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ENVI 5.0 and OS X 10.8 installation

MacOS, Windows, and Linux OS X Mountain Lion

ENVI 5.0 requires additional packages not included in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.Java – ENVI has required Java for years. The ENVI installer will prompt the user and download it as part of ENVI installation.X11 – X11 is no longer included with Mountain Lion, but ...

10.8
OS X
X11
envi
gcc
idl
installation
Java

Changing column width in Finder (Mac OS X)

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

To adjust the width of all columns in a Finder window, hold the Alt/Option key down while dragging the resize handle. All future windows will open with this new default column width.

finder column width
Mac OS X finder

YouTube Editor

Useful Links

YouTube provides a simplified video editor:http://www.youtube.com/editorUCLA also provides a YouTube Channel for departments to upload videos.

Youtube
editing
video

Bash scripting

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Linux and Unix

Learning Shell Scripting Language: A Guide from Newbies to System Administrator – October 3, 2013 Bash shell scripting Tutorial – Part I Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide bash Cookbook – UCLA only – licensed through O’Reilly Safari books online Unix: Debugging y...

Linux
bash
shell scripting

Are there any useful existing tools or software for a department or campus unit to create an online suggestion box?

Useful Links

As of right now, www.suggestionox.com is free while it remains in beta. Other sites, like suggestionbox.com, employeesuggestionbox.com, feedbackroad.com, etc. all have monthly fees.

box
software
suggestion

Creating calculation fields in Adobe Acrobat Pro

Applications/Software Adobe

Steps:1. Create the basic form structure in Adobe Acrobat Pro2. Double-click the location in which you wish to add the calculation. There will be a pop-up box that says “Text Field Properties.”3. Select the “Calculate” tab. This will convert the field into a c...

Adobe
Calculation Fields
Pro
Acrobat

How do I merge two dropbox accounts together so there is only one?

Useful Links

At the moment you can only run one installation of Dropbox on a single computer and it can only be linked to a single account. Accessing another account from a computer where Dropbox is already installed (or any computer, for that matter) is as easy as logging...

Dropbox
accounts
merging

Does UCLA have an electronic version (like a .ics) of the academic calendar that I could add to my computer or mobile device?

UCLA Tech Resources

All archived calendars are available at: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Archives/Academic-Calendar-Archive.The Registrar’s Office is currently working on making an .ics file available for the academic calendar. The best method would be to screenshot the current...

.ics
Calendar
UCLA
academic
electronic
mobile device

Does CCLE have a survey function? If so, where in CCLE can I find the function? Thanks!

CCLE and Moodle

Please refer to the following link on information regarding survey creation on CCLE: https://docs.ccle.ucla.edu/w/Survey

CCLE
function
survey

Is it possible to put UCLA VPN on a Kindle Fire?

Mobile Devices

Kindle Fire doesn’t support VPN. Amazon will prevent any attempt to establish a VPN connection on Kindle Fire. Your only option is to purchase a router-based VPN.

Fire
Kindle
UCLA
VPN

How do I connect to the eduroam wireless network on a Kindle Fire?

Mobile Devices UCLA Campus Networks

Hit the “Settings” icon next to the battery icon. Select “Wifi,” and choose eduroam as the network. Leave the automatic settings and identify yourself with the login information.

Fire
Kindle
network
wireless
eduroam

What is the best solution for emailing large files? I'm not sure which to choose: DropLoad, DropSend, YouSendIt, SendThisFile, Streamload, SugarSync,

Email

All of the listed options are pay to use. We recommend looking into Google Drive as it comes with 5GB of storage free, with generous upgrade options like $2.49/month for 25GB of extra storage and $4.99/month for 100GB of storage. It allows user to transfer fil...

Amazon
DropLoad
DropSend
Microsoft
SendThisFile
SkyDrive
Streamload
SugarSync
WeTransfer
YouSendIt
cloud
drive
email
files
Google
large

Open Data

Useful Links

According to Wikipedia, Open data is the idea that certain data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control. The first article in the list below is just t...

open data
open government
mashup

Mac Word Crashing

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

Users of Microsoft Word for OS X may notice frequent program crashing and instability. Mac Word’s “track changes” feature has been known to increase the incidence of document corruption. Tips and options for remediation, as well as issue description are desc...

document corruption
Mac OS X
Mac Word
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
track changes

EndNote at UCLA

Applications/Software

UCLA Biomedical Library has references and specialists available for Endnote at: http://guides.library.ucla.edu/c.php?g=180523&p=1186342 http://guides.library.ucla.edu/endnoteEndnote is available for UCLA departments at Software Central:https://softwarecen...

Mendeley
Zotero
bibliographic reference
bibliography
citations
endnote
references
research

Mekentosj Papers

Applications/Software

Called the “iTunes for PDFs”, Mekentosj Papers has been found to be useful for organizing PDFs for researchers. Formerly Mac OS X only, it is now available for Windows and on iOS devices — http://www.mekentosj.com/papers/

bibliographic reference
citation manager
mekentosj
papers
reference manager

Disabling Java in web browsers

Internet and Web Browsers

If you want to improve your web browsing security by disabling Java, here are directions for different web browsers: http://tantek.com/2012/364/b1/how-to-disable-java-now-chrome-firefox-opera-safari http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/ht/How-To-Disable-...

Java
security

What are some cost-efficient resources available for off-campus/online data storage?

Useful Links

Google Drive and Amazon Cloud both provide 5GB of free storage. Google Drive’s pricing options ranges from 25GB – 16 TB costing $2.49 – $749.99 monthly (currently no yearly payment plan available). Amazon Cloud’s pricing options ranges from 20GB – 1000GB (1 TB...

Amazon
Google Drive
Microsoft
online
SkyDrive
cloud
data
storage