Category Archives: Power Manager

Power Manager 3.7.4 Released

Posted on 2 September, 2010 by Graham Miln

Today, we released Power Manager 3.7.4. This release is a minor update to fix memory leaks and to improve the powermanagerctl command line tool. Continue reading →

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How to Allow Non-Administrators to Run On-Demand Events

Posted on 1 September, 2010 by Graham Miln

You may want to provide non-administrator colleagues with the ability to trigger on-demand events. This can be particularly useful where an event is used to perform back ups or run a script requiring elevated privileges. Let’s look at how to ease this security requirement. Continue reading →

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How to Automatically Stop a PowerPoint Presentation

Posted on 31 August, 2010 by Graham Miln

Today, we will walk through how to stop a PowerPoint presentation. As with starting a presentation, stopping the presentation will require a little AppleScript. Continue reading →

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How to Automatically Start a PowerPoint Presentation

Posted on 30 August, 2010 by Graham Miln

I would like to cover how to automatically start a PowerPoint presentation on Mac OS X. Unlike Keynote, starting a PowerPoint presentation requires a little bit of AppleScript. If you are not familiar with AppleScript, do not worry. We will walk through each step needed. Continue reading →

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