This is the first page to consult for general questions about managed Macintosh systems.
Configure Macintosh OS X (Leopard)
TSG managed Macintosh systems are typically configured as follows. They apply to home/mobile users in most cases. If you need additional items to be addressed, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
- Install Leopard from scratch or via upgrade using Install DVD
- Complete current updates
- Setup LDAP (LDAPS to be done saparately)
- Configure MFP printers
- Office 2008 for Mac and updates
- Firefox and Thunderbird
- Setup ntfs-3g
- svnX
- MacTeX (backend) and TeXShop (frontend)
- Developer Tools and Xcode from Install DVD
- Others
Windows for Mac Users
- Need to run virtual machines
- Need to access external NTFS partitions or hard drives
- Install ntfs-3g
- Need to run Windows OS on Intel Macintosh
- Install Boot Camp and latest updates
For PowerPC users, VMware Fusion, Parallels, and other commercial packages are available - Follow Windows Frontpage to setup Windows XP
- Install Boot Camp and latest updates
- Want to remotely control Macintosh
- Install and configure Vine Server on OS X
Apple Remote Desktop and other commercial solutions are available - Users can access/control OS X from either Windows and Linux computers via VNC clients
- NOTE: this approach may not be secure enough over the public networks. To overcome that, use either ssh tunnels or other commercial grade VNC servers for Mac.
- Install and configure Vine Server on OS X
How to change the user short name?
- This may be necessary for easy access to our MFP printers if you don't have LDAP authentication configured. Here is how.