Smart Board Installation For Mac

I use a SMARTBoard at school, and it's great. The kids love it, and I love it. I like to use my MacBook to run the thing, because the classroom computer is, well, a classroom computer. Does anyone else use a SMARTBoard?

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My issue is that the program automatically opens at start-up, and it is not in my start-up file, and I have tried to turn off all automatic start up settings, but it still starts up every time I boot. I can't ditch the software, the school owns it, so I can't re-install, and I need it to run the board. I use a SMARTBoard at school, and it's great. The kids love it, and I love it. I like to use my MacBook to run the thing, because the classroom computer is, well, a classroom computer. Does anyone else use a SMARTBoard?

My issue is that the program automatically opens at start-up, and it is not in my start-up file, and I have tried to turn off all automatic start up settings, but it still starts up every time I boot. I can't ditch the software, the school owns it, so I can't re-install, and I need it to run the board. It hides in the loginwindow.plist The smartboard software hides itself in /Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist to start itself up as soon as someone logs in.

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The new installation utility has an option to disable automatic startup of the Smartboard Tools, but it doesn't do anything in my experience. To remove the tools from startup open up a Terminal window, give yourself root privileges, convert and edit the loginwindow.plist file. It is best to be familiar with one of the command line text editor programs in OS X. I use vi in this example, as well as make a backup copy of the file, just in case.DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

If you are not familiar with editing text files on the command line, practice or as someone who is. In Terminal type. The smartboard software hides itself in /Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist to start itself up as soon as someone logs in.

The new installation utility has an option to disable automatic startup of the Smartboard Tools, but it doesn't do anything in my experience. To remove the tools from startup open up a Terminal window, give yourself root privileges, convert and edit the loginwindow.plist file. It is best to be familiar with one of the command line text editor programs in OS X.

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I use vi in this example, as well as make a backup copy of the file, just in case.DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. If you are not familiar with editing text files on the command line, practice or as someone who is. In Terminal type.

After you download the installer file, run the file to install the software. To install the software using the installer. Double-click the smartproductdrivers.dmg file you downloaded in the previous procedure. The Install SMART Product Drivers installation package dialog opens. Double-click the Install SMART Product Drivers icon. The This package will run a program to determine if the software can be installed dialog opens. Click Continue.

The Welcome dialog opens. Click Continue. If you accept the terms in the software license agreement, click Agree. OR If you don’t accept the terms in the software license agreement, click Disagree. Select the check box if you want to join the Customer Experience Program, and then click Continue. Select the software you want to install.

Note SMART Product Drivers and SMART Ink are selected by default. Handwriting recognition (English) is selected by default. You can select other languages if you want handwriting recognition in other languages. Select the disk on which you want to install the software, and then click Continue. If you selected SMART Product Drivers in step 6, select Start SMART System Menu at log in to start the SMART System Menu when you first log on to your computer.

Click Continue. Click Install. A dialog box appears, prompting you for your name and password. Type your name and password, and then click OK. The installer installs the software you selected in step 6.