SoundAsleep 1.0

I know many TUAW readers keep their Macs on, and awake, over night for a variety of reasons. If your Mac is in your bedroom, then you have probably been rudely awoken by an errant alert from your Mac. Your sleepless nights are now over, because SoundAsleep is here to guard your slumber.
SoundAsleep is a very simple app that sits in your menubar (above you see SoundAsleep's preferences). Simply set the time you want to start muting your Mac, and when you want to unmute it. That's it. SoundAsleep will take care of it.
It would be nice if you could set a number of different 'muting schedules,' but that's why the concept of a version 2.0 was invented.
SoundAsleep is freeware produced by Nullriver.
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I know many TUAW readers keep their Macs on, and awake, over night for a variety of reasons. If your Mac is in your bedroom, then you have...
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Same here.. it does nothing. To uninstallit, locate the process in the ActivityMonitor, ForceQuit it and then send the app to the trash where it belongs.
It's a fun little app, but now that I'm done playing with it, how do I uninstall it???
March 27 2008 at 11:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMake sure it's no longer active the Menu Bar (if it's set to NOT load on boot, just restart to remove it from the Menu Bar). Then go to your Applications folder (or wherever you installed it), and drag it into the Trash.
March 27 2008 at 6:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhen I installed it, it didn't put any application icon anywhere on my Mac. It's visible in the menu bar, but I don't know how to remove things from the menu bar. The only options I see when I click the menu bar icon are "Use SoundAsleep" and "SoundAsleep Preferences" which has nothing about uninstalling. PLEASE HELP SOMEBODY!!
March 28 2008 at 10:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell I tried SoundAsleep and it didn't do anything. Sounds weren't muted when the mute time struck.
March 27 2008 at 5:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySame here. The app doesn't even work! I wrote the developer.
March 27 2008 at 8:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI posted this applescript that lets you have the volume get a little louder over time, using iTunes as a gradual alarm clock.
http://murphymac.com/itunes-alarm-clock/
I agree with people who don't want a separate app for every little thing. but you can't speak for everyone, we're all different.
Hah, do I feel old. I co-designed a CDEV that did this back in the late '80s. You're all invited off my lawn!
March 26 2008 at 4:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMarco Polo ( http://www.symonds.id.au/marcopolo/ ) does it better, does much much more and allows multiple schedules and is also free.
March 26 2008 at 3:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMarco Polo is overkill if you're only planning on muting system volume IMHO.
March 26 2008 at 4:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIf that's *all* someone is going to do then any app is overkill!
As demonstrated above, a little applescript, or some good ol' F3 action will sort out such a simple task.
You could also use "apple script" and iCal.
set volume 0
Copy it into the script editor.
Save it some where.
Make a new iCal event and set this script to run as the alarm. Make the event repeat daily.
Sorry, I forgot.
Change the number (0) in the apple script to change the volume level.
3 for about 30%
4 for about 40%...
Just make two different events, one for the morning (turn the volume up) and one for at night (turn the volume off).
It would be nice if you could set a number of different 'muting schedules,' but that's the concept of a version 2.0 was invented.
I think you meant and THUS the concept....
Just pointing it out.
dude i was just thinking about aan app like this the other day, i need it cause my im blasts noises at 3am when people sign on and wakes me up!. thxxx
March 26 2008 at 3:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNice utility - my computer is in the room next to the bedroom, and I don't know how many nights I've gotten into bed, just about asleep, and then hearing the sound of one of my Adium contacts disconnecting or connecting (and realizing that I've forgotten to sign out of Adium before going to bed). This'll be handy.
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