Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
Shouldnt Timemachine do what you want to have anyway ? You can set the hourly intervall to 30 mins http://www.macyourself.com/2010/02/21/how-to-change-time-machine-backup-interval-backup-manually/ cheers johannes Am 3/10/15 um 22:52 PM schrieb jean-luc: nice! I think that’s going to b the one. Thanks Pete! On 11/03/2015, at 10:45 am, Pete O'Connell pedrooconn...@gmail.com mailto:pedrooconn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jean-Luc. To run scheduled jobs on a mac launchd is pretty clean: http://alvinalexander.com/mac-os-x/launchd-plist-examples-startinterval-startcalendarinterval It sounds like you might just need a rolling autosave though. This webpage explains really well how to set it up: http://thoughtvfx.blogspot.co.nz/2010/08/multiple-autosave-in-nuke.html Bonne Chance! Pete On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk mailto:d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: Send the feature request into support :) -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/ Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk mailto:d...@thefoundry.co.uk On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:02 PM, jean-luc jlaz...@gmail.com mailto:jlaz...@gmail.com wrote: That sound great. How about making it an option in the Nuke preferences? On 11/03/2015, at 8:58 am, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk mailto:d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: The autosave is just python. I know many people that modified the autosave to do 100 versions of it like Shake used to. -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 tel:%28310%29%20399%204555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/ Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk mailto:d...@thefoundry.co.uk ___ Nuke-users mailing list Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk mailto: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 mailto: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 mailto: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 mailto:Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users ESET 11297 (20150310) The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. ___ 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 ESET 11297 (20150310) The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. -- STUDIO RAKETE GmbH Johannes Hezer, Compositing TD Stereoscopic SV Schomburgstr. 120 D - 22767 Hamburg j.he...@studiorakete.de Tel:+49 (0)40 - 380 375 69 - 0 Fax:+49 (0)40 - 380 375 69 - 99 -- Pflichtangaben laut Handelsgesetzbuch und GmbH-Gesetz: STUDIO RAKETE GmbH Schomburgstr. 120 D - 22767 Hamburg www.studiorakete.de / i...@studiorakete.de Geschaeftsfuehrer: Jana Bohl Die Gesellschaft ist eingetragen im Handelregister des Amtsgerichts Hamburg unter der Nummer HR B 95660 USt.-ID Nr.: DE 245787817 ESET 11327 (20150316) The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
That sound great. How about making it an option in the Nuke preferences? On 11/03/2015, at 8:58 am, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: The autosave is just python. I know many people that modified the autosave to do 100 versions of it like Shake used to. -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
Hi Jean-Luc. To run scheduled jobs on a mac launchd is pretty clean: http://alvinalexander.com/mac-os-x/launchd-plist-examples-startinterval-startcalendarinterval It sounds like you might just need a rolling autosave though. This webpage explains really well how to set it up: http://thoughtvfx.blogspot.co.nz/2010/08/multiple-autosave-in-nuke.html Bonne Chance! Pete On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: Send the feature request into support :) -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:02 PM, jean-luc jlaz...@gmail.com wrote: That sound great. How about making it an option in the Nuke preferences? On 11/03/2015, at 8:58 am, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: The autosave is just python. I know many people that modified the autosave to do 100 versions of it like Shake used to. -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
Send the feature request into support :) -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:02 PM, jean-luc jlaz...@gmail.com wrote: That sound great. How about making it an option in the Nuke preferences? On 11/03/2015, at 8:58 am, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: The autosave is just python. I know many people that modified the autosave to do 100 versions of it like Shake used to. -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
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 ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
thanks! On 11/03/2015, at 8:46 am, Quico Noizeux kee...@gmail.com wrote: Try with launchd, there is an app to edit tasks called lingon iirc. Cheers El 10/03/2015, a las 19:56, jean-luc jlaz...@gmail.com escribió: 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 ___ 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] question for Applescripts savvy people
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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
Try with launchd, there is an app to edit tasks called lingon iirc. Cheers El 10/03/2015, a las 19:56, jean-luc jlaz...@gmail.com escribió: 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 ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
The autosave is just python. I know many people that modified the autosave to do 100 versions of it like Shake used to. -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
cool, that looks like a good solution. I’ll have a look. Thanks! On 11/03/2015, at 8:38 am, Ant Nasce a...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: 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 ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
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 ___ 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
Re: [Nuke-users] question for Applescripts savvy people
nice! I think that’s going to b the one. Thanks Pete! On 11/03/2015, at 10:45 am, Pete O'Connell pedrooconn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jean-Luc. To run scheduled jobs on a mac launchd is pretty clean: http://alvinalexander.com/mac-os-x/launchd-plist-examples-startinterval-startcalendarinterval It sounds like you might just need a rolling autosave though. This webpage explains really well how to set it up: http://thoughtvfx.blogspot.co.nz/2010/08/multiple-autosave-in-nuke.html Bonne Chance! Pete On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: Send the feature request into support :) -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 1:02 PM, jean-luc jlaz...@gmail.com wrote: That sound great. How about making it an option in the Nuke preferences? On 11/03/2015, at 8:58 am, Deke Kincaid d...@thefoundry.co.uk wrote: The autosave is just python. I know many people that modified the autosave to do 100 versions of it like Shake used to. -- Deke Kincaid Media Entertainment OEM Development Manager The Foundry Skype: dekekincaid Tel: (310) 399 4555 - Mobile: (310) 883 4313 Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk Email: d...@thefoundry.co.uk ___ 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
