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setting up wireless

shoose EDUWIFI

Key is 1CBE991A14

neet to send MAC address of card to ISU helpdesk in order to get permission to use

Enabling password requirement when waking from sleep

There is a check box under the "Security" icon within "System Preferences"

setting root password

Mac OS X 10.5 or later

1. From the Finder's Go menu, choose Utilities.
2. Open Directory Utility.
3. Click the lock in the Directory Utility window.
4. Enter an administrator account name and password, then click OK.
5. Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.
6. Enter the root password you wish to use in both the Password and Verify fields, then click OK.

Setting up printers

Choose "print" from within any application

Select "Add printer" from the pull down menu

choose "HP Jet Direct - Socket"

Enter IP address of printer

It should auto detect the printer

add a label

Unix utilities

Most of the commands below require that you either be a superuser (su) or have superuser priviledges (sudo)

Xcode

First download Xcode from apple

http://developer.apple.com/TOOLS/xcode/

MacPorts

http://www.macports.org/

installed in /opt/local/bin

do the command

port -d selfupdate

to update ports

some commands

to search for packages use

sudo port search string

to install a package you found do

sudo port install packagename

SVN

http://subversion.tigris.org/

port install subversion

from command line type

svn -help

Xmgrace

http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/

installation using macports

ports install grace

Xfig

sudo port install xfig

Tex

sudo port install teTex

gerbv

port install gerbv

GEANT4

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