Measles Manual

Measles User Manual Last modified December 18, 2002. By Ben Haller. Copyright © 2002 Stick Software. [ This manual is only available in English at present. ] Measles provides you with little bouncy spheres on your desktop which are fun and colorful. They can be configured to act as CPU monitors, changing color according to how busy your machine is, or they can use a wide variety of color schemes and fill patterns. They have lots of different options to keep you entertained, from sounds effects to transparency. This manual assumes that you have already downloaded a copy of Measles; if not, visit Measles' main page at http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Measles.html. It also assumes that you know all the basics of using the Macintosh in Mac OS X, including using the mouse, menus, and windows, and opening and saving files. Right now this "manual" is really an FAQ (frequently asked questions) list, because Measles is a simple enough app that it doesn't seem to merit a full manual — that would just be a lot of work and would probably be less effective at answering actual user questions. Let us know if you disagree, however; if a full manual is needed for Measles, it can be made. Please send comments on this manual to us at support@sticksoftware.com. Thanks! Questions What is Measles and what does it do, in a nutshell? How and where do I install Measles? What do all these controls do? OK, but how do I *use* the darn thing? What about CPU and other "system trait" performance monitoring? What do the "busy throttle" options do? What are they for? What known bugs and issues affect Measles? What is shareware? How do I pay? What is Measles and what does it do, in a nutshell? Measles is a desktop critter for Mac OS X. It provides you with lots of little bouncy spheres on your desktop can can be various colors and appearances, and which drift around bouncing off of windows and each other. Here's an example of a few measles on a desktop: The appearance and behavior of the measles are quite configurable, so you should be able to create whatever measles your heart desires. For more information on the basic concept of Measles, and many more images of possible measles, please check out its home page at http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Measles.html, which covers this pretty well. How and where do I install Measles? Measles is a breeze to install. Simply copy the Measles application into one of the standard OS X locations for applications, such as /Applications, /Applications/Utilities, or ~/Applications (where ~ is your home directory). ~/Applications is the typical location used if you do not have Administrator privileges on your OS X machine, or wish Measles to be available only to you, not to other users of the machine. /Applications and /Applications/Utilities will make Measles available to all users of the machine, but typically require Administrator privileges for you to copy things into them. For more information on this, see A…