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GroupWise 2014 R2 has included a GroupWise Calendar Server that allows Mac users to connect to GroupWise using CalDAV and CardDAV for calendar and contacts. This, combined with IMAP and SMTP, provides a full solution for Mac users. The following document tells you how to configure your Mac to use GroupWise.
1.0 Supported Mac Operating Systems
The following Mac operating systems are supported:
2.0 Configuring the Mac Mail App
Before configuring the Mac Mail app, make sure you have the information from your GroupWise administrator for IMAP and SMTP. These provide incoming and outgoing mail connections for the Mac Mail app.
- In the Mac Mail app, select Mail > Add Account.
- Select Add Other Mail Account.
- Enter your full name, GroupWise email address, and GroupWise password.When you click Create, a dialog appears telling you the account must be manually configured. Click Next.
- Specify the IMAP server. Your user name and password should already be filled out.
- Specify the SMTP server, your user name, and password.
3.0 Configuring the Mac Calendar App
Before configuring the Mac Calendar app, make sure you have the GroupWise Calendar Server IP address or DNS name. It may not be required if auto-discovery of the GroupWise Calendar server is configured by your administrator.
- In the Mac Calendar app, select Calendar > Add Account.
- Select Add CalDAV Account.
- If auto-discovery is configured, specify your email address and password.orChange the Account Type to Manual and specify your GroupWise user name, password, and the GroupWise Calendar server IP address or DNS name.
4.0 Configuring the Mac Contacts App
Before configuring the Mac Contacts app, make sure you have the GroupWise Calendar Server IP address or DNS name.
- In the Mac Contacts app, select Contacts > Add Account.
- Select Other contacts account.
- Specify your GroupWise user name, password, and the GroupWise Calendar server IP address or DNS name.
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9.4 Installing and Starting the GroupWise Mac Client
The GroupWise Mac client is not included with GroupWise 8 Support Pack 3, but is available in earlier versions of GroupWise 8. The GroupWise 8 Support Pack 2 Mac client can continue to be used with a GroupWise system that has been updated to GroupWise 8 Support Pack 3 or to GroupWise 2012.
9.4.1 GroupWise Mac Client
- x86-32 processor or x86-64 processor; PowerPCOn a 64-bit processor, GroupWise still runs as a 32-bit application.
- Any of the following desktop operating systems:
- Mac OS 10.6.8 and later (Snow Leopard), Mac OS 10.7 (Lion), Mac OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later, for use with the GroupWise 8.0.2 HP3 or HP4 Mac client that is available on the Novell Downloads siteorMac OS 10.4 (Tiger), Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard), Mac OS 10.6.7 and earlier (Snow Leopard), for the GroupWise 8.0.2 HP2 Mac client that is available on the Novell Downloads site
- Mac OS X for Intel
- Mac OS X for PowerPC for the GroupWise 8.0.2 HP2 Mac client that is available on the Novell Downloads siteThe GroupWise 8.0.2 HP3 Mac client is not supported on Mac OS X for PowerPC.
- Apple Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.5 or later
- 75 MB of free disk space to install the GroupWise Mac client
9.4.2 Installing the Mac Client
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- Insert the GroupWise 8 DVD into the DVD drive to start the GroupWise Installation program, double-click the CDROM icon that appears on your desktop, double-click the mac folder, then double-click the GroupWise .dmg file to create the GroupWise package.orDouble-click the downloaded GroupWise .dmg file to create the GroupWise package.
- Drag the GroupWise package to the Applications folder to install the software on your Mac.
- Drag the GroupWise package from the Applications folder to the Mac dock to create a GroupWise icon for convenient access.
- Click the GroupWise Mac client icon on the dock to start the Mac client.
9.4.3 Starting the Mac Client
At startup, the GroupWise Mac client needs to know the location (IP address/hostname and port number) of the user’s post office. There are three ways that the client can get this information:
- If the user is logged into eDirectory, the GroupWise client can read eDirectory for the post office’s location.
- If the user is not logged into eDirectory, the GroupWise client can use a GroupWise name server to get the user’s post office location.A GroupWise name server is a DNS hostname entry that defines the IP address of the post office’s POA. During startup, the GroupWise client automatically looks for the GroupWise name server in DNS. For information about creating a GroupWise name server, see
Post Office Agent
in the GroupWise 8 Administration Guide. - The user can provide the post office location when prompted. Clean my mac wont uninstall apps.
To start the GroupWise Mac client for the first time:
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- Click the GroupWise icon on the Mac dock.
- Enter the password and post office address information, then click OK.
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See also
Getting Startedin the GroupWise 8 Mac/Linux Client User Guide.