INK AWARE

[Nancy Walker]

Just got a new Mac Book computer and I can't get the ink aware to turn off and I always have a pop up for it. HELP me get rid of ink aware. I have gone to preferences in SMART Notebook but no help.

[Abby Mowry]

I have a mac and haven't been able to figure it out either.  I have just learned to hide it behind my page sorter or move it all the way to the side so that I barely see it. Sorry! If you find a solution let me know!!

[Obe Hostetter]

You can turn off the ink aware by:

1. System Preferences

2. SMART Control Panel

3. Click on Configure SMART Tools

4. Select Ink Aware Program Settings

5. Uncheck everything.

 

Another option is that you can rename the aware app in Applications-SMART Board/Product Drivers folder.  Sometimes it is in the additional tools folder.  We rename it because we don't use the ink aware with Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. 

[Nancy Walker]

I unchecked everything and it is still there. I found the app in the additional tools folder but it will not let me rename it.  ideas???

 

[Obe Hostetter]

Two ideas :

1. Click once on the aware app.  Click on File-get info (Apple + I).  Change the permissions for others or everyone to read and write.  Close that window.  Now you can rename it.

OR

2. Just delete the app.  If you delete it, you will need to reinstall SMART Board/Product Drivers if you ever need it again or copy if from a similar computer.

[Renee Lubaway]

I have a MacBook Pro and have set SMART Board Tools to open automatically when I start my computer. Like you, Ink Aware Tools toolbars also appear and stay on when in applications like Microsoft Word. Clicking on the close button sends it to the bottom of the window. However, you can turn it off completely by Quitting your SMART Board Tools application. Click and hold the blue icon with the white circle in the center (mine is located in my applications tray at the bottom of my screen). Then, select Quit - Floating tools will close, and Ink Aware Tools as well. When you want it back again, Click on Finder => Applications => SMART Product Drivers => SMART Board Tools. Don't forget, the Help Line at SMART is available when you need help, too.

[Nancy Walker]

Thanks. I finally went to the Control Panel in Notebook and clicked on the Ink Aware icon and got a pop up that had Word, Exel, and PowerPoint checked. Unchecked them and Ink Aware is gone.

Yeah!!!!!

[Michael E. Plesha]

Hello, I'm using a SMART Podium display with Camtasia on a mac to record PowerPoint lectures for a distance learning class I'm teaching. The preceding dialogue for turning off the Ink Aware tools in Microsoft PowerPoint has been very helpful. I found the slide control popup window in PowerPoint to be very annoying. More troublesome was that the movies I have embedded in my PowerPoint slides would not play if SMART Board Tools was running. By turning off the Ink Aware tools, in addition to the popup window being gone, the movies now play correctly.  Thanks to all for the tips.