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Script to start iSync, sync devices, then quit
This Synchronize with iSync, Then Quit script
is yet another one of those handy utilities that is so obvious it makes me say "geeze, Apple really should
have done this themselves." Then I realize I'm talking to myself out loud, but I don't have enough money for
therapy.Moving along, this script is another great one-trick pony for all you iSync users with phones and PDAs that you keep in tune with OS X. When run, the script automatically starts iSync and then quits it once all the magic is finished.
One word of caution: Fraser Speirs, who created this and other goodies like the Flickr Export iPhoto plugin, has a couple of specific build instructions to follow to make this script work properly. As a final tip: Fraser also recommends (and I agree) that if you're a Quicksilver user, this is a great script to tie to a trigger for hotkey-enabled goodness.
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Berko said 4:27PM on 3-22-2006
I wrote a script just like this to make sure my devices were always in sync. First, I set the script to check if I have synched in the last three hours. If so, leave it alone; quit. Now, I have a cron job to run the little app every six hours and I use it as a "Returning to computer" phone event for Salling Clicker. It's as close as you can get to continuous synching.
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mxz said 5:03PM on 3-22-2006
What about - syncing straight after bootup and then quit without a Quicksilver hotkey, but with a simple startup item?
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The Wildman said 5:07PM on 3-22-2006
Berko...any chance you could post your script on your site?
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JoolsG4 said 5:24PM on 3-22-2006
This is almost identical to my Sync Now program, which has been available for months at:
http://mobile.feisar.com/
Hints, tips, software, themes & more for Apple Mac, iSync & Sony Ericsson users
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Eric said 9:22PM on 3-22-2006
Strangely, I just set something like this up last night using an Applescript i found online & a daily 6am iCal event. It works great!
Script is:
tell application "System Events" to set iSyncRunning to
(number of items in (processes whose name is "iSync") is greater than 0)
tell application "iSync"
synchronize
repeat while (syncing is true)
delay 5
end repeat
if iSyncRunning is not true then quit
end tell
that's it... Just save the script somewhere and call it as a reminder action inside iCal and that's all you need.
Eric
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Andrew said 4:32AM on 3-23-2006
Is there a script like this to do something similar with backup? Id like to have the computer come on at say 2am, run the tasks in backup sequentially and then shutdown afterwards. Im a recent switcher so not sure where to look or go about doing this.
Thanks
Andrew
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Berko said 7:25PM on 3-23-2006
Ask and you shall receive.
http://www.berko.tv/periodicisync/
It's not anything spectacular; it just works.
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