Home › Macintosh › OIT Macintosh Support

Best practices before doing any Mac OS upgrade:

 

0) Read the info on compatibility with your software:

Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258?viewlocale=en_US

 

1) Always backup your data. 

Make a good and complete backup with Time Machine and/or make a copy of your disk with Disk Utility.

How to back up and restore your files - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553

Time Machine 101 - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

 

2) Understand how to restore your backup (you did make that backup!) before you start.

Recovering your entire system - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15638.html

How to back up and restore your files - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553

 

3) Make sure that all software updates have been completed before upgrading.

 

4) Repair the startup disk with Disk Utility before upgrading and after upgrading.

 

Boot from the install media and upgrade.

 

 


OIT Macintosh Support

Mac OS X Licenses

There is no free, site license for MacOS X at NC State. Departments and Units can order licenses at a greatly reduced cost from the NC State Apple Volume License Agreement (VLA). See the FAQ at: http://oit.ncsu.edu/macintosh/how-can-i-get-macos-x-site-license

Microsoft Office for Macintosh Licenses  

The OIT software license team has created a new Frequently Asked Questions Page for Microsoft Office Macintosh Version. Find it at http://www.ncsu.edu/software/agreements/office2008faq.php.
Please note that there are no upgrade licenses for any version of MS Office on any platform.

Macintosh Campus Groups

There are three groups which exist on the NC State campus to deal with Macintosh and Apple Technology related issues.
MacPolicy, MacTech, and PackMUG. See the FAQ for more details at:

http://oit.ncsu.edu/macintosh/campus-macintosh-support-groups

Latest Apple Support Issues

 

 

View Similar Pages:

Orig. Posted: Mon, 02/01/2010 - 15:35 — njyoung.ncsu.edu  Last Modified: Tue, 11/08/2011 - 10:11