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How to Schedule a Hard Drive to Unmount or Eject

By limiting when your back up drive can be accessed, you minimise the chances of accidental deletion and mistakes that risk the contents of the drive.

A hard disk drive physically connected to your Mac can be either be mounted or unmounted. Only if the drive is mounted can the contents of the drive be accessed. Most of the time you will want all your drives mounted and available to use. …

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How to Make Events Conditional on Running Applications

Power Manager events can perform a wide range of actions to a schedule. Eventually you will want to create an event that only performs if a specific application is or is not running. For many, this is the first step from creating simple events to creating more sophisticated schedules.

Power Manager events can perform a wide range of actions to a schedule. Eventually you will want to create an event that only performs if a specific application is or is not running. For many, this is the first step from creating simple events to creating more sophisticated schedules. …

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How to Schedule a launchd Job

launchd manages Mac OS X services. These services include a mix of critical processes, such as the WindowServer, and optional services like screen sharing. We are going to use Power Manager to turn on and off services according to a schedule.

launchd manages Mac OS X services. These services include a mix of critical processes, such as the WindowServer, and optional services like screen sharing. We are going to use Power Manager to turn on and off services according to a schedule. …

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How to Start Up Your Mac Using AppleScript

You can schedule your Mac to automatically start up using Power Manager and AppleScript. Using AppleScript to create start up events opens up new possibilities for crafting complex and dynamic power management schedules.

You can schedule your Mac to automatically start up using Power Manager and AppleScript. Using AppleScript to create start up events opens up new possibilities for crafting complex and dynamic power management schedules. …

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Triggering an Event from the Command Line

Power Manager events can be be triggered from the command line - often referred to as from the shell. This ability allows you to incorporate your events into other scripts and to trigger events through a remote secure shell connection (ssh).

Power Manager events can be be triggered from the command line - often referred to as from the shell. This ability allows you to incorporate your events into other scripts and to trigger events through a remote secure shell connection (ssh). …

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How to Set Up Power Manager with a Web Server

Power Manager's energy saving schedules can be deployed through a web server. This technique can be used to deploy schedules to a few Macs or many thousands of Macs.

Power Manager’s energy saving schedules can be deployed through a web server. This technique can be used to deploy schedules to a few Macs or many thousands of Macs. There are two parts to setting up schedule deployment via a web server. You need a web server and you need shell access to the Macs to update. This probably means an Apache httpd or nginx web server, and a mass ssh tool such as Apple Remote Desktop (ARD). …

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Artwork of Battery Guardian

With Battery Guardian it took a while to narrow down both the product name and associated artwork. The samples below show a couple of the designs and variations we tried.

I built Battery Guardian to help my wife maintain her new MacBook Pro. Laptops are expensive purchases and some care is needed to get the most from the internal battery. …

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Battery Guardian - Extend Your Mac Battery Life

We are pleased to announce the immediate release of Battery Guardian for Mac OS X. Battery Guardian is an assistant for helping you get the most from your Mac battery. If you have a MacBook, please download and use Battery Guardian. It is never too late to start improving your battery life.

We are pleased to announce the immediate release of Battery Guardian for Mac OS X. Battery Guardian is an assistant for helping you get the most from your Mac battery. …

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How to Schedule an Application to Quit

Applications can be scheduled to launch using Power Manager's built-in Schedule Assistant, but what if you need to schedule an application to quit? In this recipe we will walk through how to ask an application to quit.

Applications can be scheduled to launch using Power Manager’s built-in Schedule Assistant, but what if you need to schedule an application to quit? In this recipe we will walk through how to ask an application to quit. …

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How to Schedule an AppleScript Minutes After Login

Power Manager can schedule actions relative to a trigger. In this article we will walk through scheduling an AppleScript to run 10 minutes after logging in.

Power Manager can schedule actions relative to a trigger. In this article we will walk through scheduling an AppleScript to run 10 minutes after logging in. Most events are created to occur alongside a specific trigger. These triggers are typically at predetermined times, when the user logs in or out, or when the computer wakes up. …

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