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I have the original MB Air. MB Air, 1.6 GHz, VRAM 144, so likely slow, right?

OK. When you do it and post on Macupdate, then mention that feature and I will try it again. Is it practical to think of using HS on my configuration? I wonder if the MB Air too slow.

The main thing I noticed is that I could not hide the files on the desktop which is the main reason I got Deskshade. I did try quitting DS and trying HS but did not seem to work for me then either. Maybe I needed to restart. I am using a MB Air running OS 10.5.6.

Richard

Al, thanks for the response. I had my first meeting last night. Did not go entirely well. Here is what happened. I had arranged a time and had everyone invited. Five people were available for the meeting at the designated time. These were the problems.
I shift-clicked the names and did a group chat. Sent the phone number and pin to them saying to call in. Some of the individuals then sent me individual chats saying they were having trouble, so in that chat window I did the "copy" function for the phone and pin but guess what? The number coming up in the chat window different than the number in the group chat. So some of them were all by themselves in limbo listening to music. After I figured it out, resent the numbers to them. Four were eventually able to get on the phone.
Then went to screen share but in the meantime 2 or 3 tried to screen share with me so I had to refuse as the intention was to go the other way. So somehow in this melee only two were able to respond to my "screen share" leaving 2 not connected. Now here is where it got especially difficult. When I tried to add in these unconnected individuals by clicking on their name and using "share" I would get a message that these four were already sharing a screen which was not correct — only 2 were. We went back and forth for some time, finally the only way I could find to fix it was to disconnect everyone and then once again select the group and do "share" with all of them. Had to do this twice. Finally got 3 connected, the fourth could not connect with Yuuguu or by web share but she was on dial up and that may be why. Another never even got close, I don't know why. Haven't talked to her yet.
So out of 5 people, only 3 were able to participate. Was very awkward, especially the different phone numbers and the message not allowing me to screen share with those not connected.
Did I just not do it right?

Thanks,
Richard

Thanks Al,
One clarification, regarding this sentence:
PIN codes: each distinct group of participants gets its own PIN code which also stays the same each time.

Is a distinct group the same people? Like for example, next time I add one more person in - is that now a new distinct group?

Thanks,
Richard

Thanks John. I am hoping to set up some meetings in about a month so will keep watching for this option. Would be very helpful.

Richard

Al, very helpful. May I go back to my original question? If I want to have a meeting of 50 or 60 people, how do I do that? I don't mean how to add them in as a group but I am referring to your statement "the free version hosts up to 30 people". So is there another version I can use? It implies a paid version as an alternative.
Thanks,
Richard

Al, I was reading the Quick Start Guide, step 2. Says to select a contact and then share screen. I realize now I can select several at a time. I assume I can do that in Safari as well?