At least on Tiger, you go to the Energy Saver preferences and then select Schedule. It should be the same in 10.2,
On Sep 17, 2009, at 7:09 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: > > i've dug through every setting in the system preferences, and nowhere > is there a power on schedule thinger. > I have stumbled upon this app called "iRooster", but it costs as much > as my Mac did, so that will be a last resort. > > I do have a tangent subject, and it does relate to the Alarm Clock > thing, > I have a USB Wireless Adapter (Netgear WG111T) with an Atheros Chipset > (I cracked it open just to make sure) and supposedly OSx has Atheros > support. what i'm wondering is, is why it doesn't support my card (it > appears as if there isn't any AirPort type of support installed on > this machine since IO80211Family.kext isn't there, and my > hack-solution cannot be done then. > Any ideas? > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Elliott Price > <callmemrp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Are you sure? I know Mac OS has had sleep/wake features since OS 7 or >> something. It's probably in a different spot, if I had any of my old >> Macs with 10.2 I could check on that... Anyone still running 10.2? >> >> >> -Elliott Price >> Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara >> Graphic Design - Artwork Setup >> Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites >> >> On Sep 17, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: >> >>> >>> well. I've run into a few problems >>> first off, the PRAM battery is dead >>> secondly, there isn't an automatic startup\wakeup setting under >>> energy saver. >>> it does have iCal, but i'm not sure what to do with it yet, i'll >>> mess >>> around with that later. >>> thanks for the help so far, and here's hoping that this project will >>> work out >>> >>> **offtopic** I do have a real alarm clock, and I don't like it. the >>> local radio stations aren't the greatest, and they never play the >>> music I listen to. my iDock style Alarm clock got mis-placed in the >>> move, and i'm without it for quite a while. >>> >>> thanks >>> -christian >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Elliott Price >>> <callmemrp...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yeah, you can set it to wake/start and sleep/shut down at certain >>>> times in the energy saver preference, just click on >>>> "Schedule..." and >>>> you can set it. (I'm pretty sure this works the same in 10.2 >>>> although >>>> it might be a little different) As for logging in, if you're logged >>>> into the computer while it went to sleep, it'll wake up and already >>>> be >>>> logged in. If it's off, you'll have to turn on automatic login >>>> in the >>>> Users pane, I don't see any other way to get it to log in, since it >>>> can't run programs or anything when it's not logged in. >>>> Umm as far as getting iTunes to play... Not sure. If 10.2 has iCal, >>>> you can set an alarm for a few minutes after you have it start >>>> (allowing time to start up). I haven't messed with it much, but in >>>> iCal I'm pretty sure you can configure it to do something, perhaps >>>> run >>>> a script. (I'm pretty sure Automator scripts don't work in 10.2...) >>>> Perhaps someone here can find/write a script that would give iTunes >>>> the Start command, and Play command. Or, if you want to set >>>> iTunes to >>>> start up on login, you'd just need a Play script. I have had a >>>> *little* bit of AppleScript experience, and I don't think it >>>> would be >>>> that hard. If I have some time, I might see if I can script >>>> something >>>> up that does that. (But don't count on it... I probably won't be >>>> able >>>> to get it to work lol) >>>> There are alarm clock apps, as Nestamicky suggested, but I think >>>> they >>>> cost some money. You might look into something like that. >>>> I found that just having my computer wake up in the morning woke me >>>> up, just from the brightness, and the noise of it waking up. So you >>>> might just see if that's enough to wake you up before you buy an >>>> alarm >>>> clock, or try to find a script. (I have a white Core 2 iMac, I'm >>>> sure >>>> the CRT of the G3 turning on is much louder) >>>> Hope that helps, >>>> >>>> >>>> -Elliott Price >>>> Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara >>>> Graphic Design - Artwork Setup >>>> Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites >>>> >>>> On Sep 16, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Forgot to mention: OSX10.2.8 >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:02 PM, nestamicky >>>>> <nestami...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 09-09-16 09:58 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: >>>>>>> Is there any way to make it wake up at a certain time every >>>>>>> morning, >>>>>>> and have it log me in and start playing a song on iTunes? >>>>>>> if not, is there any way to make it do that with software? >>>>>>> -Pizzaboy192 (Christian W) >>>>>>> >>>>>> Sure you can. I'm not on my mac now so I can't walk you >>>>>> through it, >>>>>> at >>>>>> least to make it startup and log you in. But go to the power >>>>>> management >>>>>> panel on Preferences and you'd find it. As regards getting it to >>>>>> play, >>>>>> there's Alarm Clock Pro which does a bunch of stuff, including >>>>>> running >>>>>> scripts, when the alarm goes off. Others here might have >>>>>> suggestions for >>>>>> a free app. I suppose someone might even guide you to an >>>>>> automator >>>>>> script that may do this. I'm watching this thread to see >>>>>> responses to >>>>>> those points. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. 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