<div dir="ltr">Jen,<div><br></div><div>Good evening from Traverse City! </div><div><br></div><div>We have two modern Mac OS based computers in the lab at our main branch, but like Dennis suggested, we use Deep Freeze and generally don't allow users to install their own applications (for reasons related to security, maintainability, and licensing). That said, if a needed application has a free or low cost license and doesn't require a ton of maintenance, we like to respond to patron requests. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd be interested in what applications the patron in question needs to run for her class.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,'Sans Serif'">Scott W. Morey</span><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">he/him/his</font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,'Sans Serif'"><br>Assistant Director for Technology<br>Traverse Area District Library<br><a href="mailto:smorey@tadl.org" target="_blank">smorey@tadl.org</a><br><span><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice">(231) 932-8531</span></span> </span></span></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 5:28 PM Jameson, Dennis via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-7564384592221076238">
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<p class="MsoNormal">One thing to consider, assuming you can find a public or university library with Macs that the patron can go to: will the library allow software to be downloaded and installed on their computers? We’re a Windows library here, running Deep
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 21, 2022 1:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jen Hassell <<a href="mailto:jen.hassell@baldwinlib.org" target="_blank">jen.hassell@baldwinlib.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a patron looking for a public library that offers mac computers for public use. She has a school assignment that requires downloading some apple only software. I am going to look through the Mich-Lib archives to see if this was
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