Better battery life and more with hazel and applescript
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:32 pmHi,
I use my mac both on AC power and battery. I have written a simple applescript which helps me in conserving the battery by turning off airport and quitting a few programs that require Internet to work. Anyways, here is the code itself:
I have set this script to run every two minutes in hazel. I do this as follows:
if name is Airport (I have a dummy file named airport in my Misc folder) and date last matched is not in the last 2 minutes; then run the above apple script.
You can edit the script according to your liking. For example, you can remove a few lines of code to not turn-off the airport but only quit the apps, etc.
I use my mac both on AC power and battery. I have written a simple applescript which helps me in conserving the battery by turning off airport and quitting a few programs that require Internet to work. Anyways, here is the code itself:
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activate
set PowerSource to (do shell script "pmset -g ps")
set AirportStatuson to (do shell script "networksetup -getairportpower Airport")
set V to 0.01
set W to 0.6
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if PowerSource does not contain "AC Power" and AirportStatuson contains "On" then
do shell script "networksetup -setairportpower Airport off"
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
tell slider 1 of group 2 of tab group 1 of window 1
set value to V
end tell
end tell
end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit
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tell application "System Events" to set NotifyRunning to (name of processes) contains "Notify"
if NotifyRunning = true then
tell application "Notify" to quit
end if
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tell application "System Events" to set DNSRunning to (name of processes) contains "OpenDNS Updater"
if DNSRunning = true then
tell application "OpenDNS Updater" to quit
end if
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tell application "System Events" to set AdiumRunning to (name of processes) contains "Adium"
if AdiumRunning = true then
tell application "Adium" to quit
end if
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do shell script ("/usr/local/bin/growlnotify -t 'Power Down' -m 'This Mac is now running on battery'")
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else if PowerSource contains "AC Power" and AirportStatuson contains "Off" then
do shell script "networksetup -setairportpower Airport on"
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
tell slider 1 of group 2 of tab group 1 of window 1
set value to W
end tell
end tell
end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit
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tell application "System Events" to set NotifyRunning to (name of processes) contains "Notify"
if NotifyRunning = false then
tell application "Notify" to activate
end if
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tell application "System Events" to set DNSRunning to (name of processes) contains "OpenDNS Updater"
if DNSRunning = false then
tell application "OpenDNS Updater" to activate
end if
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tell application "System Events" to set AdiumRunning to (name of processes) contains "Adium"
if AdiumRunning = false then
tell application "Adium" to activate
end if
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do shell script ("/usr/local/bin/growlnotify -t 'Power Back-On' -m 'This mac is now running on AC Power'")
end if
I have set this script to run every two minutes in hazel. I do this as follows:
if name is Airport (I have a dummy file named airport in my Misc folder) and date last matched is not in the last 2 minutes; then run the above apple script.
You can edit the script according to your liking. For example, you can remove a few lines of code to not turn-off the airport but only quit the apps, etc.