OS X 10.9 Issues

This webpage will show incompatibilities and issues that users at Iowa State may have with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks). Please send incompatibilities and issues you have encountered that will affect the ISU Community to the macosx-admin@iastate.edu mailing list.

Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client

The web-based installation fails. To install the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, you need to download the installer package, by clicking on the “Mac OS X 10.6+ Intel” link.

There has been reports from other universities that the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client will randomly disconnect under OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).

CyFiles and OrgFiles

Connecting to a SMB share point can damage file permissions on the share point server.

Fetch

Fetch 5.7.3 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), aside from one issue where the path popup menu sometimes does not appear when the Path button is clicked. Clicking the Recent button appears to fix this problem, at least temporarily. Command-clicking the window title to display the path menu is not affected.

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper is a feature in Mavericks that builds on OS X’s existing malware checks to help protect your Mac from malware and misbehaving apps downloaded from the Internet.

Gatekeeper applies to apps downloaded from the Internet. Apps from other sources, such as file servers, external drives, or optical discs are exempt, unless the apps were originally downloaded from the Internet. Gatekeeper’s default option is to only allow you to run downloaded apps that come from the Mac App Store and identified developers.

ITS helper apps and installers are not currently signed to bypass Gatekeeper. However, there is method that you can use to open these apps. See the section titled “How to open an app from a unidentified developer and exempt it from Gatekeeper” from this Apple article for details: OS X: About Gatekeeper.

OpenAFS

Download OpenAFS 1.6.6 for MacOS 10.9 (Mavericks).

PaperCut Client

The PaperCut Client needs a java runtime. No java runtime is installed by OS X 10.9. To install Java, go to Download Java for Mac OS X.

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition

There is no official “Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition” for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) currently avialable.

tn3270 X

tn3270 3.3b6 is not compatible with OS X 10.9 (Mavericks). Update to tn3270 X 3.4.