On Windows:

• Double-click on the icon to open the BOINC manager window.
• Right-click on the icon to access its menu.

• Click on the icon in the menubar or Dock and hold the button down until the menu appears.

The icon menu choices are:

• Open BOINC Manager: opens the current BOINC Manager.
• Run always: do work, regardless of preferences.
• Run based on preferences: do work when your preferences allow it.
• Suspend: stop work (computation and file transfer).
• Network activity always available: always allow BOINC to contact the project servers when it needs to.
• Network activity based on preferences: allow BOINC to contact the project servers only when your preferences allow it.
• Network activity suspended: setting this keeps BOINC from attempting to contact any of the project servers. It is useful for those on dial-up connections who do not want to be bothered with BOINC prompting to connect or disconnect for a time.
• About BOINC Manager: displays useful information about the BOINC Manager.
• Exit: exit the BOINC manager and all running BOINC applications. No further work will take place until you run the BOINC manager again.
  (On Mac OS X, this menu item is called Quit.)

Hovering over the BOINC icon will display a status balloon which contains the project it is currently working on, how far along it is, and which computer it is connected to (Windows only).

BOINC Manager Tabs

Projects

Shows the projects in which this computer is participating.

• Suspended by user: The project is currently suspended.
• Retry in ...: The client will wait the specified amount of time before attempting to contact the project server again.
• Won't get new work: The project will not fill the cache for this project when it runs out of work.

Click on a project name to enable the following additional buttons:

• Allow new work: Allow the project to download additional work, if needed.
• Detach: Your computer will stop working for the project.
• No new work: Do not download any additional work for this project.
• Reset project: Stop the project's current work, if any, and start from scratch. Use this if BOINC has become stuck for some reason.
• Resume: Resumes processing of a previous suspended project.
• Suspend: Suspends any further processing of this project.
• Update: Connect to the project; report all completed results, get more work if necessary, and get your latest preferences.

Project administrators can add buttons to the manager to quickly navigate the project website.

Work

Shows the work units currently on your computer.

Each work unit is either:

• Aborted by user: Result has been aborted.
• Downloading: Input files are being downloaded.
• Preempted: Result has been suspended by the client-side scheduler and will be resumed the next time the project comes up in the processing rotation.
• Ready to report: Waiting to notify the scheduling server.
• Ready to run: An estimate of the total CPU time is shown.
• Running: Elapsed CPU time and estimated percent done is shown.
• Suspended by user: Result has been suspended.
• Uploading: Output files are being uploaded.

Click on a result name to enable the following additional buttons:

• Abort: Abort processing for a result. NOTE: This will prevent you from receiving credit for any work already completed.
• Resume: Resumes processing of a previous suspended result.
• Show graphics: Open a window showing application graphics.
• Suspend: Suspends any further processing of this result.

Transfers

Shows file transfers (uploads and downloads). These may be ready to start, in progress, and completed.

• Aborted by user: Result has been aborted and will be reported to the project server as a computational error.
• Downloading: Input files are being downloaded.
• Retry in ...: The client will wait the specified amount of time before attempting to contact the project server again.
• Uploading: Output files are being uploaded.

Click on a file name to enable the following additional buttons:

• Retry Now: Retry the file transfer now.
• Abort Transfer: Abort the file transfer. NOTE: This will prevent you from receiving credit for any work already completed.

Messages

Shows status and error messages. Messages can be sorted by project or time. You can control what messages are shown. Messages are also written to a file 'stdoutdae.txt'.

Click on one or more messages to enable the following additional buttons:

• Copy all messages: Copies all the messages to the clipboard.
• Copy selected messages: Copies the highlighted messages to the clipboard. NOTE: To highlight a message hold down the CTRL key and then click on the messages you want to store in the clipboard. When done click on the 'Copy selected messages' button to copy them to the clipboard.

Statistics

Shows some simple charts and graphs about the user and host progress

NOTE: This feature requires three connections to each project scheduler on three different days before it starts to work properly.

Click on any of the buttons to change to a different chart:

• Show user total: Shows the user's credit totals for each project.
• Show user average: Shows the users's credit averages for each project.
• Show host total: Shows the host's credit totals for each project.
• Show host average: Shows the host's credit averages for each project.

Disk

This shows how much disk space is currently being used by each project.

BOINC Manager Menus

• File
  • Select Computer: Allows you to control BOINC on a different computer
  • Exit: exit the BOINC manager and all running BOINC applications. No further work will take place until you run the BOINC manager again.
    (On Mac OS X, this is under the BOINC menu as Quit BOINC.)
• Commands
  • Run always: do work, regardless of preferences.
  • Run based on preferences: do work when your preferences allow it.
  • Suspend: stop work (computation and file transfer).
  • Network activity always available: always allow BOINC to contact the project servers when it needs to.
  • Network activity based on preferences: allow BOINC to contact the project servers only when your preferences allow it.
  • Network activity suspended: setting this keeps BOINC from attempting to contact any of the project servers. It is useful for those on dial-up connections who do not want to be bothered with BOINC prompting to connect or disconnect for a time.
  • Retry Communications: retry any deferred communications.
  • Run Benchmarks: run benchmark functions, which measure the speed of your processor. BOINC does this automatically, but you can repeat it whenever you want. The results are shown in the Messages tab.
• Projects
  • Attach to new project: enroll this computer in a project. You must have already created an account with the project. You will be asked to enter the project's URL and either your account key or your email address and password, depending on the project.
  • Account Manager: attach to one or more new projects using an account manager web site. See Account managers
• Options
  • Options: opens a dialog allowing you to select your preferred language, how often you wish to be reminded of the need to connect to the project servers (for dial-up users), etc.
    If you connect to the web through an HTTP or SOCKS proxy, use this dialog to enter its address and port.
    Windows only: use this dialog to tell BOINC your method of connecting to the Internet.
• Help
  • BOINC Manager: open a web page with instructions for using the BOINC manager. The F1 function key also does this.
  • BOINC website: open the main BOINC web page.
  • About BOINC Manager: show BOINC manager version number (on Mac OS X, this command is under the BOINC menu.)

Menu names and other text in the BOINC manager can be displayed in languages other than English.

To select the BOINC screensaver:

• Windows: use the Display Properties dialog.
• Mac OS X: select System Preferences under the Apple menu and click on \"Screen Saver\".