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Postpone macOS 26 Tahoe upgrade on College-owned Macs

Posted on September 12, 2025 by ndobie

Apple is releasing its new operating system, macOS 26 Tahoe, on Monday, September 15, 2025. We strongly recommend that you do not upgrade at this time. We apologize for sending this so close to the release date. This is an … Continue reading →

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License Manager Monthly Server Updates – Every 4th Tuesday of the Month

Posted on August 21, 2025 by ndobie

As part of our data security and risk mitigation efforts we are required to update our servers on a regular basis to ensure critical patches are being applied. We strongly advise that you save your work prior to the update … Continue reading →

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Scheduled network outage on Tuesday August 5th 6:30-7:00AM

Posted on August 4, 2025 by ndobie

Please be aware of a scheduled network outage impacting Clapp Library and several other buildings on Tuesday, August 5th, from 6:30 AM to 7:00 AM. During this 30-minute period, fiber optic connections will be offline, resulting in no Wi-Fi or … Continue reading →

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Some software will be unavailable due to upgrades July 30 – Aug 1 2025

Posted on July 23, 2025 by ndobie

LTS will be updating our license manager servers Wednesday – Friday next week (7/30, 7/31, 8/1). Service downtimes are expected to last about 30 minutes while the changes take full effect. If you have any issues accessing software after the … Continue reading →

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License Manager Monthly Server Updates – Every 4th Tuesday of the Month

Posted on July 15, 2025 by ndobie

As part of our data security and risk mitigation efforts we are required to update our servers on a regular basis to ensure critical patches are being applied. We strongly advise that you save your work prior to the update … Continue reading →

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Trouble with VPN/Web Apps on Verizon Internet?

Posted on July 11, 2025 by ndobie

UPDATE: 7/10/25 2:30PM  –  The Verizon issue appears to have been resolved. ********************************* We have received reports from community members using Verizon as their Internet Service Provider (ISP) that they are experiencing difficulties accessing certain services, including VPN and web … Continue reading →

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Monday, July 14th 7AM – Wireless Network Update

Posted on July 10, 2025 by ndobie

Wireless network infrastructure requires downtime for us to apply an important security patch as well as install new SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates. For enhanced security the agencies that issue SSL certificates are issuing them with a validity of 1 … Continue reading →

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License Manager Monthly Server Updates – Every 4th Tuesday of the Month

Posted on June 18, 2025 by ndobie

As part of our data security and risk mitigation efforts we are required to update our servers on a regular basis to ensure critical patches are being applied. We strongly advise that you save your work prior to the update … Continue reading →

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Planned network maintenance on Saturday June 21st between 11am – 1pm

Posted on June 17, 2025 by ndobie

Last Thursday evening, one of our firewalls failed to pass internet traffic. We have a second one which should have taken over the traffic handling when the primary failed, but that also failed, resulting in network outage. Fortinet, the firewall … Continue reading →

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LTS Support for upcoming holidays and throughout the summer

Posted on June 17, 2025 by ndobie

LTS staff will be unavailable on Thursday, June 19th and Friday, July 4th for the Juneteenth and Independence Day holidays observed by the College. Library services desks in Art, Music, and Mods will not be staffed. Faculty and staff will … Continue reading →

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