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Wake from sleep before/to enable scheduled shut down - Version: 2.0.5, 4/6/2008 06:57PM PST
Mayitbe4u
I would like a script for that would wake my imac from sleep before its regularly scheduled shut down in "Energy Saver". The problem with Energy Saver is the scheduled shut down never occurs if the computer has gone to sleep mode. One way around that is to not have the computer enter sleep mode--but this is ludicrous and wastes energy rather than saves it. So, again, I need a script that is a work around my objective. Essentially, the script would wake the computer say 5 minutes before the scheduled shut down so that it will indeed get the message to shut down.
Fantastic application! - Version: 2.0.4, 5/29/2006 01:05PM PST
brehob
Many thanks to Herr Baehr for such a useful tool!
I've thought for a long time that MacOS should have this capability built in. Besides the SMB shares that disappear on sleep (what's up with that!?), I have other applications that should exit before sleep and start again on wake. I'm glad that SleepWatcher runs shell scripts instead of AppleScripts, although I can see how others would prefer the other.
For anyone having looking for a simple script for mounting and unmounting SMB shares, here's what I use: Create $HOME/.wakeup with this:
#!/bin/sh # # This file should be $HOME/.sleep and $HOME/.wakeup. # This is run by "SleepWatcher" through /etc/rc.sleep and /etc/rc.wakeup # I've made this one file to keep things consistent. # # BSD echo command needs this for escape sequences. test "$SHELLOPTS" && shopt -s xpg_echo tel="tell application" case $0 in *sleep) echo "$tel 42Finder 42 to eject 42share 42" | osascript - ;; *wakeup) echo "$tel 42Finder 42 to mount volume 42smb://s/share 42" | osascript - ;; esacThen run "ln .wakeup .sleep" to make them the same file. Wayne
Excellent utility 
- Version: 2.0.3, 1/11/2006 10:56PM PST
grikdog
What a great idea! As for how to use it... Install the SleepWatcher.pkg, then install the SleepWatcher StartupItem.pkg. Launch TextEdit. Enter these lines:
(Don't enter these lines ;-)
Save the file as ~/.sleep and wait about 5 minutes for your screensaver to launch. Listen.
That's it. The rest is only limited by imagination. For starters, study the man page: man sleepwatcher Then open /Library/StartupItems/SleepWatcher/SleepWatcher in TextEdit and find the line that starts SleepWatcher. The man page suggests that you can do A LOT MORE than minimum, but the default configuration is powerful.
In my own .sleep file I launch a script to fire off the PostgreSQL dumpall command, if it hasn't run yet. Screensaver time is the perfect time to make a database backup, at least for small personal databases.
#!/bin/sh
osascript -l AppleScript -e 'tell Application "Finder" to say "Just going to sleep now, ok?"'
(Don't enter these lines ;-)
Save the file as ~/.sleep and wait about 5 minutes for your screensaver to launch. Listen.
That's it. The rest is only limited by imagination. For starters, study the man page: man sleepwatcher Then open /Library/StartupItems/SleepWatcher/SleepWatcher in TextEdit and find the line that starts SleepWatcher. The man page suggests that you can do A LOT MORE than minimum, but the default configuration is powerful.
In my own .sleep file I launch a script to fire off the PostgreSQL dumpall command, if it hasn't run yet. Screensaver time is the perfect time to make a database backup, at least for small personal databases.
