Locamatic Documentation

Locamatic Documentation Locamatic What it does Have you ever wished that your Mac would update its location automatically on the basis of the network that you're using? Perhaps you use your Mac at work, accessing the internet through a proxy server, and at home where you have none. It isn't difficult to select a new location from the Location menu in the Apple menu, but why should you have to? Locamatic will do all this for you! Installing Locamatic Double click on the Locamatic preference pane icon. If this is the first time that you are installing Locamatic, you will be asked whether you’d like to install it for all users or just for the current one. Make your choice, and the System Preferences application will load with Locamatic. If Locamatic is already installed, then reinstalling it will just update the current version. n.b Upgrading Locamatic on Leopard If you are upgrading from Locamatic 2.0.2 or earlier on Leopard, you needed to delete the old Locamatic before installing the new version. You can resolve this by loading the System Preferences application, right clicking on Locamatic and selecting ‘Remove “ L o c a m a t i c ” P r e f e r e n c e P a n e ’ . I f i t d o e s n ’t d i s a p p e a r t h e n d e l e t e com.apple.systempreferences.plist from your ‘home’ preferences (/Users/<username>/ Library/Preferences). Locamatic Documentation How to use it Locamatic is based around one window. It’s a simple soul and it doesn’t need any more. Close the window and Locamatic quits. Let’s take a quick tour of the screen. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ❶ Location Your locations can be selected from the location drop down menu. You’ll need to have set up your locations beforehand for Locamatic to be useful. Locations are set up in the Network Preferences pane in the System Preferences application. All your locations will appear here. ⚠ Don’t know how to set up locations? Check the Help section of this document for a hint! ❷ Network Name The identities of the networks that you connect to are selectable in the Network Name combo box. a Wireless If you are entering settings for a Wireless network you can select it by name. Since you may want to enter settings for a network that you haven’t previously connected to, and since some wireless networks have their names hidden you also have the option to type the name in manually. Make sure that you get the capitalization correct. b Wi…