How to Extend Power Manager with Growl

Posted on 15 November, 2011 by Graham Miln

Power Manager supports the open source notification utility, Growl. Growl lets you customise how and when you see notifications from your favourite applications.

Not all applications support Growl. Those that do offer an impressive degree of control over how they can notify you.

Power Manager includes Growl support.

Power Manager includes Growl support.

Power Manager comes with Growl support built-in. If you have Growl installed, Power Manager will make use of it. Growl notifications will automatically appear when an event is pending and when an event starts performing.

Let’s use Growl to build upon the recipe for displaying a message after a long running task on your Mac.

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Darth Reviews and Recommends Power Manager

Posted on 10 November, 2011 by Graham Miln

Thanks to Darth for reviewing and sharing how he uses Power Manager 4 on YouTube.

Darth’s video review is embedded below and available at YouTube, Darth Reviews: Power Manager Mac App.

Download your free 30 day demonstration of Power Manager and try it on your Mac.

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How to Display a Message After a Long Task

Posted on 24 October, 2011 by Graham Miln

Power Manager is frequently used to start long running tasks. While any event is running, Power Manager’s menu bar changes to show a small cog. Sometimes this small indicator is not enough.

Being able to tell the user that the task has finished can be useful. Let’s look at how to use AppleScript to present a dialog to the active user.

An AppleScript dialog to notify the user.

An AppleScript dialog to notify the user.

We are going to start by extending an existing event. Our event performs a back up of the Mac’s hard drive to an external drive. The back up can take a few minutes and we want to to be told when it has finished.
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Activity Audit v1.1.1 Released – iCloud Calendar Support

Posted on 14 October, 2011 by Graham Miln

Today we updated Activity Audit to add support for Apple’s new iCloud. Activity Audit creates a calendar showing when you use your Mac and what applications you run.

Activity Audit v1.1.1 includes support for iCloud Calendars. Previous versions were limited to local calendars on your Mac. This update offers the ability to record your calendar events to any editable calendar, including those on remote servers.

Activity Audit includes automatic software update support

Activity Audit includes automatic software update support

Activity Audit v1.1.1 is a free upgrade for existing customers.

Activity Audit is available now on the Mac App Store and directly from DssW. A 14 day demonstration is available.
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