On-demand events are useful. On-demand events appear in Power Manager‘s status menu bar and can be triggered with a single mouse click from within any application.
The Schedule Assistant creates certain events as on-demand. This is automatic and handled entirely by the Assistant. However, you too can control if an event supports on on-demand behaviour.
Power Manager is fully AppleScriptable. A guide containing sample AppleScripts is included as part of Power Manager.
AppleScript Editor - Power Manager is fully AppleScriptable
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It can be useful to ensure your Mac is restarted at least once a week. In managed environments, such as classrooms and labs, Macs can go many weeks without being shut down or restarted.
Being able to automate a restart once a week is possible with Power Manager.
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Power Manager 4.0.1 and Power Manager Professional 4.0.1 are now available. These updates fix bugs discovered since launching last month, and include a handful of small refinements.
Power Manager includes an automatic software update feature
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Backing up your personal files is an essential, if mundane, task. One day you will experience problems with your Mac that risks loosing important files, documents, or photos.
There are three steps you should take to protect your irreplaceable information:
- Back up everything to an external hard disk drive with Time Machine.
- Back up critical files to a remote location.
- Back up critical files to a second external hard disk drive.
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