On Sunday, June 16, 2013 12:06:08 PM C. N. Desrosiers wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning to buy a Macbook Air and I want to use it as a sort of alarm. > I'd like to write a program that boots my computer at a specific time, > loads iTunes, and starts playing a podcast. Is this sort of thing possible > in Python? > > Thanks in advance. > > CND
Up to Jan 1, 2012 we had 6 computers that were connected to timers. The timers were set to come on at various times during the day. When the timer came on, the computer, on boot up, ran a .BAT file that called our screen saver which in turn launched another program. I don't know about Mac but this was all written on DOS machines. With a little research and I'm sure it could be done through the bios on a Mac. The screen saver gave us time to opt out of the call to another program. So, simply turning on a machine could launch an OS file that will call your python module. Another approach is building a python screen saver that reboots your computer at a specific time. On reboot, your OS calls a python screen saver with options, as mentioned. jd inqvista.com
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