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Setting Up A New Mac

Setting Up A New Mac

Owned by Daniel Arroyo, created
Last updated: Mar 21, 2022
2 min read

Steps to set up a new mac for new hires and those replacing a machine

 Instructions

  1. Power on the laptop. If the battery is below 50% make sure you plug in the charger.

  2. Select Country or Region then click Continue.

  3. From Accessibility select Not Now.

  4. From Remote Management, click Continue.

  5. The next screen will be an Okta Sign-on Screen. You should have already activated your OKTA account. If you forgot your username or password please reach out to #it in slack or send an email to IT-request@allenai.org.

  6. Sign in with your OKTA username (just your username, e.g. johnd, NOT your email address).

  7. The next screen will prompt you for Migration Assistant. Click NOT NOW. If you are migrating from an old machine or time machine backup, we will run the migration assistant once the machine has been set up.

  8. The next screen will prompt you to create a local Computer Account. Type your full name and account name and specify a new password then click Continue.

  9. If prompted click Enable Location Services and click Continue.

  10. Choose appearance setting according to your preference (Light, Dark, or Auto) then click continue.

  11. Kandji is our Mobile Device Management software for deploying new Macs and will begin provisioning. Setting up your Mac will install common applications and configure your settings for you. This process will take approximately 30 mins. PLEASE DO NOT TURN OFF THE COMPUTER DURING THE INSTALLATION

  12. Setup Complete screen will appear once all the applications are successfully installed and your computer is ready for use.

  13. If you are migrating to a new MAC and would like to restore your files, you can follow the migrate from old mac or restore from time machine backup steps at this time

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