Re: iMac as an alarm clock?
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.
Re: iMac as an alarm clock?
I'm getting the feeling that there might be some software missing that would enable it to work properly on my iMac... the guy who sold it to me said he had some problems upgrading it to 10.2.8 (it was supposed to include 10.1 restore disks, but he hasn't found them yet.) Any way to tell if there is something missing? Would a bad PRAM battery hinder some settings? -Christian On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Joe Duran joe.du...@sbcglobal.net wrote: 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
Re: iMac as an alarm clock?
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. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
iMac as an alarm clock?
I've got my shiny new iMac BlueBerry G3 350mhz with CD-RW\DVD-R and (soon to be) 512mb of ram, with a 40gb hdd (bought it for $20 at a garage sale) I have little practical use for it as of now, but I do need a new alarm clock. I played a few songs on it, and I love it. 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) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
