News and Updates
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How to Run a Script When Your Mac Powers On
Learn how run a script when your Mac powers on or wakes up with Power Manager. This recipe can be expanded to schedule AppleScripts and Automator workflows.
Being able to run a script each time your Mac powers on is surprisingly useful. With a short script, Automator workflow, or AppleScript you can perform repetitive set-up tasks that help make sure your Mac is ready for productive work. …
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Creating a Foundation for Your Events
Power Manager lets you create your own events. To get started, first create an empty event; this recipe shows you how.
Power Manager includes a wide range of guided tasks for creating events. These tasks cover many common situations but occasionally creating your own event is required. In this recipe we will cover how to create an empty event and how to build upon it. …
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Activity Audit and Battery Report Updates for Mac App Store
Updates to Activity Audit and Battery Report are now available through the Mac App Store. Mac App Store editions take a while to pass through Apple’s review process. These updates are identical to those we launched here a couple of weeks ago: …
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Power Manager 4.3.2 Released
Announcing the launch of Power Manager 4.3.2 for Mac OS X.
We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 4.3.2. This release fixes Keynote auto-play support and improves the Schedule Assistant. …
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Fix for Auto-Play in Keynote 6.2.2
AppleScript changed in Keynote 6.2.2. Find out how to fix your auto-playing presentation scripts and events.
With the update to Keynote 6.2.2, Apple changed the application’s AppleScript dictionary. This change stopped some Keynote presentations playing when triggered by Power Manager events. Thankfully the fix is simple. Prior to Keynote v6.2.2, released on 22 August 2014, the following AppleScript would launch and start a presentation: …
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Activity Audit 1.1.5 Released
We are pleased to announce the launch of Activity Audit 1.1.5. This release adds support for Apple’s forthcoming OS X 10.9.5. Updating Activity Audit Activity Audit includes built-in software updating. To update to the latest version, use the built-in Check for Update… menu item in the menu Activity Audit. …
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Sleep Monitor 3.0.2 Released
We are pleased to announce the launch of Sleep Monitor 3.0.2. This release adds support for Apple’s forthcoming OS X 10.9.5. Updating Sleep Monitor Sleep Monitor includes built-in software updating. To update to the latest version, use the built-in Check for Update… menu item in the menu Sleep Monitor. …
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Power Manager 4.3.1 Released
Announcing the launch of Power Manager 4.3.1 for Mac OS X.
We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 4.3.1. This release restores support for Mac OS X 10.7 and improves OS X 10.10 Yosemite support. Updating Power Manager Power Manager will automatically check for updates every so often, so there is nothing to do. The update will automatically be offered to you during the next few weeks. …
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Power Manager 4.3.0 Released
Announcing the launch of Power Manager 4.3 for Mac OS X.
We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager 4.3. This release introduces support for remote management of Macs running Power Manager. This release also improves support for Apple’s forthcoming OS X 10.10, Yosemite. …
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Activity Audit 1.1.4 Released
We are pleased to announce the launch of Activity Audit 1.1.4. This release adds support for Apple’s forthcoming OS X 10.9.5. Updating Activity Audit Activity Audit includes built-in software updating. To update to the latest version, use the built-in Check for Update… menu item in the menu Activity Audit. …
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