Using my G5 as an alarm clock?
I'd love to wake up to some of my iTunes music (the Halo soundtrack). How do I go about this?
Of note: I sleep my Mac at night. How would I make it wake itself up? Could it adjust the volume to a selected level?
I'd like to find an app or integrated way to do this, but writing an Applescript isn't out of the question.
Thanks.
Of note: I sleep my Mac at night. How would I make it wake itself up? Could it adjust the volume to a selected level?
I'd like to find an app or integrated way to do this, but writing an Applescript isn't out of the question.
Thanks.
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Too easy.
Alarm Clock Pro 6.3.9 - Let your computer wake you.
iRooster 1.1.1 - Alarm clock w/iTunes support.
iTunes Clock X 0.3.2 - Set iTunes to play MP3s at specific time.
MP3 Alarm Clock for OSX 2.2 - Wake up to specified MP3 songs.
I personally use MP3 Alarm Clock. It doesn't play AAC/MP4 files and sometimes I have to relaunch it to get it to remember to use the "gradually increasing volume" option, but at least it's free. Also, the interface is "eh".
Features it has:
- custom volume to 200%
- custom playback speed
- custom playlist for alarms
- custom snooze time
- can set many different alarms with different settings
- gradually increasing alarm volume
- decreasing snooze times
- it's free
I tried Alarm Clock Pro for its feature that would wake the computer from sleep mode, but it caused all sorts of problems with my dual G4. I ended up having to literally pull the plug and cold boot the computer several times when testing the feature.(Sorry...I'm not at a Mac right now, so I can't check)
Originally posted by Brad
Alarm Clock Pro 6.3.9 - Let your computer wake you.
I tried Alarm Clock Pro for its feature that would wake the computer from sleep mode, but it caused all sorts of problems with my dual G4. I ended up having to literally pull the plug and cold boot the computer several times when testing the feature. [/B]
I've been using Alarm Clock Pro for about a year and a half now, and its only managed to take down my dual 867 at wakeup once (about a year ago)... that may have been because back in the early 10.2 days it was using an (amazing) hack to communicate directly with the PMU (whereas so far as I know, it now it uses the APIs Apple has finally got around to providing to do this).
[edit: my post count has gone backwards by 2 since last night! I mean, I knew some of my posts were pretty worthless, but isn't that a bit weird?]
tell application "iTunes"
\tplay playlist "name"
end tell
Substitute the desired playlist name.
Once you have a script running you could do other things like change the volume, play short alerts, read text to you out loud. The last is easiest.
Say "Good morning sir. Please wake up and greet the day."
etc., etc., etc.