OTS is pleased to offer the following PDF
publications and Flash movie tutorials as
self-help technology resources for the
Towson University community. (For other
non-profit use please refer to our
copyright information.)
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tutorial, click on its title. If your
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Towson Macintosh users may also find support and
information at the Mac Corner website at
http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/OTS/support/maccorner.asp.
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General
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Macintosh
Computers
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Apple Mobile Devices
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Macintosh: Connecting to your H: Drive on
campus
In this mediasite recording, you will be
instructed on how to connect to your H:
drive on campus. |
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Macintosh: Printing to a Campus printer
In this mediatsite recording you will learn
how to configure your Mac so that you can
print to a campus printer. |
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Macintosh: Connecting to Mac to H:\ and O:\
Drives (Network File Shares)
This document explains how to connect to
file shares and remote drive using a
Macintosh Apple Computer. |
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Macintosh: Connecting to TU Wireless on Mac
OS 10.5 and above
These instructions will assist you in
connecting to the Towson Wireless network
from your Macintosh OS 10.5 and above computer. |
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Macintosh: Connecting to TU Wireless on Mac
OS 10.4 Tiger
These instructions will assist you in
connecting to the Towson Wireless
network from your Macintosh (OS 10.4)
computer. |
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Macintosh: Installing the VPN client on a
Macintosh
This document explains how to install
the VPN client on a Macintosh computer.
This document also refers you to a patch
that you need to install before using
the VPN client. |
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Macintosh: Printing for Mac 10.5 and above
This document will walk you through the
steps to configure your Macintosh OS
10.5 and above computer to print to network
printers on the university network. |
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Macintosh: Printing for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger
This document will walk you through the
steps to configure your Macintosh OS 10.4
computer to print to network printers on the
university network. |
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MAC Clean Access Agent - Student Connection to tu-secure
Students will need to download and install the Macintosh Clean Access Agent to connect to tu-secure. The tu-secure allows a secure connection for faculty, staff and students.
For More information, see tu-secure Network Access |
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Macintosh: Installing ClamXav Antivirus Software
Faculty, staff, and students can install this free antivirus software that protects the Mac from Mac threats and prevents the Mac from passing on Windows threats to other users. |
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Macintosh: Setting Up Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is the productivity
application included in the Microsoft Office
suite of applications for Macs which enables
you to consolidate your PC-based e-mail into
your Mac inbox, unifying your work and home
messages, contacts, calendars and tasks. |
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Macintosh: Word For Mac Basics
Microsoft Word for Mac is Microsoft’s
Macintosh Word Processing application. In
this self help document, you will learn how
to create a new Word document, save the
document, open an existing document and
close and existing document. |
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Macintosh: Finding System Information
This document explains how to display
system information such as computer name,
serial number and IP address on a Macintosh
computer. |
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Macintosh: Safe File Naming Conventions
Refer to this document before saving files
that may be shared between Macintosh and PC
computers. Certain characters are
incompatible when sharing files across
platforms. |
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Macintosh: Setting up Entourage
This document will step you through
setting up the mail software application,
Entourage, for your Macintosh. |
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Macintosh: Mac 101- Mac vs. PC Common
Commands
If you are familiar
with common commands on a Personal Computer,
this self-help document will show you how to
perform the comparable functions on a
Macintosh. |
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Macintosh: Finder
This document discusses
Finder which is the application that lays on
top of the desktop and forms the “behind the
scenes” engine. It allows you to store,
sort, organize and find practically
everything on your Mac. |
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Macintosh: Screen Elements
In this Quick Sheet, you
will learn about the elements of the Mac
OS-X landscape. If you have used a computer
before, many of the objects you see are no
different than what you are already familiar
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Macintosh: Smart Folders
In this self help document, you will learn
how to create a Smart Folder in Finder.
Smart Folders can dramatically improve your
ability to organize and locate files
quickly. |
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Macintosh: Using Stacks Effectively
In this self help document, you will learn
how to effectively create and use stacks to
quickly access your documents and manage
them more effectively. |
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Macintosh: Word for Mac Basic Formatting
Features
Formatting features allow a user to change
the attributes of text so that it can become
more visually appealing to the end user. In
this self help document you will be
introduced to several of the basic
formatting features available within
Microsoft Word for Macintosh. |
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iPhone & iPad: Towson E-mail Configuration
On your iPhone or iPad, it is possible to
send and receive emails from your Towson
University account. This self-help document
will step you through how to perform this
action. |
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iPad: Setting up Email, Calendars and
Contacts
This video tutorial will walk you through
setting up and configuring email, calendars
and contacts on your iPad. |
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iPad: Citrix Receiver
The Towson University Virtual Workspace is
accessible on the iPad via an app called
Citrix Receiver. In this self-help document,
you will learn how to locate the Citrix
Receiver app from the app store, download
it, launch Virtual Workspace via Safari and
then open a component of the Virtual
Workspace (Towson Desktop, Outlook, Excel
etc.) using Citrix Receiver. |
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iPad:
Installing and Configuring Citrix Receiver
on an iPad
The Towson University Virtual Workspace is
accessible on the iPad via an app called
Citrix Receiver. This movie tutorial will
walk you through the steps to download and
configure this app for your iPad. |
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iPad: Password Protection
It is essential to secure your iPad with a
password that protects it from unauthorized
access to the iPad and everything on it,
including your e-mail and calendar. |
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Apple Mobile Devices (iPhone,
iPod, iOS) |
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iPhone & iPad: Towson E-mail Configuration
On your iPhone or iPad, it is possible to
send and receive emails from your Towson
University account. This self-help document
will step you through how to perform this
action. |
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Macinintosh, iPad, iPhone, iPod - tu-secure wireless connection
tu-secure allows a secure connection for faculty, staff, and students
For More information, see tu-secure Network Access |
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