Free and Discounted Software for Students: Microsoft, Adobe and Windows

Being a Pepperdine student has a variety of perks, ocean view, Olympic swimming pool, close access to the beach, and now either free or discounted access to software such as Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud. Microsoft Office 365 As a Pepperdine student, you can sign up for free access to Microsoft Office 365 […]

Law Library

The Law library can be one of the most valuable assets to you during your time in law school. Its value goes beyond your law education, as it can be a great tool for such activities like Law Review and Moot Court as well as preparing for your careers as a whole. The catalog system […]

Pepperdine Passwords and Password Managers

True or False: It is against Pepperdine policy to reuse your Pepperdine password for any other web service. It’s true, it is against Pepperdine policy to reuse your MyID password for other accounts or sites. When you reuse your Pepperdine MyID password on Internet sites or accounts, you are making yourself vulnerable to attacks on your […]

Pepperdine Google Suite

Welcome to the incredibly usefully and incessantly expanding world of Google! Here, you will learn about some of the relevant Google Apps that may help you throughout not only your education career, but also your future life. You can access Google Apps through your @pepperdine.edu account. For more information on accessing your personal account, please […]

Installing Printers (Windows and Apple)

A quick step by step instruction guide for installing on a Windows computer:   1. Open a new explorer window (not Internet Explorer). a. Type (Windows Button)+(R) 2. Enter the following in the address bar.  \\walnut 3. Locate and open the folder PCCLIENT. 4. Open the WIN folder and double-click on the CLIENT-LOCAL-INSTALL installer. 5. […]

Printing Selected Pages using Preview – MAC OSX

Using our new print system here at Pepperdine can be a bit of a challenge at times. Particularly if you just want to print a few pages of a word document. Since the web interface for printing requires PDF files to print, you may find yourself looking for an easy way (any way?) to print selected […]

Printing Selected Pages using PDF – Windows

Using our new print system here at Pepperdine can be a bit of a challenge at times. Particularly if you just want to print a few pages of a word document. Since the web interface for printing requires PDF files to print, you may find yourself looking for an easy way (any way?) to print […]

Install the LiveSafe App today!

      Go ahead and take a moment to go to the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and download the LiveSafe app onto your mobile device. The “LiveSafe” app is designed to improve communication between our University community members and Public Safety, and allows for faster emergency response in distress situations.  The […]

Change Your Password

You’ve probably seen or heard of the myriad of recent news headlines where popular organizations like Twitter or Evernote have been hacked. These organizations assure us that our data is not compromised, and advise us to change our passwords or they promptly change our passwords for us to reduce the amount of damage a hacker […]

Law Students: Exam Archive Searching

You may notice that when you click on the “EXAM ARCHIVE” link on the Law Library web page you are traveling to a Google Drive location. The exams are stored in a Google Drive folder that requires a Pepperdine Google account. TIP: If you find that you do not have access, log into your Pepperdine […]

Laptop Repair and Software Installation Services

Pepperdine’s Tech Central provides a number of laptop repair and software installation services for a fee. If you have a urge to upgrade your operating system or you need someone to swap in a new larger/faster/better hard drive, this is the place to go. See their web page for more details or call them at […]

Laptop Rentals (for students)

The University’s Tech Central provides rental laptops to students. If you are stuck and need a temporary solution, check out their rental program by calling (310) 506-4811. There is a limited number of rental units so don’t hesitate to call and reserve as system if you think you’ll need one! Tech Central also offers an […]

Pepperdine GMAIL on your Mac Mail Client

Looking around online, there is no hard directions on how to add your Pepperdine GMAIL client to the Mac MAIL client.  So here goes. These instructions assume you’ve already moved your Pepperdine account to the Pepperdine-branded GMAIL.  If you haven’t done that but want to do that, go to google.pepperdine.edu and follow the instructions there. […]

MyID Password Reset Errors

The Password Reset- Error Messages includes screenshots of various error messages that may be seen in MyID when attempting to reset a password. Note that the https://myid.pepperdine.edu website provides some additional resources, including a link to verify/update your MyID profile, a link which can be used to change a known password, and a short training […]