Mac OS X Unleashed

By John Ray and William C. Ray

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Introduction to Mac OS X
  • Chapter 1. Mac OS X Component Architecture
  • Chapter 2. Installing Mac OS X
  • Chapter 3. Mac OS X Basics
  • Chapter 4. The Finder: Working with Files and Applications
  • Chapter 5. Running Classic Mac OS Applications
  • Part II: Inside Mac OS X
  • Chapter 6. Native Utilities and Applications
  • Chapter 7. Internet Communications
  • Chapter 8. Installing Third-Party Applications
  • Part III: User-Level OS X Configuration
  • Chapter 9. Network Setup
    • TCP/IP
    • The Network Control Pane
    • AppleTalk
    • Managing Locations
    • Testing Network Settings
    • Summary
  • Chapter 10. Printer and Font Management
  • Chapter 11. Additional System Components
  • Part IV: Introduction to BSD Applications
  • Chapter 12. Introducing the BSD Subsystem
  • Chapter 13. Common Unix Shell Commands: File Operations
  • Part V: Advanced Command-Line Concepts
  • Chapter 14. Advanced Shell Concepts and Commands
  • Chapter 15. Command-Line Applications and Application Suites
  • Chapter 16. Command-Line Software Installation
  • Chapter 17. Troubleshooting Software Installs, and Compiling and Debugging Manually
  • Chapter 18. Advanced Unix Shell Use: Configuration and Programming (Shell Scripting)
  • Part VI: Server/Network Administration
  • Chapter 19. X Window System Applications
  • Chapter 20. Command-Line Configuration and Administration
  • Chapter 21. AppleScript
  • Chapter 22. Perl Scripting and SQL Connectivity
  • Chapter 23. File and Resource Sharing with NetInfo
  • Chapter 24. User Management and Machine Clustering
  • Chapter 25. FTP Serving
  • Chapter 26. Remote Access and Administration
  • Chapter 27. Web Serving
  • Part VII: Server Health
  • Chapter 28. Web Programming
  • Chapter 29. Creating a Mail Server
  • Chapter 30. Accessing and Serving a Windows Network
  • Chapter 31. Server Security and Advanced Network Configuration
  • Chapter 32. System Maintenance
  • Appendix A. Command-Line Reference
  • Appendix B. Administration Reference

Managing Locations

With OS X, Apple has made location management considerably easier than it was with previous versions of the Macintosh operating system. Instead of managing configurations for each protocol in its own panel, and then managing the switch with the location manager tool, interface configurations in OS X are accessed directly under the location setting. Figure 9.19 shows the entirety of the location management interface in OS X. From this menu, locations can be chosen, duplicated, and edited.

Figure 9.19 The location management menu in the Network control pane. Selecting a location from this menu switches between location-specific settings in the subpanes below it.

Each location in the Locations menu carries with it settings for the Configure menu and the subpanes that it switches through. That is, when you are entering information into the specific interface configuration panes, it is assigned to the currently displayed location. If you switch to a new location, you get new information and configurations in the interface configuration panels.

If you set the location setting to Automatic, the system will attempt to guess the correct location information and switch between locations, based on what it can determine regarding its network environment.

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