diff --git a/gui/chronosharegui.cpp b/gui/chronosharegui.cpp
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 University of California, Los Angeles
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * Author: Jared Lindblom <lindblom@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#include "chronosharegui.h"
+#include "ui_chronosharegui.h"
+
+ChronoShareGui::ChronoShareGui(QString dirPath, QWidget *parent) :
+    QWidget(parent),
+    m_dirPath(dirPath)
+{
+    createActions();
+    createTrayIcon();
+    setIcon();
+
+    m_trayIcon->show();
+}
+
+ChronoShareGui::~ChronoShareGui()
+{
+    delete m_trayIcon;
+    delete m_trayIconMenu;
+    delete m_openFolder;
+    delete m_quitProgram;
+}
+
+void ChronoShareGui::createActions()
+{
+    m_openFolder = new QAction(tr("&Open"), this);
+    connect(m_openFolder, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(openSharedFolder()));
+
+    m_quitProgram = new QAction(tr("&Quit"), this);
+    connect(m_quitProgram, SIGNAL(triggered()), qApp, SLOT(quit()));
+}
+
+void ChronoShareGui::createTrayIcon()
+{
+    m_trayIconMenu = new QMenu(this);
+
+    m_trayIconMenu->addAction(m_openFolder);
+    m_trayIconMenu->addSeparator();
+    m_trayIconMenu->addAction(m_quitProgram);
+
+    m_trayIcon = new QSystemTrayIcon(this);
+    m_trayIcon->setContextMenu(m_trayIconMenu);
+}
+
+void ChronoShareGui::setIcon()
+{
+    m_trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon(":/images/friends-group-icon.png"));
+}
+
+void ChronoShareGui::openSharedFolder()
+{
+    QStringList scriptArgs;
+    scriptArgs << QLatin1String("-e")
+               << QString::fromLatin1("tell application \"Finder\" to reveal POSIX file \"%1\"")
+                                     .arg(m_dirPath);
+    QProcess::execute(QLatin1String("/usr/bin/osascript"), scriptArgs);
+    scriptArgs.clear();
+    scriptArgs << QLatin1String("-e")
+               << QLatin1String("tell application \"Finder\" to activate");
+    QProcess::execute("/usr/bin/osascript", scriptArgs);
+}