Comments on: LocationSwitch: Automating Mail on the move

By: Tim Gaden

Tim Gaden — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:00:20 +0000

Reinout: Thanks for letting me know. I’ve updated the link the post.

By: Reinout

Reinout — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:10:26 +0000

It’s a great automator action,
only the dl link isn’t working anymore, they’ve changed it to http://automatorworld.com/download/location-switch.zip

By: Ted Pavlic

Ted Pavlic — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:28:44 +0000

You might also want to consider Location X:

http://homepage.mac.com/locationmanager/

It’s not free, and some aspects of it are a little buggy, but for the most part it works. Plus, it sounds like it does a lot more than LocationSwitch (though I haven’t tried LocationSwitch).

However, the really nice thing about Location X, which basically installs the “Location Manager” from OS 9 fame, is that it is able to switch all of your settings automatically when you enter a new wireless network. If you only sit on wireless networks, everything’s automatic. (well, that’s the theory. There’s a bug where sometimes it gets a little stuck, but it usually works pretty well)

When you plug into a wired network, you still have to manually change, but it’s as easy as selecting a new location from a drop down menu. (though when it gets stuck the menu gets a little funny)

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:17:30 +0000

Excellent. It’s one of the most useful things that I have found too.

By: artur moulin

artur moulin — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:39:06 +0000

The ability of being effective in trasnfering ones access to location t location is invaluable…thank you