Author Topic: how to minimize icamSource Preferences panel  (Read 1857 times)

dogdocdave

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how to minimize icamSource Preferences panel
« on: October 04, 2012, 09:03:36 PM »
new here -- on a imac and have everything working great -- just wondering how to minimize or make the icamSource panel go off of my desktop == i don't want others to see it if they were to wake the computer up == Thanks

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Re: how to minimize icamSource Preferences panel
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2012, 09:10:09 PM »
When you close the iCamSource window, the iCamSource program still runs in the background. If the iCamSource window is hidden, there will be a small iCamSource icon in the Menu Bar (Mac) or System Tray (Windows). The icon is a small version of the iCam icon (camera lens). From this icon, you can stop, start, or quit iCamSource. If you select "Preferences" it will display the iCamSource window.

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Re: how to minimize icamSource Preferences panel
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2012, 06:52:03 AM »
Thanks the answer -- was able to close the panel b

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Re: how to minimize icamSource Preferences panel
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2012, 06:54:19 AM »
lets try again -- was able to close the panel by clicking the red button at the top left -- and then i saw the icam icon in the bar across the top of the screen top right -- thanks for the help

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Re: how to minimize icamSource Preferences panel
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2012, 01:18:28 AM »
That is correct, the icon is a small version of the iCam icon (camera lens). From this icon, you can stop, start, or quit iCamSource. If you select "Preferences" it will display the iCamSource window.

If you are running the Mac version of iCamSource, an "unofficial" way would to hide the small iCam would be to right-click the iCamSource application in your Applications folder, select Show Package Contents, then open the Contents > Resources folder and renaming or moving the iCamSourceStatus_Running.png file. Then, when you run the iCamSource and Start it, no icon will appear in the menu bar, although there will be a blank space still visible that you can click on to access the iCamSource.