News and Updates
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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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Discovering Mavericks
We have now had a few days to test the final release of Mac OS X 10.9, Mavericks. We have discovered problems and subtle changes that affect Power Manager.
If you have upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9, Mavericks, please download and install Power Manager 4.1.6 Preview 2. Power Manger 4.1.6 is now available and Mavericks savvy. Download Power Manager for Mavericks. …
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How to Schedule an Automator Workflow
This recipe shows how to run an Automator workflow automatically and to a schedule. A fun, if opaque, sub-title might be "How to Automate Automator". This recipe makes use of a new Schedule Assistant task recently added to Power Manager.
Automator is a great visual automation tool included with Mac OS X. With Automator you can create workflows that perform long sequences of complex tasks; ideal for marrying up with Power Manager’s scheduling capabilities. …
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