Thanks for all the great answers.

So I found sleep/shut down scheduler in the Energy Saver menu of OSX System Preferences. If need be I should be able to just use that.

However if I want to kill Pd first is [realtime] the best object to use for a scheduled event (in this case quitting Pd) like this?

I think I will stick with just powering down at the end of the night I will start it up manually, too many things could fail if I try and automate running the patch, although Automator looks possibly useful too.

Thanks again



On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Jean-Marie Adrien <jma@jeanmarie-adrien.net> wrote:
- You kill PD from inside at a chosen time (pd quit;)
- You shutdown your mac at that time, after having killed PD, and restart your mac at a given time (OSX preferences)
- You launch an application at restart of your mac (OSX Preferences / accounts, this application is either compiled with applescript or with automator and does what you want, in this case run your patch, I guess)
this will take a little time to adjust, but works fine !
JMA


Le 9 juil. 2012 à 11:20, Ángel Faraldo a écrit :

> I haven't tried it myself, but I guess on OSX you should be able to do these things with Automator.
>
> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1772992?start=0&tstart=0
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Patrice Colet wrote:
>
>> The problem with both macosX and windows seven OS for an installation is that you never know when they will decide to shutdown for maintenance, if you're not expert.
>>
>> Colet Patrice
>>
>> ----- Mail original -----
>>> De: "Richie Cyngler" <glitchpop@gmail.com>
>>> À: "PD-List" <pd-list@iem.at>
>>> Envoyé: Lundi 9 Juillet 2012 08:43:03
>>> Objet: [PD] running Pd with a timer for an installation?
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm planning on using Pd for an installation in Melbourne in a couple
>>> of
>>> weeks. It's running fine, Pduino working, sensors working. I'm just
>>> wondering is there is a object (or series) of objects I can use to
>>> "power
>>> down" the patch, or even kill Pd, at a designated time. The
>>> installation
>>> will run into the night for a week, I'll be there to start it up each
>>> night
>>> but not to shut it down. I'm probably running on OSX, windows may be
>>> an
>>> option. A sleep or shutdown timer for the OS would be very useful
>>> too,
>>> seems odd these are not standard.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot
>>>
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