Other Information

Antivirus

It is highly recommended that you have a working and up to date antivirus program installed.

We recommend Sophos Home, which is available free of charge from home.sophos.com. See the Student IT page at blogs.otago.ac.nz/studentit/software/antivirus/ for detailed installation instructions.

Backups

Computers are fragile! Every year at least one Member experiences computers problems and loses important files. Most haven’t recently backed up their files, if at all. Please don’t be one of these people. File sync services (OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud) or external drives are either free or relatively inexpensive, and will save you a lot of headaches.

Electronic Equipment & Battery Disposal

Please do not dispose of electronic equipment and/or batteries (either built-in or AA, AAA, 9V, etc) in the rubbish. These items can cause dangerous chemicals to leach into groundwater beneath the landfill.

These can be dropped off to the Business & IT Manager, who will arrange for safe disposal.

3D Printing

Basic 3D printing for completed STL files is available on a cost per gram basis. Please see the Business & IT Manager for details.