Sleepwatcher scripts to eject time machine before sleep

#SLEEPWATCHER SCRIPTS TO EJECT TIME MACHINE BEFORE SLEEP HOW TO#
#SLEEPWATCHER SCRIPTS TO EJECT TIME MACHINE BEFORE SLEEP INSTALL#

#SLEEPWATCHER SCRIPTS TO EJECT TIME MACHINE BEFORE SLEEP HOW TO#

However, I have no idea how to implement that. Even nicer would be if each user could specify what he wants the delay to be before the. The nice part about this implementation is that each user can specify what to do at idle time, instead of one implementation to rule them all (so to speak). If you want to test this to make sure it works, make -t at least 100 or 200 (10 or 20 seconds) to give yourself some breathing room for changing it back once you've discovered that it works. When I first created this, I wanted to test it to make sure that it worked, so I set -t in the first step to 10 instead of 18000 because I was impatient. (I added a line to tell it to fast-user-switch to the login screen.) Once you've saved your changes, remember to make the file executable by typing chmod +x.

idle, and add whatever you want it to do when it's idle. Now, in your home folder, create a new text file called.idle of user $user' su - $user -c '$home/.idle' fidoneIn other words, replace all instances of. The StartupItem is stored in /Library -> StartupItems -> SleepWatcher -> SleepWatcher, and this file sets the options for the daemon when that starts: StartService ()'` do home=`eval echo ~$user` if then logger -t $0 'executing. Now to add the auto-sleep after my preferred idle time. These scripts look for currently logged-in users and execute scripts called ~/.wakeup and ~/.sleep if they exist. Read the man page for SleepWatcher so you get a feel for its capabilities.Д«y default, SleepWatcher runs in daemon mode, and executes /etc/rc.wakeup and /etc/rc.sleep just after your Mac wakes, or just before it sleeps.

#SLEEPWATCHER SCRIPTS TO EJECT TIME MACHINE BEFORE SLEEP INSTALL#

To make the magic happen, you download and install both the daemon itself and the StartupItem as described in the included instructions. I have now found a solution to my woes, in the form of SleepWatcher from Bernhardt Baehr, which is licensed under the GNU GPL. I am able to put it to sleep using the apple menu item, or by pressing Ctrl-Eject then the S key. This seems to be a common problem, according to the DssW Sleep Centre and Apple's own forums. Since 10.3.9 or thereabouts, my Mac has been unable to put itself into a deep sleep no matter what I set in the Energy Saver preferences panel - the monitors will turn off, but the fans don't spin down.

Sleepwatcher scripts to eject time machine before sleep