News and Updates
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How to Avoid Passwords in Power Manager Scripts
Last time we talked about managing Macs with Power Manager's pmctl command line tool. I am going to explain how pmctl supports Mac OS X's Keychain and how you can avoid needing to enter your name and password each time you connect to a remote Mac.
This recipe is for Power Manager 4; for the latest version, please see Scripting without Passwords. Last time we talked about managing Macs with Power Manager’s pmctl command line tool. I am going to explain how pmctl supports Mac OS X’s Keychain and how you can avoid needing to enter your name and password each time you connect to a remote Mac. …
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How to Connect To Power Manager Over the Network
Power Manager can be connected to and managed remotely over a network. The simplest way to manage deployments of Power Manager is with Power Manager Professional. But this is not the only way. Let's walk through how to use the standard command line tools to remotely connect to a Mac running Power Manager.
Power Manager can be connected to and managed remotely over a network. The simplest way to manage deployments of Power Manager is with Power Manager Professional. But this is not the only way. Let’s walk through how to use the standard command line tools to remotely connect to a Mac running Power Manager. …
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MacUser Review Praises Power Manager 4
Thanks to Rob Buckley, MacUser UK, for reviewing Power Manager 4. Rob praises Power Manager 4's ability to save our customers' energy. He also highlighted our extensive AppleScript, Automator, and command line support.
Thanks to Rob Buckley, MacUser UK, for reviewing Power Manager 4. Rob praises Power Manager 4’s ability to save our customers’ energy. He also highlighted our extensive AppleScript, Automator, and command line support. …
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How to Run a Script Within Every User Session
Ever wanted to run a script within every user session on Mac OS X? The chances are you have not. The need tends to be rare, but when needed it is essential. Until Power Manager Professional 4, being able to run a script within every user session was beyond the reach of most administrators.
Ever wanted to run a script within every user session on Mac OS X? The chances are you have not. The need tends to be rare, but when needed it is essential. Until Power Manager Professional 4, being able to run a script within every user session was beyond the reach of most administrators. …
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Power Manager 4.0.2 and Power Manager Professional 4.0.2 Released
Power Manager 4.0.2 and Power Manager Professional 4.0.2 are now available. These updates fix bugs discovered since launching last month, and include a handful of small refinements
Power Manager 4.0.2 and Power Manager Professional 4.0.2 are now available. These updates include a few bug fixes and AppleScript improvements. …
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Power Manager 3.7.4 Released
Today, we released Power Manager 3.7.4. This release is a minor update to fix memory leaks and to improve the powermanagerctl command line tool.
Today, we released Power Manager 3.7.4. This release is a minor update to fix memory leaks and to improve the powermanagerctl command line tool. Power Manager 3.7.4 includes the ability to export schedules using unicode characters via the command line. …
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How to Allow Non-Administrators to Run On-Demand Events
You may want to provide non-administrator colleagues with the ability to trigger on-demand events. This can be particularly useful where an event is used to perform back ups or run a script requiring elevated privileges. Let's look at how to ease this security requirement.
Power Manager lets you create on-demand events. These are events that can be manually triggered at any time. On-demand events appear in Power Manager’s status menu bar. …
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How to Automatically Stop a PowerPoint Presentation
Today, we will walk through how to stop a PowerPoint presentation. As with starting a presentation, stopping the presentation will require a little AppleScript.
Yesterday, we looked at starting a PowerPoint presentation to a schedule using Power Manager. We used a small AppleScript to open PowerPoint and start the presentation playing. Today, we will walk through how to stop a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation with Power Manager. As with starting a presentation, stopping the presentation will require a little AppleScript. …
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How to Automatically Start a PowerPoint Presentation
I would like to cover how to automatically start a PowerPoint presentation on Mac OS X. Unlike Keynote, starting a PowerPoint presentation requires a little bit of AppleScript. If you are not familiar with AppleScript, do not worry. We will walk through each step needed.
We recently discussed how to both automatically start a Keynote presentation, and how to automatically stop a Keynote presentation, all to a schedule. This time, I would like to cover how to automatically start a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on Mac OS X using Power Manager. Unlike Keynote, starting a PowerPoint presentation requires a little bit of AppleScript. If you are not familiar with AppleScript, do not worry. We will walk through each step needed. …
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How to Change On-Demand Behaviour With AppleScript
On-demand events are useful. On-demand events appear in Power Manager's status menu bar and can be triggered with a single mouse click from within any application.
On-demand events are useful. On-demand events appear in Power Manager’s status menu bar and can be triggered with a single mouse click from within any application. The Schedule Assistant creates certain events as on-demand. This is automatic and handled entirely by the Assistant. However, you too can control if an event supports on on-demand behaviour. …
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