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macOS Sequoia

macOS Sequoia is an operating system created by Apple for Mac computers and is supported as an operating system for macOS devices by NAU Information Technology Services.


System requirements for running macOS Sequoia

To view which Mac model your device is, click on the Apple logo in the top left of your screen, and navigate to ‘About this Mac’.


Mac computers compatible with macOS Sequoia:
  • MacBook Air models from 2020 or later;
  •  MacBook Pro models from 2018 or later;
  •  Mac mini models from 2018 or later;
  •  iMac models from 2019 or later;
  •  iMac Pro from 2017 or later;
  •  Mac Pro models from 2019 or later;
  •  Mac Studio from 2022 or later.

Connecting to an NAU Network

NAU Wi-Fi Accordion Closed

Step 1

Click the Wi-Fi icon near the right-hand side of the menu bar at the top of the screen. In the menu that appears, click “Turn Wi-Fi On“.

Wireless - NAU - Wireless On

Step 2

In the same menu, select “NAU“.

Wireless - NAU - NAU

Step 3

Enter your NAU UserID in the “Username” field and your NAU Password in the “Password” field. Then, click “Join“.

Wireless - NAU - Username and Password

NAU Guest Network Accordion Closed

Step 1

Click the Wi-Fi icon near the right-hand side of the menu bar at the top of the screen. In the menu that appears, click “Turn Wi-Fi On“.

Wireless - NAU Guest - Wireless ON

Step 2

In the same menu, select “NAU-Guest“.

Wireless - NAU Guest - NAU Guest

Step 3

A page will appear with information regarding the network. If a page does not automatically display, open a web browser. Please read the “Terms and Conditions” and click the “Accept” button at the bottom of the page.

Wireless - NAU Guest - Accept

Eduroam Accordion Closed

 

Step 1

Click the Wi-Fi icon near the right-hand side of the menu bar at the top of the screen. In the menu that appears, select “eduroam”.

Eduroam - Wifi Eduroam

Step 2

  • For Students and Student Employees without an Exchange account, login using your NAU school email in the format of “abc123@nau.edu” in the Username field. In the Password field, insert your NAU Password.
  • For Student Employees with an Exchange account, login using your Student Employee email in the format of “abc123@iris.nau.edu” in the Username field. In the Password field, insert your NAU Password.
  • For Employees (Faculty, Staff, Affiliate, and etc), login using your primary work email usually in the format of “first.last@nau.edu” in the Username field. In the Password field, insert your NAU Password.
Then select “Join”.

Eduroam - NEW Login

Updating your NAU Wireless Password Accordion Closed

Step 1

Click the “Apple” icon on the far left-hand side of the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click “System Preferences” in the menu.

Wireless - Password Change - System Preferences

Step 2

Select “Network”

Wireless - Password Change - Network

Step 3

Click the “Wi-Fi” option in the left-hand list, and click “Advanced.”

Wireless - Password Change - Wi-Fi Advanced

Step 4

Click “NAU” in the “Preferred Networks” list to select it, and click the minus (“-“) sign below the list. Then, click “OK“.

Wireless - Password Change - Remove

Step 5

Click “Apply“.

Wireless - Password Change - Apply

Step 6:

Click the drop-down menu next to “Network Name” and click “NAU” in the menu.

Mac - OS X 10.10 Yosemite - Wireless – Network Name NAU (1)

Step 7

Enter your NAU UserID in the “Username” field and your NAU Password in the “Password” field. Then, click “Join“.

mac - NAU wireless - added mode


Connecting to the NAU VPN on a macOS device


Cisco AnyConnect VPN for Mac OS X

macOS Fundamentals

Network Drive Mapping Accordion Closed

Step 1

Open the “Finder”

Mapping Network Drives - Finder

Step 2

Select the “Go” tab in the navigation bar. Select the “Connect to Server…” option at the bottom of the drop down menu. In this case the hotkey command (Mac - OS X - Command) + K can be used to open the “Connect to Server” window.

Mapping Network Drives - Go

Step 3

In the “Server Address” field, type in your desired server. Select the “Connect” option.

Mapping Network Drives - Connect

Step 4

Under “Connect as:” select “Registered User”. In the “Name” field, type your NAU username, which is demonstrated by abc123. In the “Password” field, type your NAU password. Select “Connect”, you are now connected to the network.

Mac - Server - Added Domain

Logging Out Accordion Closed

Step 1

Begin by selecting the “Apple” icon on the far left-hand side of the menu bar at the top of the screen.  Then, select the “Log Out” option to successfully logout.

Mac - Logging Out

Require Password After Sleep or Screen Saver Accordion Closed

Step 1

Begin by selecting the “Apple” icon on the far left-hand side of the menu bar at the top of the screen. Then, select the “System Preferences…” option.

Mac - System Preferences Clean

Step 2

Next, select the “Security & Privacy” Icon.

Mac - Password after Sleep - Step 2

Step 3

Ensure you are in the “General” tab. Then, select the checkbox next to “Require password after sleep or screen saver beings” to enable a prompt for password after sleep or screen saver.

Mac - Password after Sleep - Step 3

Step 4

After completion of Step 3, there should be a check mark within the box as seen in the picture below. Next, set the time limit for how long after the sleep or screen saver begins to require a password by selecting the “Blue Arrows” which are highlighted. For this example, we selected “immediately” from the drop down menu.

Mac - Password after Sleep - Step 4

Data Backup Accordion Closed

Step 1

Open “Finder.”

Data Backup - Finder

Step 2

In the Finder window, open the Bonsai Drive. For help mapping to your Bonsai drive, refer to our Bonsai support page.

Data Backup - Select Bonsai Drive

Step 3

After “Connected As:” check to make sure that it is you that is connected. If not, disconnect, then reconnect using your NAU User ID.

In the Bonsai Drive, locate and select the folder containing the first letter of your NAU User ID. (In this example, we select folder “A” because we are using “abc123” as the NAU User ID.)

Data Backup - Select Folder

Step 4

Select the folder labeled with your NAU User ID. It should be the only folder within this window.

The window will open the contents of your Bonsai drive. *Leave this window open, and move it to the side until Step 8.

Data Backup - Select Personal Folder

Step 5

On the navigation bar, select the “File” tab. In the drop down menu, select “New Finder Window”.

Data Backup - New Finder Window

Step 6

Open the “Documents” folder.

*Documents is being used as an example. Replace it with your desired location.

Data Backup - Documents

Step 7

In the Documents window, command (Mac - OS X - Command) + click to select the items you want to back up. Ctrl + click or right-click on the items. In the drop down menu that appears, select “Copy”.

Data Backup - Copy

Step 8

Return to the Bonsai Drive window from Step 4. Ctrl + click or right-click the white space inside the window. In the drop down menu that appears, select “Paste”.

Data Backup - Paste

Locating MAC Address Accordion Closed

Step 1

Click on the Apple Icon in the upper left of the screen. Select the “System Preferences” option.

Mac - System Preferences Clean

Step 2

In the System Preferences menu, select “Network”.

Locating Mac Address - Network

Step 3

On the Wi–Fi menu, select “Advanced…”.

*Note: In this tutorial, we find the MAC Address for your wireless adapter. You can choose to find the “Ethernet” MAC Address following the same steps.

Locating Mac Address - Advanced

Step 4

Select “Hardware”.

Locating Mac Address - Hardware

Step 5

The MAC Address is the string of numbers located after “Mac Address:”.

Locating Mac Address - Address

 

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