Arts & Letters Computing

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Technology Resources

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College of Arts & Letters

Office of Information Technologies

University of Notre Dame

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Mac OS X General Tips

• Mac 101 -- Fundamentals of working with OS X
• Switch 101 -- Specific tips for switching from PC to Mac OS X

AntiVirus

• Campus Licensed AntiVirus Software for Mac and Windows

Backup

• OS 10.5: Use Leopard’s “Time Machine” application.
• OS 10.4: Use “BackupEasyND.app” found in your Applications folder.

Burning CDs and DVDs

• Burning a data CD on a Macintosh
• Burning an audio CD on a Macintosh

FileMaker

• Connecting to the College FileMaker Pro Database on OS X

Printers

• Download “Add ALCO Printers” for Mac

To use “Add ALCO Printers”, simply double-click the application and select the building printers you would like to add.

Shared File Space

• All about Shared File Space at Notre Dame
• Download and install MountMyNetfile.dmg to automatically mount your Netfile space when you login.
  NOTE: This works only with OS 10.5 and only with machines that are bound to the Active Directory domain. Please read the READ ME file for more information.
• Info about the ALCO Server