Hey Jean-Luc, Have you looked into a running a crontab job or using launchd?
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/ScheduledJobs.html And an example tutorial here: http://benr75.com/pages/using_crontab_mac_os_x_unix_linux Cheers, Ant On Tuesday, 10 March 2015, jean-luc <jlaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > hehe.. > Worst case scenario I’ll have to quit the app manually to let he mac go to > sleep :) > > > > On 11/03/2015, at 8:26 am, Ron Ganbar <ron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hmmm... that does put a damper on things... > > > > Ron Ganbar > email: ron...@gmail.com > tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309 [UK] > +972 (0)54 255 9765 [Israel] > url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:21 PM, jean-luc <jlaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sure, That would work too. But I have no idea how to write python (or any >> other language, applescript seemed like a easy way to do it) >> >> >> >> On 11/03/2015, at 8:18 am, Ron Ganbar <ron...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> How about using two Python scripts when opening Nuke or closing Nuke to >> open and close that application as well? >> >> >> >> Ron Ganbar >> email: ron...@gmail.com >> tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309 [UK] >> +972 (0)54 255 9765 [Israel] >> url: http://ronganbar.wordpress.com/ >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:14 PM, jean-luc <jlaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> yes that would work but you can only set a calendar alarm to repeat >>> daily, so that’s no good for a 30min loop >>> >>> On 11/03/2015, at 8:11 am, Bruno-Pierre Jobin <bpjo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> You can run AppleScipt scripts inside automator, I'm not in front of a >>> mac right now but I'm pretty sure you can trigger it with a calendar alarm >>> or a workflow in Automator. >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 2:56 PM, jean-luc <jlaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All >>>> >>>> I am trying to have a small backup job run in the background to keep >>>> incremental copies of the NukeStudio autosave files (I had a scare the >>>> other day with a corrupted timeline that I couldn’t re-open, including >>>> autosave). >>>> So I have installed a program that copies the autosave files every 30 >>>> min but it prevents my mac from going to sleep. >>>> I’s kind of a good thing because it means the mac won’t go to sleep >>>> when Nuke is running or rendering, but I want my machine to go to sleep >>>> when I’m not using Nuke. >>>> >>>> So I have made an applescript that starts to “sync folders” app when >>>> Nuke is running and stops it when Nuke isn’t running. It works great but I >>>> need to run it manually, I’m trying to figure out how to make it run every >>>> 30 min in the background. >>>> >>>> Any clue how to make that happen? (this is the first code I have ever >>>> written and I did it by copy pasting what I found online!) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ######### >>>> >>>> *if* *application* "NukeStudio9.0v4" *is* running *then* >>>> >>>> *launch* *application* "Sync Folders" >>>> *else* >>>> >>>> *quit* *application* "Sync Folders" >>>> >>>> *end* *if* >>>> >>>> ########## >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jean-Luc >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Bruno-Pierre Jobin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > > -- Antony Nascè, PhD Senior Creative Specialist - FLIX The Foundry 5 Golden Square London, W1F 9HT, UK Tel: +44 20 7479 4350 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: a...@thefoundry.co.uk
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