From Provider Notes

The following is an alphabetical list of Mac OS applications in use at the University and their compatibility status with Apple's new Mac OS 10.5 Leopard operating system. In most cases, only the latest versions of the applications have been listed, though recent versions are listed if they require a paid upgrade.

All testing is as of March 2008 with Mac OS 10.5.2.

Article index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Tested

• 802.1X configuration - compatible. Follow the manual configurations on the Connecting to AirPennNet with Mac OS 10.5 page

A

• Active Directory connections - compatible, may require re-configuration

• Adium X 1.2 - compatible

Adobe - see Bridge, Dreamweaver, Flash Player, Photoshop, Reader

 Adobe will not be releasing updates for software versions older than CS3. Applications in the CS2 Suite and older 
 may work, but there may be some issues and they will not be addressed.

• AOL client for Mac OS X - compatible

• AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 - compatible (note that AIM has not been updated for almost 4 years)

Apple - see iTunes, QuickTime

• Apple Remote Desktop 3.2 - compatible

• Assignments - compatible

• Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 - compatible

B

• BEN My Reimbursements - compatible

• Bridge (Adobe Bridge) - compatible

C

• Calendar (Penn Web) - compatible

D

• DHCP - compatible

• DNS - compatible

• Dreamweaver 8.0.x - mostly compatible. Adobe will not be releasing updates for software versions older than CS3. Applications in the CS2 Suite and older may work, but there may be some issues and they will not be addressed.

• Dreamweaver CS3 - compatible

E

• EndNote X - mostly compatible

• Eudora 6.2.5 - somewhat compatible. Kerberos authentication does not function (SSL/TLS authentication does work).

F

• FileMaker Pro 8.5 - compatible (instant web publishing does not work)

• FileMaker Pro 9.0 - compatible

• FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.5 - compatible (instant web publishing does not work)

• FileMaker Pro Advanced 9.0 - compatible

• FileMaker Pro 9.0 Server - compatible

• FireFox 2.0.0.12 - compatible

• Flash Player 9.0 - compatible

• Flip4Mac WMV Components update 2.1.3.10 - compatible

G

H

• Hotsync Manager 3.2.1

See Palm Hotsync Manager

I

• Internet Explorer 5.2.x - not compatible

• iTunes 7.6.1 - integrated and compatible

J

K

L

M

• Mac GNU Privacy Guard (Mac GPG) 1.4.7 - compatible (medium testing)

Along with the base Mac GPG package, the following Mac GPG utilities are functional: GPG Keychain Access 0.7.0, GPG DropThing 0.4.3, GPGPreferences 1.2.2. See the Mac GPG page for more details.

• Mathematica 5.2 and above - not yet tested

• Meeting Maker Calendar 8.5.3 - compatible (medium testing)
• Meeting Maker Admin - Mostly compatible - seems to require client connected prior to Admin connection
• Meeting Maker Palm Conduits - compatible after reinstalling conduits

Meeting Maker Palm Conduits - not yet tested

Microsoft - see Office 2004, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player

Mozilla - see Firefox and Thunderbird

N

• Norton AntiVirus 11.0.x - compatible

• NTP (Network Time Protocol) - integrated and compatible (system component)

O

• Office 2008 - compatible

• Office 2004 - mostly compatible (sync services are unreliable)

• Office v.X - not yet tested (Some reported issues in late seed testing)

• OmniGraffle 4.2.1 - compatible

• OmniOutliner 3.6.2 - compatible (medium testing)

• OmniWeb 5.6 (SneakyPeeks) - compatible (extensive testing)

P

• Palm Desktop 4.2.1 - compatible

• Palm Hotsync Manager 3.2.1 - compatible

• Penn Directory

1. Using AddressBook.app - compatible but may need to be reconfigured if user has upgrade from Mac OS 10.4
2. Using Safari - compatible

PeopleCube - see Meeting Maker

• PGP Desktop - 9.7 public "beta" download available

• Photoshop CS3 - compatible

• Photoshop CS2 - mostly compatible. Adobe will not be releasing updates for software versions older than CS3. Applications in the CS2 Suite and older may work, but there may be some issues and they will not be addressed.

• Printer drivers are now installed differently. There appear to be some incompatibilities with certain vendor driver installers. Leopard is supposed to detect your printers and then use Software Update to download the latest drivers. On a network printer, you will need to choose the printer in System Preferences:Print & Fax for Software Update to "see" the new drivers. USB connected printers should show up in the Software Update soon after connecting them.

Q

Qualcomm - see Eudora

• QuickTime 7.4.1 - integrated and compatible (system component)

R

• Reader (Adobe Reader) 8.1.2 - compatible

• RealPlayer 10.1 Basic - compatible

S

• SMB connections to Windows Server 2003 - compatible (extensive testing)

• SPSS 11 - (PPC Only) not compatible - Crash at launch
• SPSS 13 - (PPC Only) Compatible

T

• Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 - compatible

U

V

W

• Washington Proxy (Dreamweaver/Kerberos) - compatible

Wolfram - see Mathematica

X

Y

Z

Needs Testing

B

• BEN Deposits - not yet tested

C

• Classlists - not yet tested

• Courses in Touch - not yet tested

M

• Maple 11.0 - not yet tested

N

• Netreg - not yet tested

P

• Payroll - not yet tested

• Penn in Touch - not yet tested

• Penn ERA - not yet tested

• PennNames Client and Web Client - not yet tested

S

• SRS - not yet tested

W

• Windows Media Player 9.0 - not yet tested (suggest using Flip4Mac, which is compatible)