Re: Waiting for the disk to Eject
Re: Waiting for the disk to Eject
- Subject: Re: Waiting for the disk to Eject
- From: Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 05:00:40 -0700
Hi, Christian--
Thanks for the offer. Yes, I would appreciate your sending me a copy of your
script to eject all disks. I would love to study it.
--Gil
> On May 22, 2022, at 6:32 PM, Christian Boyce <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Gill. I have the same sort of set up and what I’ve done is make an Apple
> script that ejects all external discs and then says, out loud, “it’s OK to
> disconnect your Mac. Everything has been ejected.“ I trigger that Applescript
> with a keyboard shortcut, wait for the message, and then disconnect
> everything. Your idea sounds very clever and if it works, I might do the
> same. In the meantime, this works for me. I don’t have the script handy as I
> am not at my desk but I can send it to you if you want. I can’t remember
> whether I used the finder or disk utility to unmount the disks.
>
> —
> Christian Boyce
> 424-354-3548
>
>> On May 22, 2022, at 5:38 PM, Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I use my MacBook Pro away from my desk a lot. When it's at my desk, I plug
>> it in to power, a big screen, my phone and a back-up disk. To take it away,
>> I have to wait until the back-up disk finishes ejecting before I can remove
>> all the plugs. Not a big chore, but I'm thinking that maybe I could
>> eliminate that wait, in many cases, with an AppleScript.
>>
>> I'm thinking of writing an AppleScript to Eject the back-up disk then
>> re-mount it when it's time to perform the next back-up. Something like the
>> following:
>>
>> Every so often...
>>
>> If the back-up disk is mounted T T T T F F F F
>> If Time Machine is busy with a backup T T F F T T F F
>> If the last backup was less than two hours ago T F T F T F T F
>>
>> (Shouldn't Happen) * *
>> Put a warning on the screen Y Y Y Y
>> Take the warning off the screen Y Y
>>
>> Mount the Back-up Disk Y Y
>> Eject the Back-up Disk Y Y
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>> 1. Has this been done, perhaps with an AppleScript or an app?
>>
>> 2. The warning is to tell me that the back-up disk is busy, so don't pull
>> the plug.
>> Used to once was, the Time Machine icon in the menu bar would twirl
>> backwards.
>> Now what would be a good warning? Turn the desktop red?
>>
>> 3. I'll need actual code to implement the primitives in the above decision
>> table.
>> Has anyone done any of these?
>>
>> I'm looking forward to your comments and suggestions.
>>
>> --Gil
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