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WatchMouse site monitoring widget 2.1This Apple widget keeps an eye on your website, right from your Mac, and continuous monitoring, even when your Mac is not connected to the Internet. For free!
New in version 2.1: Now in your own language! This new version supports 8 languages.
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Version: 2.1 Release date: 8 January, 2008
File name: WatchMouse_v2.1.zip. License: CC*. File Size: 225K
Requires: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later
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Worldwide Monitoring
 | Local Monitoring
 | Monitor from the WatchMouse network
- Installed and configured in a minute.
- Not only monitor your website from your own Mac, but also from 20+ monitoring stations worldwide.
- Shows performance graphs over any period in the widget
- Alerts you in case of errors, and transfers to the WatchMouse site for extra details
- Warns you immediately, or after 2 to 5 consecutive errors.
- Monitoring continues, even when your Mac is not connected to the Internet.
- Registration is required: Free subscription » (a small uptime banner on the homepage of your site is required)
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Watch from your own Mac
- Installed and configured in a minute.
- Checks your company site or personal website from your own Mac every 1, 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
- Shows the hourly availability of your website over the last 72 hours.
- Alerts you in case of errors, and transfers to the WatchMouse site to check your website from all the WatchMouse monitoring stations.
- Warns you immediately, or after 2 to 5 consecutive errors.
- Pauses when your own computer is not connected to the Internet.
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Downloading and installing
Unzip the downloaded file and double click on the file WatchMouse.wdgt to install it on your dashboard.
Once you've installed the widget, you're ready to set up your WatchMouse widget for monitoring. Click the flip icon in the bottom left corner and select either 'Watch from this computer' or 'Watch from the worldwide network'.
- Watch from this computer: Enter the URL of your website (e.g. www.yourcompany.com). Then select the monitoring period.
- Watch from the worldwide network: Enter your WatchMouse account details, select the reporting period (the x-axis of the graph), and select which rules to be included.
Finaly choose the number of consecutive errors after which your wish to be warned, and click "Done".
That's it!
*) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
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System requirements
- Macintosh computer with G3, G4, G5, or Intel processor
- Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger)
- Internet connection (either dial-up or any broadband: cable, DSL, etc.)
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