Category Archives: Labs

Posts about computer labs and classrooms at Williams College

Software – SPSS 20 Silent Install on Mac

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Instructions for running the silent install on a mac are at: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21515821

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Image Build – Mac – AFP location files for each graduating class

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Students have network file space on our Achilles server based on their graduating year.  I presently provide links to these locations in a common area on the Mac image. in /Library/Application Support/Williams/Network File Space/Achilles are a series of .afloc files … Continue reading →

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Software – MatLab install “archives” folder structure

Posted on June 25, 2013 by

  The MatLab distribution from MatWorks tries to save space on the disk and time for the download transfer.  For the products you are licensed for they send you a “common” file and also a CPU-specific file.  When installing MatLab … Continue reading →

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Software – Google Chrome for All Users

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

To install Google Chrome on an image for All users see the post at: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/118663?hl=en

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Web – Podio – work-related solcial media site

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

  Using this with the Language Lab in 2013 – 2014 while Sourena is away … https://alefba.podio.com/lab-computers/    

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Mac – Apple dropped support for X11 in Mt Lion

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

  Apple move X11 development to the “crowd”.  See the post at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293 To get X11 on Mt Lion (10.8.x), See the link at: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/    

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Windows 8 – Deleting windows.old and temp install files

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

When doing an upgrade to windows 8 the installer can leave behind a large amount of data in a few locations.  To remove these use Disk Cleanup with the option to clean-up system files. I have gained back more than … Continue reading →

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Mac – XCode 4 on Mt Lion

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Apparently, Apple no longer installs the command line tools for XCode automatically.  Once you install XCode you need to go to the Preferences, then Downloads to install these as an extra step … http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11705912/upgrading-to-mountain-lion-and-xcode-4-broke-my-make  

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Mac – What makes a volume bootable

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

  To quote from the link below: Bootability comes down to a few simple rules: The hard drive enclosure must support booting a Macintosh (applies to external hard drives only) The computer must support booting from the interface used to … Continue reading →

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