Name: Location Manager
Version: 2.0.1
Released: January 18, 1997
Requires: English-North American Mac OS 8.1

Description: This software is included on the Mac OS 8.1 CD. It allows you to easily set and use multiple settings configurations, as in for home or for work. For complete information, please see all documentation included with this software and point your web browser to: TIL artcle 30340: " Mac OS 8.1: Late Breaking Tips "

This software consists of a self-mounting Disk Copy disk image. To use, download this self-mounting image to your hard drive and then double-click it to uncompress and mount the disk image on your desktop. Please read the documentation included on this disk image before installing the software.

Note: You may download Apple Location Manager 2.0.1 at the following URL:
http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n10479

This document provides late-breaking news about the Apple Location Manager software. You may want to print this document to keep with the user's manual for your computer.

Installing Apple Location Manager

Always use the Installer program to install Apple Location Manager. The software may not work correctly if you try to copy or drag it to the System Folder. (You install Apple Location Manager by locating the "Location Manager Install" folder and double-clicking the "Install Location Manager" document.)

Turning AppleTalk on or off

With Open Transport, it is possible to use Apple Location Manager to turn AppleTalk on or off. You must use the AppleTalk control panel, not the chooser, and create named configurations corresponding to those on and off states.

These are the steps to create an "AppleTalk Off" configuration:

1. Open the AppleTalk control panel.
2. Select "Configurations" from the File menu.
3. Duplicate the active configuration, naming the new configuration "AppleTalk Off".
4. Click on "Make Active".
5. Select "User Mode" in the Edit menu.
6. Click on "Advanced" and then click "OK" to close the window.
7. Click on "Options".
8. Click on the "Inactive" radio button, then click "OK" to close the window.
9. Close the AppleTalk control panel, saving changes when asked.

Having taken these steps (or similar steps for creating an "AppleTalk On" configuration in Open Transport), you can now "Apply" these named configurations to any location you choose using the "AppleTalk & TCP/IP" setting in Apple Location Manager. Note that you may have to use similar steps to create a named configuration for TCP/IP (if you have not already done so). See the Networking topics in Mac OS Help for details.

Managing Module Conflicts

As you configure your locations, take care to avoid conflicting settings in different modules, and also take care to arrange the order of your settings sensibly (they are applied in the order listed in the location, which is alphabetical by default, but you can move them around).

In particular, be aware that the module "Internet Access" affects some of the same settings as the modules "AppleTalk & TCP/IP" and "Remote Access". If you use the "Internet Access" software, formerly known as the Apple Internet Connection Kit (AICK), you should use "Internet Access" in your locations. If you use the AppleTalk, TCP/IP, Modem, PPP, or Remote Access control panels directly (creating named configurations in each), then you should use "AppleTalk & TCP/IP" and "Remote Access" in your locations.

There may also be third-party modules that affect some or all of these settings, and it is perfectly acceptable to have them all installed at the same time, but be sure to read the documentation that comes with any new module before using it so that you can be sure you understand what settings it affects.

If you decide to remove a module, be sure you turn off its setting in all locations you have defined.

Switching Back after Saving, or on Switch, Restart or Shutdown

If you make changes to your system settings while editing a location that is not your current location, you can set a preference in Location Manager that will automatically switch you back to the values for the settings in the current location.

Also, if you make changes to the values of settings outside Location Manager, you can set another preference that will prompt you to "capture" those changes into the current location before switch, restart or shutdown. You can choose to update either all at once or for each module individually.

Additional Modules for Apple Location Manager

Additional modules for Apple Location Manager are being developed. Check the Web address http://www.powerbook.apple.com regularly for more information.

Apple Location Manager Developer Info

If you are a developer and would like to write modules or other software for Apple Location Manager, please visit the developer website at: http://devworld.apple.com/dev/alm