Apple Script to turn off Carbonite and Dropbox when on battery

[goombamd]

Is there a way to automatically shut down Carbonite and Dropbox when I unplug my mbp?

e.g. when on battery power, automatically pause carbonite... and quit dropbox.

I've found these significantly decrease my battery life.

Relatively new to making macros...

Thanks

 

[pendolino]

I've found these significantly decrease my battery life.

i would have to agree with this statement regarding dropbox. have not used carbonite but i know what you mean with background apps often sucking power unnecessarily.

i would be very interested in having these switch off when running on battery.

 

[MoonshineSG]

I've used MarcoPolo for similar "context aware" settings... Although it has not been updated in a while, maybe you can give it a try... It's free anyway... (http://www.symonds.id.au/marcopolo/)

 

[MoonshineSG]

I just tried it under Lion and it hangs... I guess we need smith new....

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A bit more research revealed that MarcoPolo has been forked and development continues under a new name ControlPlane. http://controlplane.dustinrue.com/

Runs ok under Lion and seams to have same functionality plus more...

 

[ruedu]

ControlPlane can handle this at least for Dropbox. Simply create a QuitApplication action when you arrive at the appropriate context. As for Carbonite, I don't know anything about that but if it can be controlled using an AppleScript or even a shell script you can control that as well.

 

[sloan47]

I use Marco Polo to automatically start/quit Dropbox based on my AC status. I also use it to turn off my bluetooth when I'm on battery. Amazing tool.