LocationChanger for Mac

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Developer’s Description

By Ghose Lab, University of Minnesota

auto reconfigures settings and programs for local network

LocationChanger automatically reconfigures many programs and resources according to IP address, wireless network ID, gateway MAC address, physical location, ISP, or network connection speed. Currently LocationChanger is capable of automatically modifying the following:

NFS automounts
Privoxy settings
host file settings
default printer
Mail server and account
iChat status and services
Location setting in Network Preferences
proxy status

Additionally, if growl is found, it notifies you of the new IP address, location name, and the hardware device of the new connection. It also contains a security component which send e-mails detailing unrecognized locations. This includes the ability, with apporpriate support software and hardware, to e-mail a picture when an unrecognized location is detected. It also has the option to display your geolocation on a Google Maps webpage.

LocationChanger for Mac

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GENERAL

Release: January 4, 2008

Latest update: November 20, 2013

Version: 1.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System

Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.5
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.4

Additional Requirements: Growl (optional) Privoxy (optional) wacaw (optional for iSight) isightcapture (optional for iSight) mpack (optional for iSight). Adium (optional)

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2/5

1 User Votes

Great concept, GUI very limited
Strider72December 27, 2006
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />The main idea of this program is excellent, and something I have been wishing for with OS X for quite a while. What we have here is an interesting start, but a bit too rough around the edges for everyday use. First off, I wish it could changesettings without starting up all the programs involved. As soon as it kicks in, iTunes, iChat, Mail, etc. all run. The GUI is a good start, but also needs some refinement. A simple drop-down menu of various settings files would be much preferable to the confusing type-in box. If I type in the name of an existing settings file, it fetches the computer's _current_ settings (starting up iTunes... etc...). Huh??? Documentation is virtually nonexistent, sadly. This would probably be a lot more useful with some how-tos attached. Worse, is that there are some things this program implements that I cannot seem to turn off, and they are screwing up my computer. Somehow the settings file I set up is set to turn on Privoxy, and I have to go manually turn it off every time. I blanked out the Privoxy field in the GUI, but it still changes this every time -- how do I turn this off? So this is a good, but very rough, start. I would like to see this further developed, but for the time being, I'm not sure if it's worth dealing with the issues. BTW, if you're trying to get Growl to work: try this in the Growl Notify field: /usr/local/bin/growlnotify