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April 05, 2006
Location Extreme for Mac OS X
I would like to see the Location feature in the Network Preference pane automated and extended in a future version of OS X to cover more than network configuration.
- Automated
OS X should sense its network surroundings to automatically set the Location or suggest to the user a change in the Location rather than requiring the user to explicitly set the Location each time it changes. - Extended
The Location should be able to configure more than TCP/IP settings. I won't pretend that I have thought of everything, but here's a list to begin with:
- Default printer
Seems pretty easy to be able to specify a default printer by Location. - VPN
I would like for OS X to be able to automatically establish a VPN connection when I am on an untrusted network. I am pretty good about doing this myself, but I still catch myself in a panic when I sometimes open my PowerBook only to find Mail.app scrambling to sync itself. - Specify servers to login to and volumes to mount
I have different servers at work and at home that I would like to automount when I am at those locations. - NetNewsWire
Should be able to set the download frequency and whether or not to download rss enclosures because there's no reason to do this when I am on the road. - iTunes
- Set the download frequency and Podcast stuff because it's not necessary when I am travelling.
- Set the AirTunes speakers to stream to
- Screen saver security toggle
There's no reason to turn this on when I'm at home. - Backup toggle
I don't want to even try to run a backup if I am not connected to my home LAN - SMTP server
I would be mostly covered by the VPN capability, but I would still like to be able to specify SMTP server by location.
Leopard?
Posted by Chris at April 5, 2006 10:52 PM