Why does the Synergy play/pause button change appearance?
Most of the time, the Synergy menu bar play/pause button will display either a “play” image (a right-pointing triangle) or a “pause” image (two vertical rectangles). At times, for example when dragging the iTunes window, the Synergy play/pause button may display a mixed “play/pause” image (one vertical rectangle and one right-pointing triangle). This occurs whenever the communications link between Synergy and iTunes is interrupted, and the combined “play/pause” image reflects the fact that the status of iTunes (playing or paused) is unknown to Synergy. One example of a situation in which this can occur is when the user drags the iTunes window around the screen, or runs an iTunes visualiser. Under these circumstances, because of the way it is programmed, iTunes does not respond to communication attempts made by other applications, such as Synergy. So in these cases, you might see the combined play/pause image; when communications are re-established and the state of iTunes is again known
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