Xythos Drive For Mac Os
The following table summarizes the results of ITS testing of High Sierra (10.13) Operating System against university services and supported software. This table will continue be updated as information continues to be gathered.
Mac Compatibility Mac Compatibility MacBook Air (M1, 2020) MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020). Not all faculty and staff have access to Xythos X-Drive. For those who do have access, they can log into X-Drive via the software-based client installed on their Windows-based computer, or MAC. Clients can also access Xythos X-Drive via the web at xdrive.rider.edu. Mac mini (Mid 2010) Mac Pro (Mid 2010). Upgrade Xythos drive client before updating OS. Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Not tested. Users need to migrate to WFS. Look at the folder structure of a typical OS X installation. Open a Finder window and click the icon for your hard drive (which is typically called Macintosh HD) in the Sidebar. You should see at least four folders: Applications, Library, System, and Users. Within the Users folder, each user has his own set of.
Apple File System
- When installing macOS High Sierra, the new, much more modern file system is implemented as the new default, replacing the old HFS+ file system.
- APFS is a 64-bit file system that is optimized for modern storage like solid state drives
- it is easily adaptable to future storage technologies.
- APFS is safe and secure, offering crash protection, safe document saves, stable snapshots, simplified backups, and native encryption.
- It is more responsive than HFS+, with instant file and directory cloning, fast directory sizing, high performance parallelized metadata operations, and sparse file writes.
- it is a significant improvement over HFS+ that's going to introduce better performance in the form of simple encryption, faster file transfers, and more.
Xythos Drive For Mac Pro
Please Note: Updating the file system of an operating system can be a complicated and time consuming procedure. Often it is best to wait until the Operating System is live for a few weeks to determine if significant bugs exist within the software. Please contact the ITSC if you have any questions about upgrading.
Compatibility
- Mac OS High Sierra is compatible with all Macs that can run macOS Sierra
- 2009 AND LATER
- iMac (Late 2009)
- MacBook (Late 2009)
- 2010 AND LATER
- MacBook Air (Late 2010)
- MacBook Pro (Mid 2010)
- Mac mini (Mid 2010)
- Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Windows Services | Pass/Fail | Comments |
Active Directory | ||
Windows File Service | Passed. | mapped drive to smb://ad.queensu.ca with Cisco Any Conect VPN. |
Adobe Software | ||
Adobe Reader | Installed and open PDF file. | Basic testing only. Adobe System Requirements list it supports: Mac OS X v10.10, 10.11, 10.12 or 10.13 |
Adobe Acrobat Pro | Acrobat DC compatibility High Sierra v10.13 support statement from Adobe. | |
Adobe Flash Player | ||
Antivirus Software | ||
System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) | Not supported by vendor, but works in testing.
| Current version of SCEP v4.5.32.0 officially supports OS X 10.6 to 10.13. For OS X 10.13 or later, the following message is presented after installation: |
Internet Browsers | ||
Safari | Passed. | Using Safari V11.0 (13604.1.38.1.6) |
Google Chrome | Passed. | Download from www.google.com/chrome/index.html |
Firefox | Passed. | Download from getfirefox.com |
| Microsoft Office | ||
| Office 2011 | Not supported. | Please upgrade to Office 2016 prior to updating and remove Office 2011. |
Word 2011 | Not supported. | |
Excel 2011 | Not supported. | |
Outlook 2011 | Not supported. | |
PowerPoint 2011 | Not supported. | |
Skype for Business (Lync) | Installed with Office 2016. | |
| Office 365 ProPlus | Passed. | This is is the subscription version of Office 2016 as downloaded in Office 365. This is meant for personally owned computers only. |
Office 2016 | Passed. | |
OneDrive for Business | ||
| Connectivity Software | ||
Campus VPN Client | Passed. Tested with vpn.queensu.ca/campus | downloaded V3. from my.queensu.ca (accept the certificate to install). |
Remote Gateway via Remote Desktop Protocol ( RDP/RDG ) | Passed. | Installed from Apple Store, and configured for RDG tested connection to terminal server. |
Wireless connectivity | Passed. | |
| Administrative Software | ||
PeopleSoft | Tested access to myHR from off campus Admin PS not tested yet. Using Safari V11.0 (13604.1.38.1.6) | |
| Applications / Services | ||
QShare | As of October 31, 2019, the QShare service has been decommissioned. | Test Web UI using Safari V11.0 (13604.1.38.1.6) Xythos Drive V1.7.17758 required. Upgrade Xythos drive client before updating OS. |
Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) | Not tested. | Users need to migrate to WFS or use OneDrive for backups. |
Queen's Wiki | Passed. | Using Safari V11.0 (13604.1.38.1.6) |
Fetch | ||
Outlook Web App | Passed. | Using Safari V11.0 (13604.1.38.1.6) |
Java 8 | ||
SPSS | ||
Last Updated: December 18, 2018