Installed Software for the MacBook Pro
2012-2013 academic year
The following software (*64-Bit Version) will be installed on all MacBook Pro laptops for the 2012-2013 academic year. This list is subject to change. New and updated versions are highlighted in orange.
- Abaqus software is available for installation from CD. Students and faculty needing Abaqus should bring their Lawrence Tech laptops or tablets to the Computer Help Desk for Abaqus software installation.
- Off campus users who need to run "on campus use only" software should install and use the VPN client software from Cicso Systems. Instructions for downloading and installing the VPN client can be found here.
Operating Systems – Dual Bootable |
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| Snow Leopard v10.6.8 | Apple operating system |
| Microsoft Windows 7 Professional* | Microsoft operating system |
Adobe Creative Suite 6 for Mac |
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| Acrobat X Professional | Create and manage PDF documents |
| Bridge | Digital asset management software |
| Dreamweaver | Web design software |
| Flash Professional | Authoring environment for creating animation and multimedia content |
| Fireworks | Authoring environment for creating vector and bitmap images, mockups, 3D graphics, and interactive content |
| Illustrator | Authoring environment for creating vector and graphic designs |
| InDesign | Desktop publishing application |
| Media Encoder | Automates the process of creating multiple encoded versions of source files |
| Photoshop Extended | Image authoring tool |
| Premiere Pro | Video authoring software |
| After Effects | Graphics & visual effects software for film, online, & mobile devices |
Autodesk 2012 for Windows |
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| 3DS Max Design | 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing software |
| AutoCAD* | Computer aided design software |
| Maya* | 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and visual effects software |
| Mudbox | Digital sculpting and painting software |
| Motionbuilder | Real-time 3D character animation software |
Office for Mac 2010 for Mac |
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| Excel | Spreadsheet software |
| Outlook | Email client |
| Power Point | Presentation software |
| Word | Word processing software |
Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows |
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| Access | Database software |
| Excel | Spreadsheet software |
| Expression Web 4 | Web site development software |
| InfoPath Design | XML authoring and viewing software |
| InfoPath Filler | XML authoring and viewing software |
| OneNote | Note taking and information management software |
| Outlook | Email client |
| Power Point | Presentation software |
| Project | Project management software |
| Publisher | Document creation software |
| Visio | Data visualization and diagramming software |
| Word | Word processing software |
Other Software for Mac |
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Name of Software (Publisher) |
Description |
| Cyberduck (Cyberduck) | Open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, cloud files and Amazon S3 browser |
| Final Cut Studio Pro 3 (Apple) | Video editing software |
| Final Draft 8.0.1 Media Comm only (FinalDraft) | Screenwriting and screenplay software |
| iLife (Apple) | Photo organization software |
| Omnigraffle Professional Media Comm only (Omnigroup) | Diagramming, charting, and visualization software |
| Pro Tools 10 Audio Tech Eng only (Avid) | Audio and midi recording software |
| Quicktime 7 Pro (Apple) | Digital media editing software |
Other Software for Windows |
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Name of Software (Publisher) |
Description |
| B2 A/D Spice (BeigeBag) | Circuit design software |
| Calc Plus (Microsoft) | Calculator and conversion software |
| ChemDraw Pro 12 (PerkinElmer) | Chemical structure drawing |
| COMSOL Multiphysics (COMSOL) | Engineering, design, and finite element analysis software |
| DataStudio (Pasco) | Data acquisition, display and analysis program |
| Google Earth-Free Version (Google) | Virtual globe, map and geographic information program |
| Grasshopper (i-grashopper) | Graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3-D modeling tools |
| LoggerPro (Vernier Software) | Data-collection and analysis software |
| Maple 15 (Maplesoft) | Math software analysis tool |
| Maple Sim 5 (Maplesoft) | Software to create, analyze, and run system-level models |
| Matlab & Simulink 2012a (The MathWorks) | Software for simulation and model-based design. |
| Micro-Cap 10 (Spectrum Software) | Integrated schematic editor and mixed analog/digital simulator |
| Minitab 16 (Minitab) | Statistical and process management software |
| MySQL (MySQL) | Database software |
| Rhino (Rhino 3d) | Digital design software |
| SketchUp Pro (Trimble) | Design, visualization, and communication software |
| Spartan Student v5 (Wavefun) | Molecular modeling software |
| Visual Studio.NET 2010 (Microsoft) | Integrated development environment (IDE) |
Utilities for Mac |
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Name of Software (Publisher) |
Description |
| AnyConnect (Cisco Systems) | Allows off-campus LTU users to access on-campus only software & network resources |
| Blackboard IM (Wimba) | Collaboration & communication software design for educational institutions |
| Firefox (Mozilla) | Web browser |
| End Point Protection* (Symantec) | Anti-virus protection software |
| NOOK Study (Barnes and Noble) | eTextbook application |
| Safari (Apple) | Web browser |
Utilities for Windows |
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Name of Software (Publisher) |
Description |
| 7-Zip* (Microsoft) | File compression software |
| AnyConnect (Cisco Systems) | Allows off-campus LTU users to access on-campus only software & network resources |
| Blackboard IM (Wimba) | Collaboration & communication software design for educational institutions |
| CDBurnerXP(Impressum) | Burn optical disks |
| DjVu plug-in (DjVu.org) | Digital document format viewer for high resolution images and documents |
| End Point Protection* (Symantec) | Anti-virus protection software |
| E-Reader (Library application) | e-Book reader to use with online books available through LTU Library |
| Firefox (Mozilla) | Web browser |
| Flash Player (Adobe) | Media player |
| Internet Explorer 9 (Microsoft) | Web browser |
| Java - 32 & 64-bit* (Oracle) | Java program platform which supports Internet applications |
| NOOK Study (Barnes and Noble) | eTextbook application |
| PDF Annotator (Grahl) | Software to add notes, comments, and annotations to PDF files |
| PDF Creator (Sound Forge) | PDF creation software |
| Quicktime (Apple) | Media player |
| Reader (Adobe) | PDF reader |
| Realplayer (RealNetworks) | Media player |
| Scientific Viewer 5.5 (MacKichan Software) | Viewer to read and print documents with mathematical notations |
| Shockwave Player (Adobe) | Media player |
| UW Classroom Presenter (University of Wisconsin) | Tablet software for digital ink and slide sharing |
| VLC Media Player (VideoLAN) | Media player |
| Win SPC (WinSPC) | Graphical SFTP client |
| Write-N-Cite III plug-in (Refworks) | Reference management software |