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DssW Featured in PC Power Management Report
Thanks to Andrew Donoghue, Analyst at The 451 Group, for featuring DssW and our energy saving software, Power Manager, in their latest Eco-Efficient IT report.
Posted in Business, Power Manager, Reviews
Tagged Andrew Donoghue, dssw, PC Power Management, The 451 Group
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Using the Notification Trigger in Power Manager
Power Manager has the ability to trigger events on receiving a system wide notification, and to post system wide notifications as part of an event’s actions. For developers, and for those integrating Power Manager into their workflow, these two abilities are a great way of loosely chaining tools together. Continue reading
Posted in PM4, PMPRO4, Power Manager, Recipe
Tagged c, code snippets, dssw, notifications, objective-c, Power Manager
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Using an External Script as an Event Condition
You can augment Power Manager’s built-in energy saving functionality with shell scripts and other external tools. This article shows you how to create an event that uses an external script as a condition. Continue reading
Posted in AppleScript, PM4, PMPRO4, PMR, Power Manager, Recipe
Tagged AppleScript, dssw, perl, Power Manager, recipe
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How to Power On Your Mac at a Specific Date and Time
Mac computers have the ability to power themselves on. This ability is available on all Macs running Mac OS X.
You can schedule your Mac to power itself on in the morning No more waiting for your Mac to start up. One less reason to leave your Mac on over night; remember, a powered off Mac uses less energy than a sleeping Mac. Continue reading
Posted in Energy saving, PM4, Power Manager, Recipe
Tagged dssw, energy saver, pmset, Power Manager, power on, start up
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