[ANN] Script Timer 2.5 released by Apps & More Software Design
[ANN] Script Timer 2.5 released by Apps & More Software Design
- Subject: [ANN] Script Timer 2.5 released by Apps & More Software Design
- From: Donald Hall <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 23:49:17 -0600
SCRIPT TIMER 2.5 RELEASED BY APPS & MORE SOFTWARE DESIGN
User friendly script and application scheduler adds script scheduling
at log out time, improved Automator workflow scheduling, and other
enhancements.
Apps & More Software Design, Inc. is pleased to announce the
immediate availability of Version 2.5 of Script Timer, a script,
Automator workflow, and application scheduling product for Mac OS X,
Version 10.3 and later. Script Timer is released as universal binary.
Script Timer lets you schedule the execution of AppleScript, perl,
and shell scripts, as well as Automator workflows (OS X 10.4 and up
only), and applications. Scheduling options include specific times of
the day, week, month, or year, regular intervals ranging from one
second to any number of weeks, when the computer enters or leaves an
idle state, just before the computer goes to sleep or just after it
wakes up, and when you log into or out of your account. Using a
feature called Dynamic Scheduling, you can also arrange for an
AppleScript script to schedule on the fly any other script,
application, or workflow at a time of its choice.
Script Timer consists of three separate modules, an editor (Script
Timer itself) that you use to create and manipulate scheduling data
files, a background scheduling engine that reads the data files and
does the actual scheduling work, and an optional scheduling engine
status monitor whose icon appears in the system status bar to the
right of the main menu bar to show you the current status of the
scheduling engine and to allow you to control it, and to open Script
Timer. The scheduling engine is aided by three small background tools
that monitor system idle state, accept sleep and wake notifications
from the operating system, and launch Automator workflows. The
scheduling engine runs in the user domain, which allows it to be
easily controlled by the status monitor's menu or a Start/Stop button
in a data file window, and provides for greater security. A log file
records each action, including error messages and optional messages
returned from a script, allowing for easy troubleshooting and script
results recording. The application comes with more than half a dozen
sample scripts that illustrate its use, including examples of Finder
and third party application scripting, and the use of scripts taking
input parameters. Also included is Track Timer, a script that
provides an interface between Script Timer and iTunes for automated
music play.
Version 2.5 includes more than twenty new features and improvements.
Chief among these are:
- the ability to schedule scripts at log out time,
- the ability to schedule Automator workflows to run just before
sleep and just before log out, and
- the addition of an optional scheduling engine status monitor to
allow the user to quickly determine the state of the scheduling
engine and to control it.
Please visit <http://www.appsandmore.com> for further details.
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