Durham Academy Office of Information Technology

macOS Monterey Available

The latest version of macOS, named Monterey, has been released by Apple. In the past, our department paused these updates from being sent to you…

Evaluating Canvas LMS

In OIT we are always evaluating software that is the best fit for our school. Many factors go into this evaluation by asking some questions…

Macbook Phone Home

Let’s face it… our laptops are home-bodies. They like it here at DA. We have stuff like printers, password databases, and other really way cool…

FindMe Printing

Beginning on Monday June 22nd, printing at DA will be getting an upgrade! We are changing the way you print here at DA. This new…

macOS Catalina in Testing Phase

The latest version of macOS dubbed Catalina was just recently released on Oct 7th. It promises many new features which include: Sidecar Screentime Restoring MacOS…

Microsoft Teams for Group Collaboration and Communication

Today I would like to introduce you to Micorosft Teams. This is a fantastic new(ish) application to the group collaboration world. Some of you have…

Mail Now Marked as [EXTERNAL]

How many of you have seen an email like this one come through your inbox? It is easy to respond quickly without considering who the…

iCloud Documents and Desktop Disabled

The feature for using iCloud Desktop and Documents has now been disabled for all DA computers. There are a few reasons for doing this but…

macOS 10.14.5 Mojave Required Update

To ensure we are always providing you with the most secure platform, we now require all Macbooks upgrade to 10.14.5 by Jul 19th. There are…

Encrypted Time Machine Drives

As a part of our ongoing work to enhancing security, we now have an updated process for Time Machine Drives. Starting today, all newly setup…