Mac OS X

Mac OS X is Apple's operating system, used in all laptop and desktop computers from Apple.inc, formerly Apple Computer, Inc.. You will find more information on http://www.apple.com/macosx/ or on Winkipedia on Mac OS X.

At UiB there are some PC labs with Mac, including for film and TV students at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Mac OS X Managed Clients at UiB

The development of a client run operating system for Mac by the IT department had in January this year come so far that we were ready for an extended test phase. All Macs that have been installed since January have been installed with the new client setup. We consider now the test phase as ended. All machines that have been installed in the test phase are now considered as managed clients. The IT department wants from 15 August to provide client service for all Macs - not only newly installed. Client Operating Mac involves:

• That machine are set up with latest available operating system
• UiB sign-in, meaning that you log in to the machine with your usual UiB username and password. When changing the password at sebra.uib.no,your password will also be changed on your machine when it is wired on to the UiB network.
• Installing printers are simplified and some printer drivers are pre-installed.
• Standard software is pre-installed.
• A Software Center where you can find programs we have packed and are readdy to be installed.
• VPN and eduroam is pre-configured, you only need to authenticate with your username and password.

What comes later:

• Pre-configuration of email
• Pre-configuration of the mapping to your home directory
• Encrypted hard drive on portable devices

Advantages of having a client run Mac:

• Support
• Access to the wired UiB network
• Free upgrade to the newest OS

You will still have full access to be able to install software that may appear in Apple's "Appstore" and configure machine settings from "System Preferences." The licenses the IT-department have purchased for OSX are only to be used on managed clients. Anyone who wants their machines upgraded to the latest OSX version will therefore be set up as a client. If you do not want such a setup you must purchase the license yourself.

 IT department will only provide support on machines that we have set up as managed clients.