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There are known issues with SPSS support on macOS Sonoma. IBM has documented the issue in detail here. It must be noted that the patches for SPSS on Sonoma are exclusively available from IBM, and are not provided by CNU. Navigate to the "Fix for macOS Sonoma" link located in the table of contents. |
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Windows
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| These instructions only cover installing SPSS on your home computer. To install it on a CNU-owned computer, you can use the self service portal to make a request. |
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Determining on Windows 10
On Windows 10, right-click on the start menu and choose System.
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Getting SPSS
To download SPSS, Follow the link provided here. If you’re already signed in to CNU Connect, you’ll be taken directly to the folder containing the relevant files files. If not, you’ll see the Google sign-in page. Sign in with your your CNU e-mail and password. Once you have accessed the folder, select the file for the relevant operating system and download the file.
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As the SPSS installer is a large file, you may get a warning that Google Drive is unable to cannot scan the file for viruses. Since this is a trusted CNU drive, click “Download anyway” anyway,” and the file will download.
Installing SPSS
- Navigate to where you downloaded the file
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- on your computer and open it.
- The installer will start. Click Next.
- You’ll be presented with a license agreement. Accept the agreement and click Next.
You’ll be asked if you want to install SPSS Statistics Essentials for Python. Click yes or no and click Next. If you don’t know what Python is, you can click no.
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- Either way, you’ll be asked where to install SPSS. Unless you have a reason to install it somewhere other than the default, click Next.
- Then, click Install to begin the installation.
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- The process may take a few minutes to complete, and will ask a user to input administrator credentials if using a CNU computer.
- When it completes, you’ll be given the option to
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- automatically launch the program. Make sure the box is checked and click Finish.
- The License Authorization Wizard will start
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- when you first launch SPSS. Choose “Launch License Wizard", then in the following screen select "Concurrent User License."
- On the next screen, enter equity.cnu.edu in the box and click Next.
- You’ll see a message that your license has been applied. Click Finish.
SPSS will then work on campus.
macOS
To download SPSS, Follow the link provided here. If you’re already signed in to CNU Connect, you’ll be taken directly to the folder containing the relevant files If not, you’ll see the Google sign-in page. Sign in with your CNU e-mail and password. Once you have accessed the folder, select the file for the relevant operating system and download the file.
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SPSS will then function. If you want to use SPSS off-campus, you’ll need to check out a license using the SPSS Commuter Utility.
macOS Sonoma FIX
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This patch is only supported in SPSS 29. Versions 28 and older will not be fixed with this patch. *1 |
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Identify the exact version of SPSS you are running by navigating within SPSS to SPSS Statistics → About SPSS Statistics → Release/Build information. An example release number is “25.0.0.2”.
Download the interim fix for your specific version of SPSS.
Follow these instructions published by IBM on how to install the interim fix.
Source(s):
- "Technology at UConn." UCONN IT department, 2023, https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/26484998170/Fixing+SPSS+issues+on+macOS+14+Sonoma.
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