Re: Start up, shut down
Re: Start up, shut down
- Subject: Re: Start up, shut down
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:08:36 -0600
- Thread-topic: Start up, shut down
On 11/17/05 21:41, "Paul Berkowitz" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Is there an applescript command that can tell the computer to shut down and
>> start up after a certain amount of time?
>
> It should be pretty obvious that if the computer is shut down, there is no
> command in the world that can be running on it to tell it anything at all.
> You have to press the button. Since there's no "On" position you can't even
> connect a timer switch to turn on the electricity: it won't start unless you
> press the Power button.
Umm...well, that's not *completely* correct.
Modern computer power systems aren't that binary. You have standby power,
and "on". "Off" really means "unplugged". What you can do is script the
energy saver settings, but that functions on time of day more than "after
four hours turn on".
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