Comments on: Use iTunes as an Alarm Clock

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:00:03 +0000

Don’t you need to have your computer plugged into a power source for it to wake up at a scheduled time? I am wondering because i dont like to charge my mac at night due to overcharging batteries.

By: Arwin

Arwin — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:19:01 +0000

Hey Rich,

Although I think its a bit too late for this, but you could always set your mac to wake up at certain times from System Preferences > Energy Saver > Schedule.

Have Fun,
Arwin

P.S. James if you would, you might wanna include this into your post (:

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:02:03 +0000

Thank-you so much!!! I don’t do scripting but this is great, I am away and had no alarm except for my MAC (I primarily use Windows) and now I will use this instead of my alarm!!! Thanks-again

By: admin

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:48:46 +0000

Wouldn’t it be easier to just play the playlist on your computer instead of on your iPod.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:47:35 +0000

I’m trying to get this script to target a playlist on my ipod, but I’m having no luck finding the right coding. Any ideas?

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:57:18 +0000

@Jake. It be perfectly honest I can’t really help you. I don’t have any Bose speakers so I can’t comment. I think the internet might be a better help.

By: Jake Speyer

Jake Speyer — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:17:55 +0000

Alright – so im willing to try this the automator way, or the AppleScript way, but I have one problem. I have the bose companion 5 series speakers, and whenever my computer is inactive or asleep, the speakers themselves go to sleep. So basically because the speaker’s module controls the sound, my computer will wake up and go through the normal process, but the speakers won’t. Please help

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By: admin

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:12:12 +0000

Automator is just another way of doing this sort of thing. Automator is probably better for people who don’t know how to to use AppleScript or want a more GUI approach.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:17:53 +0000

I was going to try your method when i got home but decided to look into doing it with automator first.

My computer now wakes from sleep at 7.30am and runs an automator created application. This checks for new mail, then sets system volume, then iTunes volume, grabs my ‘morning’ playlist, plays it and turns on the visualiser.

Very handy, and much less scary than writing a script in Terminal for those of us who like a visual approach.

Thanks for giving me a kick in the right direction though.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:21:19 +0000

Don’t worry Alex we all have to start somewhere. If you don’t make mistakes you don’t learn.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:54:57 +0000

It sure does. Thanks for the quick help. I’m just a noob in code ;)
Thanks a lot,
Alex

By: admin

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:58:45 +0000

To specify a playlist you should use this code:

set the_playlist to user playlist "Hot Tracks"

I hope that helps.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:56:10 +0000

Hi James,
tried to do this thou I’m a noob in coding. But somehow this did not work properly. After reopening the code and testing it, it told me this:
[„«class pShf» of "Hot Tracks"“ can not be set to „false“] with “Hot Tracks” being the name of the playlist I want to use as an alarm clock. After some playing, it told me that this playlist couldn´t be set to “true” either.
Can you tell me what the problem with this is? Did I use the wrong syntax to adress the playlist? Because this was basically the only thing I changed about your script, but I used double quotes on that one.
Thanks for any advice and for running this great blog. I check your widget on my dashboard every day :D
Cheers,
Alex

By: admin

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:47:58 +0000

I’m not sure about sleep mode. You will have to test it out.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:38:15 +0000

Hi James,

I’m going to try this script when I get back to my mac later. Can it be used if the mac is in sleep mode? I was going to use the iCal method.

I actually have Aurora installed but find there are days when it randomly doesn’t work. Very frustrating.