News and Updates

DssW's latest news and information. Announcements, insights, and guides all appear here first.

How to Shut Down Before the Battery Fails

Power Manager is able to safely shut down your Mac before the built-in battery runs out of power. Power Manager can also do the same for Uninterruptible Power Supply connected Macs.

Power Manager is able to safely shut down your Mac before the built-in battery runs out of power. Power Manager can also do the same for Uninterruptible Power Supply connected Macs. …

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DssW Available via homebrew cask

We are pleased to announce that DssW's software is now available via homebrew cask. This makes it even easier to get Power Manager on your Mac.

We are pleased to announce that DssW’s software is now available via homebrew cask. This makes it even easier to get Power Manager on your Mac. Already using casks? Try installing Power Manager now: …

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Serving svn with httpd on OS X 10.9

How to set up Apache httpd with svn on OS X 10.9, Mavericks, and Xcode 5.

This article shows how to set up Apache httpd with svn on OS X 10.9, Mavericks, and Xcode 5. Previously I documented how to set up Subversion (SVN) and Apache’s web server httpd on Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion. …

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How to Run an Automator Workflow After Inactivity

This recipe shows how to get an Automator workflow to run after a period of user inactivity. If the Mac is left idle, you can use Power Manager to automatically run a Automator workflow.

This recipe shows how to get an Automator workflow to run after a period of user inactivity. If the Mac is left idle, you can use Power Manager to automatically run a Automator workflow. A workflow can be used to present warnings, clean up files, or run complex sequences of tasks. …

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Power Manager Recommended by Bohemian Boomer

The interface is intuitive, logical, straightforward, and displays a list of tasks that you can assign to run even while you are not using the Mac. It can start itself up, run the tasks, shut itself down.

Thanks to Jeffrey Mincey, Bohemian Boomer, for reviewing and recommending Power Manager. Jeffrey’s review highlights the benefits Power Manager offers, above and beyond those provided by Mac OS X’s Energy Saver. Bohemian Boomer recommends Power Manager …

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Power Manager and Power Manager Professional 4.1.8 Released

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager and Power Manager Professional 4.1.8. This release adds new battery level and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) tasks.

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 next few weeks. …

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Power Manager and Power Manager Professional 4.1.7 Released

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager and Power Manager Professional 4.1.7. This release adds new authorization capabilities and improves support for OS X 10.9, Mavericks.

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 next few weeks. …

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How to Schedule a PowerPoint Presentation to Automatically Start

This recipe walks through scheduling a PowerPoint presentation to begin playing without needing human interaction. The presentation will automatically launch and begin when you need it to.

Previously we discussed how to start a PowerPoint presentation using Power Manager and an AppleScript. Since then, Power Manager has gained new presentation Schedule Assistant tasks. The task we want today is called, Play a PowerPoint presentation daily, and this task makes setting up your PowerPoint presentation even easier. …

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Power Manager and Power Manager Professional 4.1.6 Released

We are pleased to announce the launch of Power Manager and Power Manager Professional 4.1.6. This update adds support for OS X 10.9, Mavericks.

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 next few weeks. …

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Authorization Rights and Mavericks

With Mac OS X 10.9, Mavericks, Apple overhauled authorization rights. Rights are no longer stored and easily editable in the /etc/authorization file. If you are working with rights using your own tools, there is a subtle gotcha that Mavericks introduced.

With the upgrade to Mac OS X 10.9, the /etc/authorization file has been renamed to /etc/authorization.deprecated. Typically deprecated means that the file is still being used but Apple is letting you know that this file will be dropped in some future update. …

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