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MBOX® USER MANUAL
Identify Displays
The Identify Displays button is useful when assigning outputs to displays. Sometimes it can be confusing to determine
which display should be assigned to which output - particularly in the case of multiple displays with the same name.
Pressing the Identify Displays button puts a temporary overlay onto each display connected to the computer. The
overlays are colored and show the name and unique number of the display. The name and number can then be
referenced when assigning displays to outputs.
Archive
The Gear button is used primarily to save and recall output settings, but can also be used as an alternate way to modify
an output or sub-output’s index number.
Archiving output settings is generally used for the purpose of backing up data or creating a waypoint during edits. It may
be useful at times to make a separate copy of the current output settings or to restore previous output settings. Clicking
on “Save to Archive” stores a new copy of the entire MboxSettings.plist (all preferences for the server) to the
/Mbox/Archive/MboxSettings folder. “Restore Outputs & Mixes From Archive” displays a menu of all of the les in the
archive folder, and selecting a le causes only the outputs and mixes data from that le to be restored, and not the
remainder of the preferences. Clicking on “Reveal Archive in Finder...” will open a Finder window showing the /Mbox/
Archive/MboxSettings folder.
Note: Archived settings les are given a name that uses the Mbox software version and a time/date stamp. If desired,
these les can be renamed in the Finder to give them more meaningful names.
Changing an output’s index number requires an output tile to be selected and the replacement index number to be
unused. Note that it’s also possible to change an output’s index number by double-clicking on the index number on the
output’s tile.