Mac OS 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") Licensing and availability
IS&T now has OS 10.6 Snow Leopard available for new installs and upgrades for MIT Owned Machines.
- First, request a license at TIG Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard page
- Then check out a disk from 32-276 (we have burned limited copies; license request must be completed before we will loan out media.)
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JohnBeane - 15 Oct 2009
10.6 Known issues
Printing
Enough components in the printing subsystem have changed that many print drivers no longer work. Specifically:
- Xerox drivers on the TIG website may function erratically or not at all
- Workaround: use the Generic Postscript driver. Downside: special features are not available except for "2-up" and double-sided.
Kerberos
- Shortcuts to "Kerberos.app" will need to be re-created. The utility is now
/System/Library/CoreServices/Ticket Viewer.app.
- On machines upgraded from 10.5 or earlier, no Kerberos tickets can be obtained until
~/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos.KerberosLogin.plist is deleted.
- Scattered reports of Kerberos tickets not renewing even with Ticket Viewer running. If this happens to you, please email help@csail.mit.edu .
Finder
- Macintosh HD doesn't show on desktop by default. Revert in Finder -> Preferences ("show connected servers" will show AFS too)
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ArthurProkosch - 15 Oct 2009
