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Bernhard Baehr
SleepWatcher is a command line tool (daemon) for Mac OS X that monitors sleep, wakeup and idleness of a Mac. It can be used to execute a Unix command when the Mac or the display of the Mac goes to sleep mode or wakes up or after a given time without user interaction. It also can send the Mac to sleep mode or retrieve the time since last user activity. A StartupItem, sample start and sleep scripts and the source code for sleepwatcher are included in the download. A little bit knowledge of the Unix command line is required to benefit from this software.
What's New
Version 2.2:
- Added the -c and -R options; improved specification of the command line syntax for SleepWatcher
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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SleepWatcher is a command line tool (daemon) for Mac OS X that monitors sleep, wakeup and idleness of a Mac. It can be used to execute a Unix command when the Mac or the display of the Mac goes to sleep mode or wakes up or after a given time without user interaction. It also can send the Mac to sleep mode or retrieve the time since last user activity. A StartupItem, sample start and sleep scripts and the source code for sleepwatcher are included in the download. A little bit knowledge of the Unix command line is required to benefit from this software.
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Briand reviewed on 18 Feb 2012
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People would purchase a product like that.
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Wanderer reviewed on 28 Aug 2011
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Dorkypants reviewed on 06 Feb 2011
fixed a bug in argument parsing (when using only the -P or -U option, SleepWatcher 2.1 complained about „no useful options“); now the idle timer (for the -t -i option) is reset when the Mac wakes up, so the idle command is executed even when the wakeup took place without user interactivity (scheduled wakeup or Wake On LAN)
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added -b -r, -P and -U options; removed the installer packages and switched to launchd for starting SleepWatcher
(SleepWatcher 2.1 runs with Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6)
So, it's mostly a Leopard and Snow Leopard compatibility release. The developer's website still recommends 2.0.5 for Tiger and Panther
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No. Not for my boy. Signed Disgusted.
Anonymous reviewed on 09 Jun 2005
I am a lab admin, this would be great could set machines to re-image, but only say if they have been left alone for a couple of hours, if the imaging is being done in the early morning.
Plus all kinds of other neat stuff could be attached to the machine not being in use, IE, become part of a cluster, or start some maintenance.
Please fix the links I am interested!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous reviewed on 06 May 2005
My machine needs a certain amount of security, but not so much as to be obtrusive.
I've wanted a way to set up my Mac so that the screen saver won't lock the machine and require a password. However, when it sleeps, I want it to require a password when it wakes.
I hope I'll be able to set 'Require password after screensaver and wake from sleep' in System Preferences to 'off'. Then, use this app and a bit of AppleScript magic to lock the computer just as it goes to sleep.
Can't wait to get home from work to try this out!
Anonymous reviewed on 09 Mar 2005
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Oolong rated on 11 May 2011