Stopping and Starting the Ambience Service on Macintosh OS

The Ambience service is automatically started after installation, and on boot.

To manually stop and start the service:

  1. Navigate to the Applications folder.
  2. Double click Ambience Service to stop it.
  3. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog as shown in the following example.

    Figure 3.4. Confirmation Dialog - Stop Ambience Service

    Confirmation Dialog - Stop Ambience Service
  4. Wait a few seconds for the service to stop.
  5. Double click Ambience Service to start it.
  6. Enter the administration credentials in the following screens:
    1. Enter the administration user name in the following screen.

      Figure 3.5. Enter Administrator User Name - Ambience Service

      Enter Administrator User Name - Ambience Service
    2. Enter the administration password in the following screen.

      Figure 3.6. Enter Administrator Password - Ambience Service

      Enter Administrator Password - Ambience Service

    This service runs as user elixir but requires administration privileges to start it.

  7. Click Yes in the following dialog, to start the Ambience service.

    Figure 3.7. Start the Ambience Service

    Start the Ambience Service