB or IUPUI, in Mac OS X, how do I connect to the modem pool using PPP and Internet Connect?
- In Mac OS X, how do I connect to network servers or another computer on the network?
- At IUB or IUPUI, using Mac OS X, how do I print from my personal computer to an RTC or STC printer?
- At IU, in Mac OS X, how do I configure Entourage 2008 to access my Exchange account?
- At IU, in Mac OS X, how do I configure Entourage 2004 to access my IU Exchange account?
- At IU, in Mac OS X, how do I configure Entourage 2008 or 2004 to read my Cyrus or IU Exchange mail using IMAP?
- At IU, how do I configure Mac OS X Mail to read my Cyrus (Webmail) or IU Exchange mail through IMAP?
- At IU, in Mozilla Thunderbird for Mac OS X, how do I read my Cyrus or IU Exchange mail using IMAP?
- At IU, in Eudora for Mac OS X, how do I read my Cyrus or IU Exchange email using IMAP?
- In Mac OS X, how do I search for an address in the ADS Global Address List?
Software
- How do I download and install software from IUware?
- For Mac OS X, what web browsers are available?
- For Mac OS X, how do I obtain and install system software updates?
- How do I run Windows or Windows programs on my Mac?
Troubleshooting
- At IU, what issues have been identified with Mac OS X 10.5.3?
- In Mac OS X, how do I quit an application that isn't responding?
- Using Mac OS X, how do I repair permissions, and what does that do?
- In Mac OS X, what is First Aid, and when and how should I use it?
- In Mac OS X, when I restart my computer, what should I do if I see a blinking question mark briefly, but the computer then continues to start up normally?
- In Mac OS X, if I have a VPN connection over the wireless network at a regional campus, why can I still not access IU sites?
- About battery life in Apple portable devices
Advanced Mac OS X topics
- What is Darwin?
- In Mac OS X, what is Aqua?
- In Mac OS X, what is the Terminal, and how do I access it?
- For Mac OS X, what are Quartz and Quartz Extreme?
- In Mac OS and Mac OS X, what are file types and creators?
- In Mac OS X, how do I assign an application to open certain file types?
- For Mac OS X, what are some useful keyboard commands?
- In Mac OS X, how can I type foreign language characters?
- In Mac OS X, how do I view invisible files?
- In Mac OS X, what is an alias and how does it work?
- How do I use my Mac as an external hard disk for another computer?
- In Mac OS X, how do I partition my hard drive?
- In Mac OS X, how do I run the X Window System?
- In Mac OS X, how can I find the MAC address of my Ethernet or wireless interface?
- At IU, using Mac OS X with PPP, how can I get automatic authentication to work?
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Last modified on February 01, 2010.
Last modified on February 01, 2010.
