Chapter 15. Triggering Location-Based Actions

If you use a laptop, you probably already know that different system settings are better for different locations. In a café, for instance, you might lock the keychain and use a VPN to protect your Mac from hackers. At home, you might dim your Mac’s display and disable the screensaver password.

When you start working in a different location, changing the appropriate settings is important to maintain the security, usability, and functionality you’ve come to expect from your Mac.

All of these changes to location-specific settings had to be performed manually—until now. Sidekick automates the process of switching your Mac’s settings by detecting your current location and then applying the customized rules ...

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