From peter.varitimidis at rmit.edu.au Wed Sep 2 09:44:27 2009 From: peter.varitimidis at rmit.edu.au (Peter Varitimidis) Date: Wed Sep 2 09:49:52 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Novell Support Notification for Mac OS X 10.6 In-Reply-To: <5db0907d0906232209i3caca27blc90852518655312c@mail.gmail.com> References: <5db0907d0906232209i3caca27blc90852518655312c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <44CEC49D-45ED-4824-81D8-08134BC26B02@rmit.edu.au> Novell have published the following, with regards to 10.6 Support Notification for Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") was released on Friday, August 28, 2009, ahead of schedule. For Novell Open Enterprise Server customers with Mac workstations, Snow Leopard will be supported natively with Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2, which will ship in November 2009. For customers currently running Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 on SUSE Linux Enterprise, a field test file (FTF) update will be available in late September and will be distributed through the patch channel. For customers still running NetWare 6.5 SP8, an FTF will be available shortly afterward in October. Official certified patches will be available with the release of Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2. http://www.novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/snowleopard.html From declan.mcquay at sci.monash.edu.au Wed Sep 2 12:16:45 2009 From: declan.mcquay at sci.monash.edu.au (Declan McQuay) Date: Wed Sep 2 13:18:45 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement Message-ID: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> All, Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? - Declan -- Declan McQuay Desktop Support Officer Faculty of Science Monash University Maths IT Help Webpage: http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 From Matt.Gray at anu.edu.au Wed Sep 2 13:30:27 2009 From: Matt.Gray at anu.edu.au (Matt Gray) Date: Wed Sep 2 13:38:59 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> Message-ID: <47BD3F55-DC75-4382-B8AF-32261976724B@anu.edu.au> Yep, disk arrived yesterday (Canberra) On 02/09/2009, at 12:16 PM, Declan McQuay wrote: > All, > > Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with > Apple received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? > > - Declan > > -- > Declan McQuay > Desktop Support Officer > Faculty of Science Monash University > Maths IT Help Webpage: > http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide > For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: > http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From sherry.proferes at adelaide.edu.au Wed Sep 2 13:33:28 2009 From: sherry.proferes at adelaide.edu.au (Sherry Proferes) Date: Wed Sep 2 13:56:56 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> Message-ID: <005e01ca2b7e$2320db70$69629250$@proferes@adelaide.edu.au> We have a maintenance agreement for OSX server, not workstation, and have not received our copy of 10.6 server yet. I was not aware if it had been released yet. -- Sherry The University of Adelaide -----Original Message----- From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] On Behalf Of Declan McQuay Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 11:47 AM To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement All, Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? - Declan -- Declan McQuay Desktop Support Officer Faculty of Science Monash University Maths IT Help Webpage: http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From joetheintro at gmail.com Wed Sep 2 14:04:20 2009 From: joetheintro at gmail.com (Joe Ayala) Date: Wed Sep 2 14:12:55 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <005e01ca2b7e$2320db70$69629250$@proferes@adelaide.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> <005e01ca2b7e$2320db70$69629250$@proferes@adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: I recieved my server discs today. Just FYI Thanks Joe On Sep 1, 2009, at 8:33 PM, "Sherry Proferes" wrote: > We have a maintenance agreement for OSX server, not workstation, and > have > not received our copy of 10.6 server yet. I was not aware if it had > been > released yet. > > -- > Sherry > The University of Adelaide > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech- > bounces@auc.edu.au] > On Behalf Of Declan McQuay > Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 11:47 AM > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement > > All, > > Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple > received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? > > - Declan > > -- > Declan McQuay > Desktop Support Officer > Faculty of Science Monash University > Maths IT Help Webpage: > http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide > For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: > http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From jeff.kirby at flinders.edu.au Wed Sep 2 13:47:01 2009 From: jeff.kirby at flinders.edu.au (Jeff Kirby) Date: Wed Sep 2 14:20:40 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> Message-ID: <001c01ca2b80$07c268b0$17473a10$@kirby@flinders.edu.au> Indeed, received yesterday, and dropped it in the draw. (don't tell my users!) Cheers, ? ?Jeff Kirby ?Network Support Officer ?Computer Services Unit/Computer Mediated Learning Unit ?Faculty of Science and Engineering ?Flinders University of South Australia ?GPO BOX 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia ?PH : 5845 (internal Only) or 0401 148 928 -----Original Message----- From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] On Behalf Of Declan McQuay Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 11:47 AM To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement All, Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? - Declan -- Declan McQuay Desktop Support Officer Faculty of Science Monash University Maths IT Help Webpage: http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From tonyw at honestpuck.com Wed Sep 2 14:47:41 2009 From: tonyw at honestpuck.com (Tony Williams) Date: Wed Sep 2 14:57:15 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> Message-ID: <5db0907d0909012147x6bdff387m485cc78d18341ec3@mail.gmail.com> Got our copy of workstation yesterday and have just fired it up on my test Mini to start the testing. // Tony On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Declan McQuay < declan.mcquay@sci.monash.edu.au> wrote: > All, > > Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple > received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? > > - Declan > > -- > Declan McQuay > Desktop Support Officer > Faculty of Science Monash University > Maths IT Help Webpage: > http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide > For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: > http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. 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URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090902/f2552123/attachment.html From crichard at maccs.mq.edu.au Wed Sep 2 13:58:26 2009 From: crichard at maccs.mq.edu.au (Craig Richardson) Date: Wed Sep 2 15:40:37 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <005e01ca2b7e$2320db70$69629250$@proferes@adelaide.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> <005e01ca2b7e$2320db70$69629250$@proferes@adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: I've received both my client and server maintenance copies on Monday. cheers, Craig -- Craig Richardson Systems Administrator Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY NSW 2109 Phone: +61 (0)2 9850 6730 Fax: +61 (0)2 9850 6059 http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au CRICOS Provider No 00002J This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of MACCS or Macquarie University. On 02/09/2009, at 1:33 PM, Sherry Proferes wrote: > We have a maintenance agreement for OSX server, not workstation, and > have > not received our copy of 10.6 server yet. I was not aware if it had > been > released yet. > > -- > Sherry > The University of Adelaide > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au > ] > On Behalf Of Declan McQuay > Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 11:47 AM > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement > > All, > > Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple > received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? > > - Declan > > -- > Declan McQuay > Desktop Support Officer > Faculty of Science Monash University > Maths IT Help Webpage: > http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide > For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: > http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From s.lawler at unsw.edu.au Wed Sep 2 13:46:18 2009 From: s.lawler at unsw.edu.au (Stewart Lawler) Date: Wed Sep 2 17:15:10 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> Message-ID: <7F60175C-DF84-480A-A0C0-45C686870B0A@unsw.edu.au> On 02/09/2009, at 12:16 PM, Declan McQuay wrote: > All, > > Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple > received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? Got ours yesterday. FWIW, So far i've only managed to have two failed attempts to install it to external drives.. one freshly formattted drive connected to a 15" 2008 MBP, one cloned 10.5.8 system connected to a 2008 17".. but the installer just spontaneously quits about 1/2 way through. I'm reluctant to install on an internal drive until i've seen it successfully update a backup disk first.. but.. enough time wasted today, have to get on with some real work. (On the other hand a colleague reports no trouble upgrading his '09 MBP so it's probably just me.. :-/) ..S. ---- : Stewart Lawler : Computer Systems Engineer : Technical Resource Centre : Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences : University of New South Wales : Phone (02) 9385 3817 : Fax (02) 9385 1340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090902/0b7b9ee1/attachment-0001.html From sherry.proferes at adelaide.edu.au Wed Sep 2 17:26:25 2009 From: sherry.proferes at adelaide.edu.au (Sherry Proferes) Date: Wed Sep 2 17:44:41 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <7F60175C-DF84-480A-A0C0-45C686870B0A@unsw.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> <7F60175C-DF84-480A-A0C0-45C686870B0A@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <00d601ca2b9e$c19c3ef0$44d4bcd0$@proferes@adelaide.edu.au> After replying that I had not received ours, it has just popped up on my desk. So I have received the 10.6 server under the maintenance agreement after all. Cheers Sherry -- Sherry The University of Adelaide From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] On Behalf Of Stewart Lawler Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 1:16 PM To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement On 02/09/2009, at 12:16 PM, Declan McQuay wrote: All, Has anyone who has an OSX workstation maintenance agreement with Apple received their copies of OSX 10.6 yet? Got ours yesterday. FWIW, So far i've only managed to have two failed attempts to install it to external drives.. one freshly formattted drive connected to a 15" 2008 MBP, one cloned 10.5.8 system connected to a 2008 17".. but the installer just spontaneously quits about 1/2 way through. I'm reluctant to install on an internal drive until i've seen it successfully update a backup disk first.. but.. enough time wasted today, have to get on with some real work. (On the other hand a colleague reports no trouble upgrading his '09 MBP so it's probably just me.. :-/) ..S. ---- : Stewart Lawler : Computer Systems Engineer : Technical Resource Centre : Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences : University of New South Wales : Phone (02) 9385 3817 : Fax (02) 9385 1340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090902/4c0c544c/attachment.html From C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au Wed Sep 2 22:13:57 2009 From: C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au (Charlie Nancarrow) Date: Wed Sep 2 22:15:57 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <7F60175C-DF84-480A-A0C0-45C686870B0A@unsw.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> <7F60175C-DF84-480A-A0C0-45C686870B0A@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <580FD519-4313-4F84-BC73-4747D6977841@latrobe.edu.au> > FWIW, So far i've only managed to have two failed attempts to > install it to external drives.. Declan: There are quite a lot of faulty DVDs of Snow Leopard out there, I've seen one (took over an hour to install, reading a particular epson printer package, and did get there eventually) and had old colleagues at resellers report quite a few returns. See if you can image the disk, otherwise hit Apple up for another one. Anyone installed Server yet. I've done a couple and its reasonably straightforward. A few glitches with DNS admin (like back in the 10.5 early days). Also group calendars now have a different URL, but much more easily accessible via the info button on the group's wiki calendar! Lets start sharing more findings and tips. I'm sure we've all managed to get a copy somehow by now! Charlie Nancarrow Latrobe et al From declan.mcquay at sci.monash.edu.au Thu Sep 3 08:11:36 2009 From: declan.mcquay at sci.monash.edu.au (Declan McQuay) Date: Thu Sep 3 08:13:39 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] OSX 10.6 and Apple Maintenance Agreement In-Reply-To: <580FD519-4313-4F84-BC73-4747D6977841@latrobe.edu.au> References: <4A9DD58D.4020607@sci.monash.edu.au> <7F60175C-DF84-480A-A0C0-45C686870B0A@unsw.edu.au> <580FD519-4313-4F84-BC73-4747D6977841@latrobe.edu.au> Message-ID: <4A9EED98.5070309@sci.monash.edu.au> Interesting, thanks for the info Charlie. Still haven't received mine yet, but knowing the slowness of the mail system, it isn't too worrying. - Declan Charlie Nancarrow wrote: >> FWIW, So far i've only managed to have two failed attempts to >> install it to external drives.. >> > > > Declan: There are quite a lot of faulty DVDs of Snow Leopard out > there, I've seen one (took over an hour to install, reading a > particular epson printer package, and did get there eventually) and > had old colleagues at resellers report quite a few returns. See if you > can image the disk, otherwise hit Apple up for another one. > > Anyone installed Server yet. I've done a couple and its reasonably > straightforward. A few glitches with DNS admin (like back in the 10.5 > early days). Also group calendars now have a different URL, but much > more easily accessible via the info button on the group's wiki calendar! > > Lets start sharing more findings and tips. I'm sure we've all managed > to get a copy somehow by now! > > Charlie Nancarrow > Latrobe et al > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > -- Declan McQuay Desktop Support Officer Faculty of Science Monash University Maths IT Help Webpage: http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 From Lee.Dyson at utas.edu.au Thu Sep 3 09:12:45 2009 From: Lee.Dyson at utas.edu.au (ladyson) Date: Thu Sep 3 09:23:41 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings Message-ID: Further to Charlie's findings, the directory utility has been systemised and no longer exists in the utilities directory but can be found in the system preferences accounts by selecting the new join button. Lee From tonyw at honestpuck.com Thu Sep 3 11:48:17 2009 From: tonyw at honestpuck.com (Tony Williams) Date: Thu Sep 3 11:50:21 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5db0907d0909021848i18bc8b6bv7a74b4950afc48f0@mail.gmail.com> You can find the original in /System/Library/CoreServices along with the kerberos Ticket Viewer. // Tony On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:12 AM, ladyson wrote: > Further to Charlie's findings, > > the directory utility has been systemised and no longer exists in the > utilities directory but can be found in the system preferences accounts by > selecting the new join button. > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. Help Bunny by Copying and pasting Bunny into your web page or email sig to help him gain world domination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090903/24023693/attachment-0001.html From C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au Thu Sep 3 11:50:56 2009 From: C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au (Charlie Nancarrow) Date: Thu Sep 3 11:53:00 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Just to clarify, The Directory Utility.app has been moved from Utilities (in leopard) to /System/Library/Core Services/Directory Utility.app It functions pretty much the same, bar the initial simpler interface that Leopard added over Tiger. What Apple has done is add the simple add my directory functionality to the System Preferences, Account Login Options. Here it is under the Network Accounts Server: section, where you will get a join button if you have no directory servers setup, or an edit button if you do! Not sure I completely agree with the placement of this functionality inside Accounts, but it does make sense in some respects. On 3/09/09 9:12 AM, "ladyson" wrote: > Further to Charlie's findings, > > the directory utility has been systemised and no longer exists in the > utilities directory but can be found in the system preferences > accounts by selecting the new join button. > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From mdorset at trinity.unimelb.edu.au Mon Sep 7 21:35:53 2009 From: mdorset at trinity.unimelb.edu.au (Mark Dorset) Date: Mon Sep 7 21:41:28 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <06E73538-F1B7-492D-AFE4-E9A2C1F2F480@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> Note that the addition of NFS mounts which were in Directory Utility in 10.5 are now a menu option of Disk Utility in 10.6. And, in my limited testing (one machine), upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6 doesn't appear to keep the auto nfs mounts that were previously created, so you'll need to re-create them again post-upgrade. On 03/09/2009, at 9:12 AM, ladyson wrote: > Further to Charlie's findings, > > the directory utility has been systemised and no longer exists in > the utilities directory but can be found in the system preferences > accounts by selecting the new join button. > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090907/642eaad9/attachment.html From ajeffrey at asia.apple.com Tue Sep 8 10:19:49 2009 From: ajeffrey at asia.apple.com (Andrew Jeffrey) Date: Tue Sep 8 10:38:40 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Xgrid Workshops - Sydney & Melbourne Message-ID: <9BFC6688-7D75-45F7-BCD1-2469B86CF575@asia.apple.com> ** Xgrid Workshop - The simple solution for distributed computing The Apple University Consortium is pleased to announce it is offering 50 Scholarships to the AUC?s Xgrid workshop to be held at the Clifton Training Centres in Melbourne (29 & 30 Oct) & Sydney (5 & 6 Nov). The workshop is designed to give those who attend an advanced understanding of Xgrid which is Apple?s proprietary technology for solving large computational problems using a number of computers idle/ wasted CPU time. The workshop focuses on Xgrids architecture, protocols and rich tool set and API?s. In addition to this the workshop looks at how a number of Apple technologies such as PodCast Producer leverage Xgrid to implement/ optimize workflows in production environments. A maximum of 25 people can attend each workshop so seats will be allocated on competitive basis. More information and how to apply to attend the workshop is available on the AUC web site at: From david.kudrev at flinders.edu.au Thu Sep 10 12:41:01 2009 From: david.kudrev at flinders.edu.au (David Kudrev) Date: Thu Sep 10 13:11:20 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Kernel Panics on Netinstall?? Message-ID: <224AAC2D-0865-4560-96F6-1A9E0851D670@flinders.edu.au> Hi folks, we've got an interesting problem occurring here, We have a Mac Mini with 10.6 Server on it, used for testing out deploying images (Netinstall). Problem is however, when trying to image a PPC iMac G5, it kernel panics. The Netboot image made is a universal with 10.5.6, with no limitations/restrictions set with hardware. Is there anything that we could try here? Any help appreciated, thanks! David Kudrev Desktop Support Officer Information Services Division Flinders University (08) 8201 2345 http://www.flinders.edu.au From b.brooks at cqu.edu.au Thu Sep 10 13:30:12 2009 From: b.brooks at cqu.edu.au (Brett Brooks) Date: Thu Sep 10 14:05:55 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Backing up / Transferring data on staff machines Message-ID: <71A22A7D1F867D4DA0751D8880FDAB8803646CA6F4@CQUMAIL.staff.ad.cqu.edu.au> Hi all, I'm curious what strategies other people are using for backing up and transferring data between Macs in a Uni environment. Carbon Copy Cloner seems like a good option, but I was just wondering how other people did it? Do you have custom scripts or are there other specific apps that are used? Any info or links in the right direction would be appreciated. Cheers! Brett From roy.worthington at flinders.edu.au Thu Sep 10 13:36:00 2009 From: roy.worthington at flinders.edu.au (Roy Worthington) Date: Thu Sep 10 14:34:41 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Kernel Panics on Netinstall?? In-Reply-To: <224AAC2D-0865-4560-96F6-1A9E0851D670@flinders.edu.au> Message-ID: Hi David, I have had the same kernel panics trying to NetInstall 10.5 onto an Imac G5 using a 10.5 Server. So it isn't 10.6. As it was an old machine, I didn't chase it up at the time. Sorry. Although this doesn't help, it does confirm that others have witnessed this issue. Regards Roy -- On 10/09/09 Thursday, 10 September, 12:11 PM, "David Kudrev" wrote: > Hi folks, we've got an interesting problem occurring here, We have a > Mac Mini with 10.6 Server on it, used for testing out deploying images > (Netinstall). Problem is however, when trying to image a PPC iMac G5, > it kernel panics. The Netboot image made is a universal with 10.5.6, > with no limitations/restrictions set with hardware. > > Is there anything that we could try here? > > Any help appreciated, thanks! > > > > David Kudrev > Desktop Support Officer > Information Services Division > Flinders University > (08) 8201 2345 > http://www.flinders.edu.au > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- Roy Worthington Desktop Support Officer, Computer Support Unit Faculty of Science and Engineering Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia From ottopiadesign at iinet.net.au Thu Sep 10 14:36:02 2009 From: ottopiadesign at iinet.net.au (Kurt Otto) Date: Thu Sep 10 14:42:14 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Backing up / Transferring data on staff machines In-Reply-To: <71A22A7D1F867D4DA0751D8880FDAB8803646CA6F4@CQUMAIL.staff.ad.cqu.edu.au> References: <71A22A7D1F867D4DA0751D8880FDAB8803646CA6F4@CQUMAIL.staff.ad.cqu.edu.au> Message-ID: Carbon Copy Cloner has been my preferred method for a long time. I am never usually doing more than one machine at a time so I just have a blank drive specifically for a complete backup. I used to do it to a disk image, and hold onto that image for a while until the user was happy that everything was back. Be careful of the Time Machine trap, which works fine until you find out after you've erased the machine, that the user excluded some folders from the backup. :-( All those MP3's and Torrents lost. :-) Enjoy, Kurt. -------------------------------------------------------- Kurt Otto FLDS - Southern Cross University. Military Road, Lismore, NSW, 2480 ph: 02 6620 3993 email: kurt.otto@scu.edu.au -------------------------------------------------------- On 10/09/2009, at 1:30 PM, Brett Brooks wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm curious what strategies other people are using for backing up > and transferring data between Macs in a Uni environment. > > Carbon Copy Cloner seems like a good option, but I was just > wondering how other people did it? Do you have custom scripts or are > there other specific apps that are used? > > Any info or links in the right direction would be appreciated. > > Cheers! > > Brett > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090910/0b0b874d/attachment-0001.html From aifsit at aifs.gov.au Thu Sep 10 14:36:23 2009 From: aifsit at aifs.gov.au (AIFS IT Administration) Date: Thu Sep 10 15:05:22 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Kernel Panics on Netinstall?? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi David, We also encountered a similar issue when using NetRestore. It appears that the installation DVD that is being used no longer supports PPC properly and so causes the kernel panic at boot. We solved this by using an older installation disc and then applying a combo update during the image creation. Regards, Stephen On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Roy Worthington wrote: > Hi David, > > I have had the same kernel panics trying to NetInstall 10.5 onto an > Imac G5 > using a 10.5 Server. So it isn't 10.6. > > As it was an old machine, I didn't chase it up at the time. > > Sorry. Although this doesn't help, it does confirm that others have > witnessed this issue. > > Regards > Roy > -- > > > On 10/09/09 Thursday, 10 September, 12:11 PM, "David Kudrev" > wrote: > >> Hi folks, we've got an interesting problem occurring here, We have a >> Mac Mini with 10.6 Server on it, used for testing out deploying >> images >> (Netinstall). Problem is however, when trying to image a PPC iMac G5, >> it kernel panics. The Netboot image made is a universal with 10.5.6, >> with no limitations/restrictions set with hardware. >> >> Is there anything that we could try here? >> >> Any help appreciated, thanks! >> >> >> >> David Kudrev >> Desktop Support Officer >> Information Services Division >> Flinders University >> (08) 8201 2345 >> http://www.flinders.edu.au >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > -- > Roy Worthington > Desktop Support Officer, Computer Support Unit > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Flinders University of South Australia, > GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From Paul.Stoll at flinders.edu.au Thu Sep 10 14:33:08 2009 From: Paul.Stoll at flinders.edu.au (Paul Stoll) Date: Thu Sep 10 15:08:01 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Backing up / Transferring data on staff machines In-Reply-To: <71A22A7D1F867D4DA0751D8880FDAB8803646CA6F4@CQUMAIL.staff.ad.cqu.edu.au> Message-ID: Hi Brett, On 10/09/09 1:00 PM, "Brett Brooks" wrote: > I'm curious what strategies other people are using for backing up and > transferring data between Macs in a Uni environment. > > Carbon Copy Cloner seems like a good option, but I was just wondering how > other people did it? Do you have custom scripts or are there other specific > apps that are used? > > Any info or links in the right direction would be appreciated. We use a combination of Retrospect (v6 'cos v8 sucks) to do bare-metal backups of servers, and User folder backups of staff desktop Macs, plus TimeMachine to do other local backups. We are also encouraging users to purchase their own multi-hundred Gb external FW or USB drive to do TimeMachine on their own Macs. We then use a little cheapy app called "Synk" (Standard and Pro) to keep laptops sync'd with a server-based folder of their personal work. We also do some local scripted file copies and moves to backup some live data from servers to other servers. And finally, we make two HANDWRITTEN copies of all our electronic data - one is placed into a glass bottle and thrown into the ocean (we call this our 'backup pool'), and the other one we burn so that ASIO and the CIA won't get their hands on it. ;-) Cheers, Paul. --------------------------------------------- Paul J. Stoll Manager ? Student IT Services Computer Assisted Learning Unit - Room 5E-203 School of Medicine - Flinders University Email : Paul.Stoll@flinders.edu.au Phone : 8204 4163 Mobile: 0410 501 350 Pager : 8204 5511 - page 20426 Fax : (08) 8204 5675 http://som.flinders.edu.au/staff/groups/deptmededuc/Staff/paul_stoll.htm --------------------------------------------- From s.nykvist at qut.edu.au Thu Sep 10 16:50:42 2009 From: s.nykvist at qut.edu.au (Shaun Nykvist) Date: Thu Sep 10 16:56:37 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Backing up / Transferring data on staff machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4CB82E18-C190-4F51-AD68-15AE0E83870A@qut.edu.au> rsync is good - cheap and free. You can also set up various cron jobs. Here is an old script of mine, but best part is I know it is going to back up each day and I have copies of changed files (similar to time machine) #!/bin/sh rsync --rsh='ssh -c blowfish -i /Users/username/file_name_id_dsa' -axb --checksum --delete --exclude-from=/Users/username/excludes --backup- dir=/srv/laptop/username/`date +%Y%m%d_%I%M`/ /Users/username/ user@server_name:/srv/laptop/username/current/ Cheers Shaun On 10/09/2009, at 2:33 PM, Paul Stoll wrote: > Hi Brett, > > On 10/09/09 1:00 PM, "Brett Brooks" wrote: > >> I'm curious what strategies other people are using for backing up and >> transferring data between Macs in a Uni environment. >> >> Carbon Copy Cloner seems like a good option, but I was just >> wondering how >> other people did it? Do you have custom scripts or are there other >> specific >> apps that are used? >> >> Any info or links in the right direction would be appreciated. > > We use a combination of Retrospect (v6 'cos v8 sucks) to do bare-metal > backups of servers, and User folder backups of staff desktop Macs, > plus > TimeMachine to do other local backups. We are also encouraging users > to > purchase their own multi-hundred Gb external FW or USB drive to do > TimeMachine on their own Macs. > > We then use a little cheapy app called "Synk" (Standard and Pro) to > keep > laptops sync'd with a server-based folder of their personal work. > > We also do some local scripted file copies and moves to backup some > live > data from servers to other servers. > > And finally, we make two HANDWRITTEN copies of all our electronic > data - one > is placed into a glass bottle and thrown into the ocean (we call > this our > 'backup pool'), and the other one we burn so that ASIO and the CIA > won't get > their hands on it. ;-) > > Cheers, Paul. > > --------------------------------------------- > > Paul J. Stoll > Manager ? Student IT Services > Computer Assisted Learning Unit - Room 5E-203 > School of Medicine - Flinders University > Email : Paul.Stoll@flinders.edu.au > Phone : 8204 4163 > Mobile: 0410 501 350 > Pager : 8204 5511 - page 20426 > Fax : (08) 8204 5675 > http://som.flinders.edu.au/staff/groups/deptmededuc/Staff/paul_stoll.htm > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shaun Nykvist, Ph.D Senior Lecturer in Information & Communication Technology Education School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Course Coordinator Malaysian Bachelor of Education Studies Degree - ED48 SE Asia and Pacific Rep for Faculty of Ed. Queensland University of Technology KELVIN GROVE Phone +61 7 3138 3612 Fax +61 7 3138 3985 Mobile 0417767445 Speed Dial #6 6886 Malaysia +60133104735 Germany +4917651409326 Publications: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Nykvist,_Shaun.html CRICOS No 00213J ((?>`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?> ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?.???`?...?><((((?>??.???`?.?. From K.Mohrholz at griffith.edu.au Thu Sep 10 16:46:01 2009 From: K.Mohrholz at griffith.edu.au (Kai Mohrholz) Date: Thu Sep 10 17:03:52 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: <06E73538-F1B7-492D-AFE4-E9A2C1F2F480@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> References: <06E73538-F1B7-492D-AFE4-E9A2C1F2F480@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> Message-ID: Hi In upgrading to 10.6 I am now unable to install 10.5 Server Admin tools. So I guess this means having to upgrade server just to get the 10.6 admin tools installer? Does 10.6 server admin tools even work with 10.5 server?, 10.5 admin tools didn't like 10.4 server much as I remember. Kind Regards, Kai Kai Mohrholz Music Technology Technical Support Queensland Conservatorium of Music Griffith University 16 Russell Street, South Bank, QLD 4101. P.O. Box 3428 Phone: (07) 3735 6278 Fax: (07) 3735 6282 Email: k.mohrholz@griffith.edu.au "I got a fever! and the only prescription, is more Cowbell." From: Mark Dorset To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List Date: 07/09/2009 09:39 PM Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings Note that the addition of NFS mounts which were in Directory Utility in 10.5 are now a menu option of Disk Utility in 10.6. And, in my limited testing (one machine), upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6 doesn't appear to keep the auto nfs mounts that were previously created, so you'll need to re-create them again post-upgrade. On 03/09/2009, at 9:12 AM, ladyson wrote: Further to Charlie's findings, the directory utility has been systemised and no longer exists in the utilities directory but can be found in the system preferences accounts by selecting the new join button. Lee _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090910/9a845cea/attachment.html From a.smith at centenary.usyd.edu.au Thu Sep 10 17:07:39 2009 From: a.smith at centenary.usyd.edu.au (Adrian Smith) Date: Thu Sep 10 17:10:18 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: References: <06E73538-F1B7-492D-AFE4-E9A2C1F2F480@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> Message-ID: <65F5F02C-F98E-495A-B204-477FDE9BB25C@centenary.usyd.edu.au> Download:- http://support.apple.com/kb/DL914 Compatibility Info:- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1822 Seems to work OK for me from 10.6 Client to 10.5 Server.... but I've not pushed it any significant way... Regards, Adrian On 10/09/2009, at 4:46 PM, Kai Mohrholz wrote: > Hi > > In upgrading to 10.6 I am now unable to install 10.5 Server Admin > tools. So I guess this means having to upgrade server just to get > the 10.6 admin tools installer? > Does 10.6 server admin tools even work with 10.5 server?, 10.5 admin > tools didn't like 10.4 server much as I remember. > > Kind Regards, > Kai > > Kai Mohrholz > Music Technology Technical Support > Queensland Conservatorium of Music > Griffith University > 16 Russell Street, South Bank, QLD 4101. > P.O. Box 3428 > > Phone: (07) 3735 6278 > Fax: (07) 3735 6282 > Email: k.mohrholz@griffith.edu.au > > "I got a fever! and the only prescription, is more Cowbell." > > > From: Mark Dorset > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > Date: 07/09/2009 09:39 PM > Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings > > > > > Note that the addition of NFS mounts which were in Directory Utility > in 10.5 are now a menu option of Disk Utility in 10.6. And, in my > limited testing (one machine), upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6 doesn't > appear to keep the auto nfs mounts that were previously created, so > you'll need to re-create them again post-upgrade. > > > On 03/09/2009, at 9:12 AM, ladyson wrote: > > Further to Charlie's findings, > > the directory utility has been systemised and no longer exists in > the utilities directory but can be found in the system preferences > accounts by selecting the new join button. > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090910/a4969e90/attachment-0001.html From bart.vandeventer at rmit.edu.au Thu Sep 10 17:09:22 2009 From: bart.vandeventer at rmit.edu.au (Bart van Deventer) Date: Thu Sep 10 17:15:27 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: References: <06E73538-F1B7-492D-AFE4-E9A2C1F2F480@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> Message-ID: <24F40109-4049-4637-80CC-6FE17E393EDD@rmit.edu.au> The Mac OS X 10.6 server admin tools are available from here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/serveradmintools106.html You could give it a go with a 10.5 server to see if it works. Cheers, Bart van Deventer Computer Systems Officer College of Design and Social Context On 10/09/2009, at 4:46 PM, Kai Mohrholz wrote: > Hi > > In upgrading to 10.6 I am now unable to install 10.5 Server Admin > tools. So I guess this means having to upgrade server just to get > the 10.6 admin tools installer? > Does 10.6 server admin tools even work with 10.5 server?, 10.5 admin > tools didn't like 10.4 server much as I remember. > > Kind Regards, > Kai > > Kai Mohrholz > Music Technology Technical Support > Queensland Conservatorium of Music > Griffith University > 16 Russell Street, South Bank, QLD 4101. > P.O. Box 3428 > > Phone: (07) 3735 6278 > Fax: (07) 3735 6282 > Email: k.mohrholz@griffith.edu.au > > "I got a fever! and the only prescription, is more Cowbell." > > > From: Mark Dorset > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > Date: 07/09/2009 09:39 PM > Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings > > > > > Note that the addition of NFS mounts which were in Directory Utility > in 10.5 are now a menu option of Disk Utility in 10.6. And, in my > limited testing (one machine), upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6 doesn't > appear to keep the auto nfs mounts that were previously created, so > you'll need to re-create them again post-upgrade. > > > On 03/09/2009, at 9:12 AM, ladyson wrote: > > Further to Charlie's findings, > > the directory utility has been systemised and no longer exists in > the utilities directory but can be found in the system preferences > accounts by selecting the new join button. > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090910/c44fa11a/attachment.html From s.lawler at unsw.edu.au Thu Sep 10 17:07:39 2009 From: s.lawler at unsw.edu.au (Stewart Lawler) Date: Thu Sep 10 17:15:35 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: References: <06E73538-F1B7-492D-AFE4-E9A2C1F2F480@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> Message-ID: <7A3D3968-446A-43BB-AEF0-0C5F9C3725E3@unsw.edu.au> On 10/09/2009, at 4:46 PM, Kai Mohrholz wrote: > In upgrading to 10.6 I am now unable to install 10.5 Server Admin > tools. So I guess this means having to upgrade server just to get > the 10.6 admin tools installer? > Does 10.6 server admin tools even work with 10.5 server?, 10.5 admin > tools didn't like 10.4 server much as I remember. Kai.. I haven't done it myself (yet) but I am reliably informed that the 10.6 Server Admin tools do in fact work with 10.5 server. With some caveats: the details are at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1822 HTH.. ..S. ---- : Stewart Lawler : Computer Systems Engineer : Technical Resource Centre : Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences : University of New South Wales : Phone (02) 9385 3817 : Fax (02) 9385 1340 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090910/b9356258/attachment.html From K.Mohrholz at griffith.edu.au Thu Sep 10 17:21:39 2009 From: K.Mohrholz at griffith.edu.au (Kai Mohrholz) Date: Thu Sep 10 17:24:20 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings In-Reply-To: <7A3D3968-446A-43BB-AEF0-0C5F9C3725E3@unsw.edu.au> References: <06E73538-F1B7-492D-AFE4-E9A2C1F2F480@trinity.unimelb.edu.au> <7A3D3968-446A-43BB-AEF0-0C5F9C3725E3@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: Thanks Guys! Thought I was missing something. I'll be using those 10.6 admin tools shortly. I'll stick my foot in my mouth again if somethings seemingly hokey ;) Kind Regards, Kai Kai Mohrholz Music Technology Technical Support Queensland Conservatorium of Music Griffith University 16 Russell Street, South Bank, QLD 4101. P.O. Box 3428 Phone: (07) 3735 6278 Fax: (07) 3735 6282 Email: k.mohrholz@griffith.edu.au "I got a fever! and the only prescription, is more Cowbell." From: Stewart Lawler To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List Date: 10/09/2009 05:14 PM Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] 10.6 Findings On 10/09/2009, at 4:46 PM, Kai Mohrholz wrote: In upgrading to 10.6 I am now unable to install 10.5 Server Admin tools. So I guess this means having to upgrade server just to get the 10.6 admin tools installer? Does 10.6 server admin tools even work with 10.5 server?, 10.5 admin tools didn't like 10.4 server much as I remember. Kai.. I haven't done it myself (yet) but I am reliably informed that the 10.6 Server Admin tools do in fact work with 10.5 server. 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URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090910/dc16f22b/attachment.html From r.pollard at unsw.edu.au Thu Sep 10 15:07:10 2009 From: r.pollard at unsw.edu.au (Robert Pollard) Date: Thu Sep 10 22:32:44 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Backing up / Transferring data on staff machines In-Reply-To: <71A22A7D1F867D4DA0751D8880FDAB8803646CA6F4@CQUMAIL.staff.ad.cqu.edu.au> References: <71A22A7D1F867D4DA0751D8880FDAB8803646CA6F4@CQUMAIL.staff.ad.cqu.edu.au> Message-ID: Generally use target disk mode (fire connection usually) or follow instructions on new machine to migrate all settings or use migration assistant in utilities folder.Backing up done with time machine 10.5 +. On 10/09/2009, at 1:30 PM, Brett Brooks wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm curious what strategies other people are using for backing up > and transferring data between Macs in a Uni environment. > > Carbon Copy Cloner seems like a good option, but I was just > wondering how other people did it? Do you have custom scripts or are > there other specific apps that are used? > > Any info or links in the right direction would be appreciated. > > Cheers! > > Brett > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech ############################### Robert Pollard Technical Support Officer MCSU, Rm209 AGSM Faculty of Medicine University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia Phone: 61 2 93851753 Mob:0406996346 Email: r.pollard@unsw.edu.au Fax:93851258 From David.Wikeley at utas.edu.au Fri Sep 11 12:40:51 2009 From: David.Wikeley at utas.edu.au (David Wikeley) Date: Fri Sep 11 12:54:06 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Backing up / Transferring data on staff machines In-Reply-To: <71A22A7D1F867D4DA0751D8880FDAB8803646CA6F4@CQUMAIL.staff.ad.cqu.edu.au> Message-ID: Brett, We have had good success transferring files using the Migration Assistant, as to backing up to a server we use ChronoSync http://www.econtechnologies.com/ very configurable and can do multiple syncs to different end points. Works on 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 without problems. On 10/09/09 1:30 PM, "Brett Brooks" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm curious what strategies other people are using for backing up and > transferring data between Macs in a Uni environment. > > Carbon Copy Cloner seems like a good option, but I was just wondering how > other people did it? Do you have custom scripts or are there other specific > apps that are used? > > Any info or links in the right direction would be appreciated. > > Cheers! > > Brett > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- David Wikeley IT Manager Faculty of Health Science University of Tasmania 43 Collins Street Hobart, Tasmania. T: 03 62264751 W: www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/ From C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au Fri Sep 11 17:25:53 2009 From: C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au (Charlie Nancarrow) Date: Fri Sep 11 17:28:48 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Kernel Panics on Netinstall?? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The NFS mounts will be stale. Remove the nfs mounts, unshare the folders, reshare, re nfs-mount. On 10/09/2009, at 1:36 PM, Roy Worthington wrote: > Hi David, > > I have had the same kernel panics trying to NetInstall 10.5 onto an > Imac G5 > using a 10.5 Server. So it isn't 10.6. > > As it was an old machine, I didn't chase it up at the time. > > Sorry. Although this doesn't help, it does confirm that others have > witnessed this issue. > > Regards > Roy > -- > > > On 10/09/09 Thursday, 10 September, 12:11 PM, "David Kudrev" > wrote: > >> Hi folks, we've got an interesting problem occurring here, We have a >> Mac Mini with 10.6 Server on it, used for testing out deploying >> images >> (Netinstall). Problem is however, when trying to image a PPC iMac G5, >> it kernel panics. The Netboot image made is a universal with 10.5.6, >> with no limitations/restrictions set with hardware. >> >> Is there anything that we could try here? >> >> Any help appreciated, thanks! >> >> >> >> David Kudrev >> Desktop Support Officer >> Information Services Division >> Flinders University >> (08) 8201 2345 >> http://www.flinders.edu.au >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > -- > Roy Worthington > Desktop Support Officer, Computer Support Unit > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Flinders University of South Australia, > GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From tonyw at honestpuck.com Fri Sep 11 18:08:25 2009 From: tonyw at honestpuck.com (Tony Williams) Date: Fri Sep 11 18:11:17 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Kernel Panics on Netinstall?? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5db0907d0909110108j44ae791bv700e31353c29578f@mail.gmail.com> What worries me most is that Charlie's fix will almost certainly work. Why should NFS mounts go stale? // Tony On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Charlie Nancarrow < C.Nancarrow@latrobe.edu.au> wrote: > The NFS mounts will be stale. Remove the nfs mounts, unshare the folders, > reshare, re nfs-mount. > > On 10/09/2009, at 1:36 PM, Roy Worthington wrote: > > Hi David, >> >> I have had the same kernel panics trying to NetInstall 10.5 onto an Imac >> G5 >> using a 10.5 Server. So it isn't 10.6. >> >> As it was an old machine, I didn't chase it up at the time. >> >> Sorry. Although this doesn't help, it does confirm that others have >> witnessed this issue. >> >> Regards >> Roy >> -- >> >> >> On 10/09/09 Thursday, 10 September, 12:11 PM, "David Kudrev" >> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, we've got an interesting problem occurring here, We have a >>> Mac Mini with 10.6 Server on it, used for testing out deploying images >>> (Netinstall). Problem is however, when trying to image a PPC iMac G5, >>> it kernel panics. The Netboot image made is a universal with 10.5.6, >>> with no limitations/restrictions set with hardware. >>> >>> Is there anything that we could try here? >>> >>> Any help appreciated, thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> David Kudrev >>> Desktop Support Officer >>> Information Services Division >>> Flinders University >>> (08) 8201 2345 >>> http://www.flinders.edu.au >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> unimactech mailing list >>> unimactech@auc.edu.au >>> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech >>> >> >> -- >> Roy Worthington >> Desktop Support Officer, Computer Support Unit >> Faculty of Science and Engineering >> Flinders University of South Australia, >> GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech >> > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. Help Bunny by Copying and pasting Bunny into your web page or email sig to help him gain world domination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090911/354fa66b/attachment.html From C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au Fri Sep 11 18:50:59 2009 From: C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au (Charlie Nancarrow) Date: Fri Sep 11 19:08:18 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Kernel Panics on Netinstall?? In-Reply-To: <5db0907d0909110108j44ae791bv700e31353c29578f@mail.gmail.com> References: <5db0907d0909110108j44ae791bv700e31353c29578f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <95F9651E-1FA7-4CCB-8363-3202DDA5FB5D@latrobe.edu.au> This will happen if you have changed the names of the volumes that the NetBoot shares are on.... Sent from my iPhone On 11/09/2009, at 18:10, "Tony Williams" > wrote: What worries me most is that Charlie's fix will almost certainly work. Why should NFS mounts go stale? // Tony On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Charlie Nancarrow <C.Nancarrow@latrobe.edu.au> wrote: The NFS mounts will be stale. Remove the nfs mounts, unshare the folders, reshare, re nfs-mount. On 10/09/2009, at 1:36 PM, Roy Worthington wrote: Hi David, I have had the same kernel panics trying to NetInstall 10.5 onto an Imac G5 using a 10.5 Server. So it isn't 10.6. As it was an old machine, I didn't chase it up at the time. Sorry. Although this doesn't help, it does confirm that others have witnessed this issue. Regards Roy -- On 10/09/09 Thursday, 10 September, 12:11 PM, "David Kudrev" <david.kudrev@flinders.edu.au> wrote: Hi folks, we've got an interesting problem occurring here, We have a Mac Mini with 10.6 Server on it, used for testing out deploying images (Netinstall). Problem is however, when trying to image a PPC iMac G5, it kernel panics. The Netboot image made is a universal with 10.5.6, with no limitations/restrictions set with hardware. Is there anything that we could try here? Any help appreciated, thanks! David Kudrev Desktop Support Officer Information Services Division Flinders University (08) 8201 2345 http://www.flinders.edu.au _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- Roy Worthington Desktop Support Officer, Computer Support Unit Faculty of Science and Engineering Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. Help Bunny by Copying and pasting Bunny into your web page or email sig to help him gain world domination. _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From david.kudrev at flinders.edu.au Mon Sep 14 15:12:44 2009 From: david.kudrev at flinders.edu.au (David Kudrev) Date: Mon Sep 14 15:15:47 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Kernel Panics on Netinstall?? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E453758-D101-432A-BEE6-4F3EDB720818@flinders.edu.au> Actually, we discovered that the fix was, to first install 10.5 on the G5 iMacs and then the 10.5.7 combo update. After that, we ran netinstall and that did the trick! Hope that helps anyone else out there encountering the similar issue. It seems somehow the 10.3 clients won't work with Netinstall if using a 10.5 or 10.6 server. On 10/09/2009, at 1:06 PM, Roy Worthington wrote: > Hi David, > > I have had the same kernel panics trying to NetInstall 10.5 onto an > Imac G5 > using a 10.5 Server. So it isn't 10.6. > > As it was an old machine, I didn't chase it up at the time. > > Sorry. Although this doesn't help, it does confirm that others have > witnessed this issue. > > Regards > Roy > -- > > > On 10/09/09 Thursday, 10 September, 12:11 PM, "David Kudrev" > wrote: > >> Hi folks, we've got an interesting problem occurring here, We have a >> Mac Mini with 10.6 Server on it, used for testing out deploying >> images >> (Netinstall). Problem is however, when trying to image a PPC iMac G5, >> it kernel panics. The Netboot image made is a universal with 10.5.6, >> with no limitations/restrictions set with hardware. >> >> Is there anything that we could try here? >> >> Any help appreciated, thanks! >> >> >> >> David Kudrev >> Desktop Support Officer >> Information Services Division >> Flinders University >> (08) 8201 2345 >> http://www.flinders.edu.au >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > -- > Roy Worthington > Desktop Support Officer, Computer Support Unit > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Flinders University of South Australia, > GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech David Kudrev Desktop Support Officer Information Services Division Flinders University (08) 8201 2345 http://www.flinders.edu.au From david.kudrev at flinders.edu.au Tue Sep 15 12:01:54 2009 From: david.kudrev at flinders.edu.au (David Kudrev) Date: Tue Sep 15 12:04:58 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Deploying an application as login item to multiple workstations? Message-ID: <27DB8729-D34F-4A75-9433-7A11F705FCFA@flinders.edu.au> Hi guys, I've got an application made in Applescript which log users onto a server on the network. I need some help on how to deploy that application as a login item to multiple workstations please. Any suggestions/methods? I should add this will be for machines which run 10.3-10.6. Any help appreciated folks, thanks heaps! David Kudrev Desktop Support Officer Information Services Division Flinders University (08) 8201 2345 http://www.flinders.edu.au From jrhoades at svi.edu.au Tue Sep 15 17:02:05 2009 From: jrhoades at svi.edu.au (Jon Rhoades) Date: Tue Sep 15 17:05:04 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? Message-ID: <4AAF3BED.8030905@svi.edu.au> Hi, Picked this up from the Mac enterprise mailing list. Just wondering what everybody was going to do when their new Macs arrive with 10.6 on them - with no downgrade rights or ability to purchase 10.5... Better hurry up and complete 10.6 testing! Regards Jon -- Jon Rhoades IT Support Officer St Vincent's Cluster St Vincent's Institute 41 Victoria Parade Fitzroy Vic 3065 p: 03 9288 2480 | x: 2399 | f: 03 9416 2676 www.svi.edu.au -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:26:46 -0500 From: Smith, William Reply-To: Mac OS X enterprise deployment project To: MACENTERPRISE@LISTS.PSU.EDU > From: Alex Briton > Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:06:54 -0600 > > Okay, this one seems obvious to me, but someone at Apple has confused the > heck out of me. We?re getting new machines in that are pre-installed with > 10.6, but not having completed testing on it, and not having new > standardized images to deploy yet, I?d like to push out the new machines > with our current 10.5.8 images. My Apple rep really didn?t answer my > downgrade question, just told me Apple telesales still sells Leopard, but > not for long he imagines. > > Does anyone know definitively if it?s legal to ?downgrade? to 10.5 if 10.6 > is provided? It would seem to me it?s okay as Apple only allows their OS to > be installed on their hardware, right? I?m confused.... I've had one Apple rep tell me, "No, you are not licensed to install anything other than the operating system that came with the machine or that you've purchased." I've had his boss tell me, "It's OK to install an earlier version of the operating system so long as you're licensed for the current version of the operating system." (Couldn't get this in writing, however.) I choose to listen to my Compliance group here where I work: "If it doesn't say we can do it in the EULA then it's NOT OK." When Apple announced on a Monday that they'd be releasing Snow Leopard that Friday, they suddenly quit online sales of Leopard, which really put us in a pickle. I finally contacted an Enterprise representative at (800) MYAPPLE here in the U.S. and was able to purchase the remaining Leopard licenses we needed, but was told that these wouldn't be available for very long. Some of today's machines should be shipping with Leopard installed and a Snow Leopard drop-in disk. If you can get them through a local retailer or Apple Store then you'll probably get one of these. -- bill William M. Smith, Technical Analyst MCS IT Merrill Communications, LLC (651) 632-1492 _____________________________________________________ MacEnterprise, Inc http://www.macenterprise.org Subscription Options and Archives http://lists.psu.edu/archives/macenterprise.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090915/f3d2e44b/attachment.html From elusiv3 at mac.com Wed Sep 16 19:33:33 2009 From: elusiv3 at mac.com (elusiv3) Date: Wed Sep 16 22:37:29 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? In-Reply-To: <4AAF3BED.8030905@svi.edu.au> References: <4AAF3BED.8030905@svi.edu.au> Message-ID: <7C7F738E-6287-40B7-A5C3-4288C100A211@mac.com> I've been told that it is legal to downgrade from 10.6 to 10.5. On 15/09/2009, at 5:02 PM, Jon Rhoades wrote: > Picked this up from the Mac enterprise mailing list. Just wondering > what everybody was going to do when their new Macs arrive with 10.6 > on them - with no downgrade rights or ability to purchase 10.5... > Better hurry up and complete 10.6 testing! From sherry.proferes at adelaide.edu.au Wed Sep 16 22:40:27 2009 From: sherry.proferes at adelaide.edu.au (Sherry Proferes) Date: Wed Sep 16 22:43:56 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? In-Reply-To: <7C7F738E-6287-40B7-A5C3-4288C100A211@mac.com> References: <4AAF3BED.8030905@svi.edu.au> <7C7F738E-6287-40B7-A5C3-4288C100A211@mac.com> Message-ID: <10E4F352-8340-4381-8D91-3768F1851D6C@adelaide.edu.au> and I've been told that it is not legal. I've been told that these machines will still be able to boot 10.5 but you will not have the licensing rights to do so. Apple does not presently (as far as my source is aware) allow 'downgrade' rights on its operating systems. And when new models come out they will not run 10.5 if previous versions are anything to go by. This is a dilemma for all who build images to preinstall each time a new OS is released. Sherry On 16/09/2009, at 7:03 PM, elusiv3 wrote: > I've been told that it is legal to downgrade from 10.6 to 10.5. > > > On 15/09/2009, at 5:02 PM, Jon Rhoades wrote: > >> Picked this up from the Mac enterprise mailing list. Just >> wondering what everybody was going to do when their new Macs arrive >> with 10.6 on them - with no downgrade rights or ability to purchase >> 10.5... Better hurry up and complete 10.6 testing! > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From Declan.McQuay at sci.monash.edu.au Thu Sep 17 08:14:16 2009 From: Declan.McQuay at sci.monash.edu.au (Declan McQuay) Date: Thu Sep 17 08:17:37 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? In-Reply-To: <10E4F352-8340-4381-8D91-3768F1851D6C@adelaide.edu.au> References: <4AAF3BED.8030905@svi.edu.au> <7C7F738E-6287-40B7-A5C3-4288C100A211@mac.com> <10E4F352-8340-4381-8D91-3768F1851D6C@adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: And also a dilemma for places where devices are incompatible to Snow Leopard, like Toshiba Photocopiers. - Declan -- Declan McQuay Desktop Support Officer Faculty of Science Monash University Maths IT Help Webpage: http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 From: Sherry Proferes To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List Date: 16/09/2009 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? and I've been told that it is not legal. I've been told that these machines will still be able to boot 10.5 but you will not have the licensing rights to do so. Apple does not presently (as far as my source is aware) allow 'downgrade' rights on its operating systems. And when new models come out they will not run 10.5 if previous versions are anything to go by. This is a dilemma for all who build images to preinstall each time a new OS is released. Sherry On 16/09/2009, at 7:03 PM, elusiv3 wrote: > I've been told that it is legal to downgrade from 10.6 to 10.5. > > > On 15/09/2009, at 5:02 PM, Jon Rhoades wrote: > >> Picked this up from the Mac enterprise mailing list. Just >> wondering what everybody was going to do when their new Macs arrive >> with 10.6 on them - with no downgrade rights or ability to purchase >> 10.5... Better hurry up and complete 10.6 testing! > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From lindsay at psy.otago.ac.nz Thu Sep 17 08:35:25 2009 From: lindsay at psy.otago.ac.nz (Lindsay Robertson - Psych Tech) Date: Thu Sep 17 09:08:06 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? In-Reply-To: References: <4AAF3BED.8030905@svi.edu.au> <7C7F738E-6287-40B7-A5C3-4288C100A211@mac.com> <10E4F352-8340-4381-8D91-3768F1851D6C@adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: <04628332-79A7-469A-8DEC-DE489B143192@psy.otago.ac.nz> and Kanaka... (so far) On 17/09/2009, at 10:14 AM, Declan McQuay wrote: > And also a dilemma for places where devices are incompatible to Snow > Leopard, like Toshiba Photocopiers. > > - Declan > -- > Declan McQuay > Desktop Support Officer > Faculty of Science Monash University > Maths IT Help Webpage: > http://wiki.med.monash.edu.au/MathematicalSciences/MathsITGuide > For all IT issues please use Jobdesk: > http://jobdesk.med.monash.edu.au/login/index.cfm?jobdesk_id=9 > > > > > From: Sherry Proferes > > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > > Date: 16/09/2009 10:41 PM > > Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? > > > > > > > and I've been told that it is not legal. I've been told that these > machines will still be able to boot 10.5 but you will not have the > licensing rights to do so. Apple does not presently (as far as my > source is aware) allow 'downgrade' rights on its operating systems. > And when new models come out they will not run 10.5 if previous > versions are anything to go by. This is a dilemma for all who build > images to preinstall each time a new OS is released. > Sherry > On 16/09/2009, at 7:03 PM, elusiv3 wrote: > >> I've been told that it is legal to downgrade from 10.6 to 10.5. >> >> >> On 15/09/2009, at 5:02 PM, Jon Rhoades wrote: >> >>> Picked this up from the Mac enterprise mailing list. Just >>> wondering what everybody was going to do when their new Macs arrive >>> with 10.6 on them - with no downgrade rights or ability to purchase >>> 10.5... Better hurry up and complete 10.6 testing! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech Lindsay Robertson Senior Technician Dept. Health & Safety Officer Psychology Department University of Otago Dunedin 9016 New Zealand Ph (03) 479 7668 Fax (03) 479 8335 __________________________ 'If MacGyver had carried around more C4, he'd have had fewer problems with doors.' Grant Imahara Mythbusters From petthoma at usyd.edu.au Thu Sep 17 13:58:36 2009 From: petthoma at usyd.edu.au (Peter Thomas) Date: Thu Sep 17 14:07:36 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Re: unimactech Digest, Vol 69, Issue 8 In-Reply-To: <20090916230807.6C1051CF503C@auc.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: On 17/09/2009 9:08 AM, "unimactech-request@auc.edu.au" wrote: > Send unimactech mailing list submissions to > unimactech@auc.edu.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > unimactech-request@auc.edu.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > unimactech-owner@auc.edu.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of unimactech digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Deploying an application as login item to multiple > workstations? (David Kudrev) > 2. 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? (Jon Rhoades) > 3. Re: 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? (elusiv3) > 4. Re: 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? (Sherry Proferes) > 5. Re: 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? (Declan McQuay) > 6. Re: 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? > (Lindsay Robertson - Psych Tech) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:31:54 +0930 > From: David Kudrev > Subject: [UniMacTech] Deploying an application as login item to > multiple workstations? > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > Message-ID: <27DB8729-D34F-4A75-9433-7A11F705FCFA@flinders.edu.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Hi guys, I've got an application made in Applescript which log users > onto a server on the network. I need some help on how to deploy that > application as a login item to multiple workstations please. Any > suggestions/methods? I should add this will be for machines which run > 10.3-10.6. > > Any help appreciated folks, thanks heaps! > > > David Kudrev > Desktop Support Officer > Information Services Division > Flinders University > (08) 8201 2345 > http://www.flinders.edu.au > > Try an application called Lingon which allows you to do a avriety of things on Boot and/or log in http://sourceforge.net/projects/lingon/files/ -- Peter Thomas Information Technologies Facilities Manager Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney Ph 93511331 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:02:05 +1000 > From: Jon Rhoades > Subject: [UniMacTech] 10.6 systems downgraded to 10.5? > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > Message-ID: <4AAF3BED.8030905@svi.edu.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > Picked this up from the Mac enterprise mailing list. Just wondering > what everybody was going to do when their new Macs arrive with 10.6 on > them - with no downgrade rights or ability to purchase 10.5... Better > hurry up and complete 10.6 testing! > > Regards Jon From dma at business.uq.edu.au Mon Sep 21 12:35:23 2009 From: dma at business.uq.edu.au (donna ashelford) Date: Mon Sep 21 12:44:44 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] bizarre ical/google calendar behaviour Message-ID: <292E0942-4584-4C8F-AD55-73D23A01D502@business.uq.edu.au> Hi, Have the weirdest behaviour on ical this morning. My calendars reside on google, accessed via ical and iphone. Noticed today: if I make an appointment in iCal I can no longer modify it after creation. Any changes revert when it syncs with google. (example - make an entry in diary at 9, let sync, move to 8, let sync and it reverts to 9 - same for all fields). Fault is solid on all calendars (whether owned or delegate) and solid. Isn't a problem with appointments created by iphone then modified. Others in office can duplicate. Any ideas? (this'll be maddening...) thanks donna From sophie at hi-voltage.com.au Wed Sep 23 12:03:01 2009 From: sophie at hi-voltage.com.au (Sophie Tanevski) Date: Wed Sep 23 12:41:00 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and > Equipment Bookings > > Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced > the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system > designed for universities, colleges and other educational > institutions. > > Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping > educational institutions take full control of their room and > equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money > and effort. > > On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing > students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the > loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning > for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and > issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset > management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as > reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. > > ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT > alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more > productive in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of > Hi-Voltage. ?No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane > tasks. Our aim is to change that.? > > BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. > Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing > BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. > > BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational > institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European > countries. > > For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php > > Contact: > Sophie Tanevski > Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. > ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 > fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 > web: www.hi-voltage.com.au > > ### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind Regards Craig O'Brien craig@uow.edu.au University of Wollongong Faculty of Creative Arts Northfields Avenue, Wollongong NSW, 2522 From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] On Behalf Of Sophie Tanevski Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM To: BookingPOINT PR Contacts Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system designed for universities, colleges and other educational institutions. Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping educational institutions take full control of their room and equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money and effort. On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. "With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more productive in their roles," said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of Hi-Voltage. "No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane tasks. Our aim is to change that." BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European countries. For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php Contact: Sophie Tanevski Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 web: www.hi-voltage.com.au ### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090924/4118e0b5/attachment-0001.html From david.hamono at adm.monash.edu.au Thu Sep 24 15:06:39 2009 From: david.hamono at adm.monash.edu.au (David Hamono) Date: Thu Sep 24 15:10:33 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Equipment Bookings software In-Reply-To: <9F0DB57F74256246A70D15851E5C56E02EAE52D163@EXCMS01.ad.uow.edu.au> References: <9F0DB57F74256246A70D15851E5C56E02EAE52D163@EXCMS01.ad.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: So this list is for commercial uses now? -- > From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au > ] On Behalf Of Sophie Tanevski > Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM > To: BookingPOINT PR Contacts > Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities > Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and > Equipment Bookings > > Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced > the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system > designed for universities, colleges and other educational > institutions. > > Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping > educational institutions take full control of their room and > equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money > and effort. > > On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing > students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the > loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning > for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and > issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset > management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as > reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. > > ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT > alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more > productive in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of > Hi-Voltage. ?No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane > tasks. Our aim is to change that.? > > BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. > Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing > BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. > > BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational > institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European > countries. > > For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php > > Contact: > Sophie Tanevski > Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. > ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 > fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 > web: www.hi-voltage.com.au > > ### > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- Regards, David Hamono ----------------------------------------------------------- M O N A S H U N I V E R S I T Y Box 197, 900 Dandenong Rd Caulfield East 3145, Australia tel: (+61 3) 9903 4868 fax: (+61 3) 9903 4887 mobile: 0427 887 558 email: david.hamono@adm.monash.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Content and opinions of any email are not necessarily related to my position or employer. Unintended recipient please delete from systems. From crichard at maccs.mq.edu.au Thu Sep 24 15:11:00 2009 From: crichard at maccs.mq.edu.au (Craig Richardson) Date: Thu Sep 24 15:14:53 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Equipment Bookings software In-Reply-To: <9F0DB57F74256246A70D15851E5C56E02EAE52D163@EXCMS01.ad.uow.edu.au> References: <9F0DB57F74256246A70D15851E5C56E02EAE52D163@EXCMS01.ad.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: <56A00D8B-06CF-43DB-AAE7-B0CBE9AA2276@maccs.mq.edu.au> We use MRBS, which is a simple Open Source PHP/MySQL application. Doesn't have anywhere near the feature set of BookingPOINT but for what we need its perfect. http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/ cheers, Craig -- Craig Richardson Systems Administrator Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY NSW 2109 Phone: +61 (0)2 9850 6730 Fax: +61 (0)2 9850 6059 http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au CRICOS Provider No 00002J This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of MACCS or Macquarie University. On 24/09/2009, at 2:58 PM, Craig O'Brien wrote: > Hi I'm looking for a product to manage equipment loans and am > wondering what other people out there are using and if anyone could > recommend a product. > I got the email about BookingPOINT which does everything we need it > to do so it looks like a good option on paper but If you would mind > emailing me with products you use and your experience it would be > greatly appreciated. > > Kind Regards > Craig O'Brien > craig@uow.edu.au > University of Wollongong > Faculty of Creative Arts > Northfields Avenue, Wollongong > NSW, 2522 > > > > From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au > ] On Behalf Of Sophie Tanevski > Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM > To: BookingPOINT PR Contacts > Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities > Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and > Equipment Bookings > > Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced > the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system > designed for universities, colleges and other educational > institutions. > > Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping > educational institutions take full control of their room and > equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money > and effort. > > On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing > students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the > loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning > for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and > issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset > management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as > reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. > > ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT > alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more > productive in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of > Hi-Voltage. ?No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane > tasks. Our aim is to change that.? > > BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. > Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing > BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. > > BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational > institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European > countries. > > For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php > > Contact: > Sophie Tanevski > Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. > ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 > fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 > web: www.hi-voltage.com.au > > ### > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind Regards Craig O'Brien craig@uow.edu.au University of Wollongong Faculty of Creative Arts Northfields Avenue, Wollongong NSW, 2522 From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] On Behalf Of Sophie Tanevski Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM To: BookingPOINT PR Contacts Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system designed for universities, colleges and other educational institutions. Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping educational institutions take full control of their room and equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money and effort. On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more productive in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of Hi-Voltage. ?No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane tasks. Our aim is to change that.? BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European countries. For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php Contact: Sophie Tanevski Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 web: www.hi-voltage.com.au ### -- David Wikeley IT Manager Faculty of Health Science University of Tasmania 43 Collins Street Hobart, Tasmania. T: 03 62264751 W: www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you have received this email in error, please delete the message and any attachments. On 24/09/2009 3:51 PM, "unimactech-request@auc.edu.au" wrote: > Send unimactech mailing list submissions to > unimactech@auc.edu.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > unimactech-request@auc.edu.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > unimactech-owner@auc.edu.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of unimactech digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Equipment Bookings software (David Hamono) > 2. Re: Equipment Bookings software (Craig Richardson) > 3. Re: Equipment Bookings software (David Wikeley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:06:39 +1000 > From: David Hamono > Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] Equipment Bookings software > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > So this list is for commercial uses now? > > -- >> From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au >> ] On Behalf Of Sophie Tanevski >> Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM >> To: BookingPOINT PR Contacts >> Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities >> Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings >> >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> >> >> New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and >> Equipment Bookings >> >> Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced >> the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system >> designed for universities, colleges and other educational >> institutions. >> >> Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping >> educational institutions take full control of their room and >> equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money >> and effort. >> >> On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing >> students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the >> loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning >> for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and >> issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset >> management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as >> reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. >> >> ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT >> alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more >> productive in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of >> Hi-Voltage. ?No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane >> tasks. Our aim is to change that.? >> >> BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. >> Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing >> BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. >> >> BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational >> institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European >> countries. >> >> For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit >> http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php >> >> Contact: >> Sophie Tanevski >> Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. >> ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 >> fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 >> web: www.hi-voltage.com.au >> >> ### >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > -- > > Regards, > > David Hamono > ----------------------------------------------------------- > M O N A S H U N I V E R S I T Y > Box 197, 900 Dandenong Rd > Caulfield East 3145, Australia > tel: (+61 3) 9903 4868 > fax: (+61 3) 9903 4887 > mobile: 0427 887 558 > email: david.hamono@adm.monash.edu.au > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Note: Content and opinions of any email are not > necessarily related to my position or employer. > Unintended recipient please delete from systems. > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:11:00 +1000 > From: Craig Richardson > Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] Equipment Bookings software > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > Message-ID: <56A00D8B-06CF-43DB-AAE7-B0CBE9AA2276@maccs.mq.edu.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > We use MRBS, which is a simple Open Source PHP/MySQL application. > Doesn't have anywhere near the feature set of BookingPOINT but for > what we need its perfect. > > http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/ > > cheers, > Craig > > -- > Craig Richardson > Systems Administrator > Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science > MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY NSW 2109 > > Phone: +61 (0)2 9850 6730 > Fax: +61 (0)2 9850 6059 > http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au > > CRICOS Provider No 00002J > > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, > please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this > message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily > the views of MACCS or Macquarie University. > > On 24/09/2009, at 2:58 PM, Craig O'Brien wrote: > >> Hi I'm looking for a product to manage equipment loans and am >> wondering what other people out there are using and if anyone could >> recommend a product. >> I got the email about BookingPOINT which does everything we need it >> to do so it looks like a good option on paper but If you would mind >> emailing me with products you use and your experience it would be >> greatly appreciated. >> >> Kind Regards >> Craig O'Brien >> craig@uow.edu.au >> University of Wollongong >> Faculty of Creative Arts >> Northfields Avenue, Wollongong >> NSW, 2522 >> >> >> >> From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au >> ] On Behalf Of Sophie Tanevski >> Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM >> To: BookingPOINT PR Contacts >> Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities >> Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings >> >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> >> >> New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and >> Equipment Bookings >> >> Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced >> the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system >> designed for universities, colleges and other educational >> institutions. >> >> Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping >> educational institutions take full control of their room and >> equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money >> and effort. >> >> On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing >> students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the >> loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning >> for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and >> issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset >> management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as >> reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. >> >> ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT >> alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more >> productive in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of >> Hi-Voltage. ?No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane >> tasks. Our aim is to change that.? >> >> BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. >> Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing >> BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. >> >> BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational >> institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European >> countries. >> >> For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit >> http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php >> >> Contact: >> Sophie Tanevski >> Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. >> ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 >> fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 >> web: www.hi-voltage.com.au >> >> ### >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090924/6ecf8005/attac > hment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:46:11 +1000 > From: David Wikeley > Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] Equipment Bookings software > To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > We also use MRBS, which is easy to modify to suit your special needs. > > http://booking.healthsci.utas.edu.au > > > On 24/09/09 2:58 PM, "Craig O'Brien" wrote: > > Hi I'm looking for a product to manage equipment loans and am wondering what > other people out there are using and if anyone could recommend a product. > I got the email about BookingPOINT which does everything we need it to do so > it looks like a good option on paper but If you would mind emailing me with > products you use and your experience it would be greatly appreciated. > > Kind Regards > Craig O'Brien > craig@uow.edu.au > University of Wollongong > Faculty of Creative Arts > Northfields Avenue, Wollongong > NSW, 2522 > > > > > From: unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] On > Behalf Of Sophie Tanevski > Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM > To: BookingPOINT PR Contacts > Subject: [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities Take > Control of Room and Equipment Bookings > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > > New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and Equipment > Bookings > > Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced the > release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system designed for > universities, colleges and other educational institutions. > > Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping educational > institutions take full control of their room and equipment bookings, saving > them a considerable amount of time, money and effort. > > On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing students to > reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the loans desk. Other key > features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning for fast check in and check out, > automated reminder emails and issuing of demerit points for reducing late > returns, asset management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as > reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. > > ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT > alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more productive > in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of Hi-Voltage. ?No body > wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane tasks. Our aim is to change > that.? > > BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. Hi-Voltage > also offers a customization service, customizing BookingPOINT to meet specific > client needs. > > BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational institutes across > the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European countries. > > For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit > http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php > > Contact: > Sophie Tanevski > Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. > ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 > fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 > web: www.hi-voltage.com.au > > ### > > > -- > David Wikeley > IT Manager > Faculty of Health Science > University of Tasmania > 43 Collins Street > Hobart, Tasmania. > T: 03 62264751 > W: www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090924/20fb04a7/attac > hment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > > End of unimactech Digest, Vol 69, Issue 10 > ****************************************** From s.lawler at unsw.edu.au Thu Sep 24 17:33:08 2009 From: s.lawler at unsw.edu.au (Stewart Lawler) Date: Thu Sep 24 17:38:40 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Bookings Software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All.. I've only been peripherally involved in the discussions here but my understanding is MRBS was used for a while but found to be lacking in some aspects, and the fine chaps a CoFA are developing, or have already developed, an in-house solution. (Funny how the subject came up here today, just as my manager went off to an introductory meeting on the project.) Not sure if they're intending to open-source it or not - but will provide details when I can as there's obviously interest.. ..S. ---- : Stewart Lawler : Computer Systems Engineer : Technical Resource Centre : Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences : UNSW | CRICOS Provider Code 00098G : Phone (02) 9385 3817 : Fax (02) 9385 1340 On 24/09/2009, at 5:21 PM, Peter Thomas wrote: > Dear All > > I've been searching for a solution that will do this for years. > > I hope to evaluate asap to see I can get an api worked out from > Central Uni > Timetabling systems so class room bookings can be fed into > automatically. > > > Peter Thomas > IT Facilities Manager > SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC > The University of Sydney > Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia > P 61 2 9351 1331 | F 61 2 9351 1287 | M 61 0423829 837 > petthoma@usyd.edu.au > > CRICOS Provider Code 00026A | DISCLAIMER NOTICE: This email and any > files > transmitted with it are confidential and may be privileged. Any > unauthorised > use of it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in > error, > please delete the message and any attachments. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20090924/ceb87855/attachment.html From shay at cygnus.uwa.edu.au Thu Sep 24 19:07:23 2009 From: shay at cygnus.uwa.edu.au (Shay Telfer) Date: Thu Sep 24 20:29:49 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Equipment Bookings software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4ABB36CB.4030800@cygnus.uwa.edu.au> Hi... We use the open source phpscheduleit, and a fairly basic custom php/mysql web page to check equipment in/out. http://php.brickhost.com/ Thanks, Shay -- shay.telfer@uwa.edu.au Senior Programmer, Faculty Computing fax: +61 8 6488 8750 Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences CRICOS Provider #00126G The University of Western Australia On 24/09/2009 1:46 PM, David Wikeley wrote: > We also use MRBS, which is easy to modify to suit your special needs. > > http://booking.healthsci.utas.edu.au > > > On 24/09/09 2:58 PM, "Craig O'Brien" wrote: > > Hi I'm looking for a product to manage equipment loans and am > wondering what other people out there are using and if anyone could > recommend a product. > I got the email about BookingPOINT which does everything we need it > to do so it looks like a good option on paper but If you would mind > emailing me with products you use and your experience it would be > greatly appreciated. > > Kind Regards > Craig O'Brien > craig@uow.edu.au > University of Wollongong > Faculty of Creative Arts > Northfields Avenue, Wollongong > NSW, 2522 > > > > > *From:* unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au > [mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] *On Behalf Of *Sophie Tanevski > *Sent:* Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:03 PM > *To:* BookingPOINT PR Contacts > *Subject:* [UniMacTech] [PR] New Booking Software Helps Universities > Take Control of Room and Equipment Bookings > > > *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > * > > New Booking Software Helps Universities Take Control of Room and > Equipment Bookings > > Melbourne, Australia September 23, 2009. Hi-Voltage today announced > the release of BookingPOINT 3.1.0, a powerful library booking system > designed for universities, colleges and other educational institutions. > > Available for both Mac and PC platforms, BookingPOINT is helping > educational institutions take full control of their room and > equipment bookings, saving them a considerable amount of time, money > and effort. > > On-line reservations are a key feature of BookingPOINT, allowing > students to reserve rooms and equipment on-line while freeing up the > loans desk. Other key features of BookingPOINT are barcode scanning > for fast check in and check out, automated reminder emails and > issuing of demerit points for reducing late returns, asset > management for keeping tab on valuable equipment, as well as > reporting tools for keeping on top of the loans process. > > ?With the increasing pressure of time demands on staff, BookingPOINT > alleviates tedious administrative tasks, allowing staff to be more > productive in their roles,? said Tony Tanevski, Managing Director of > Hi-Voltage. ?No body wants to be stuck doing repetitive or mundane > tasks. Our aim is to change that.? > > BookingPOINT is updated regularly as a result of customer feedback. > Hi-Voltage also offers a customization service, customizing > BookingPOINT to meet specific client needs. > > BookingPOINT is used by universities and other educational > institutes across the US, Australia, Canada, UK and other European > countries. > > For more information regarding BookingPOINT, visit > http://www.hi-voltage.com.au/bookingpoint.php > > Contact: > Sophie Tanevski > Hi-Voltage Corporations Pty. Ltd. > ph: + 61 3 9404 4998 > fax: + 61 3 9404 4578 > web: www.hi-voltage.com.au > > ### > > > -- > David Wikeley > IT Manager > Faculty of Health Science > University of Tasmania > 43 Collins Street > Hobart, Tasmania. > T: 03 62264751 > W: www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech