Install IC4 Lotus Notes Plugins on Mac OS X 10.8.x

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Today Luis Benitez annouced the new Connections 4 Plugins for Lotus Notes .

The zip-file contains all three operating system installer. Windows, Linux and Mac, but i had no success to install through xpd.mac-addon.pgk, because the preinstall script stop the installation.

You can open this file in finder:

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Now you can copy the updatesite folder to an other place and use File – Application – Install in Lotus Notes. Point the Install to the updatesite folder and install the whole package. I have to restart twice, but after this i can use the new Status Update, Files and Activities Plugins.

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Sametime and Connections Plugins in Lotus Notes

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Automating configuration with plugin_customization.ini

I do a lot of software tests with my productive Notes Client (on Mac OS), so i often delete the Expeditor-folder in ~/Library/Application Support/Lotus Notes Data/. So i place configuration details in /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/MacOS/rcp/plugin_customization.ini, then the settings get automatically applied.

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 com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.community/tokenLoginOnly=true
 com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.community/loginAtStartup=true
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 com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.login/alwaysLoggedIn=true
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Sametime will only apply the settings of plugin_customization.ini, when following file is not present!

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Notes 8.5.2 FP2 and Lotus Connections Plugins Might Not Play Nicely Together « CuriousMitch

Mitch found out that FP2 for Notes 8.5.2 breaks Connections Files and Status Updater Plugins.

http://www.curiousmitch.com/2011/05/notes-8-5-2-fp2-and-lotus-connections-plugins-might-not-play-nicely-together/

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Weird problem with Lotus Connections Activities Integration in Notes Client

Today i had problems to recreate my Activities Sidebar connection after a Notes Client reinstall.

Each time when i want to connect, i got the following error message:

Cannot connect to the Activities Server.

Either the URL is incorrect, the server is down, or a firewall may be preventing you from reaching the server. Check the URL, your firewall settings and the server status and try again.”

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