macOS Battery percentage program in AppleScript

[sultanoflondon]

Hi all,

I'm trying to write a program that notifies me when battery percentage reaches 70% & 80%. I found this link online, can anyone help me implement this in AppleScript code?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38447131/detect-battery-percentage-with-applescript

Thank you!

 

[superscape]

Hi,

That *is* in AppleScript - although it's using "do shell script" to execute some shell commands. If you're after method of doing it entirely in AppleScript then I don't think there is one (as far as I know).

You just basically need to do:

set theReturnedText to do shell script "pmset -g batt"

...then chop the bit you need out of theReturnedText as required.

I guess you'd want to run it in some kind of loop, or in an on idle handler, depending on your needs.

An even smarter way would be to initiate the check with launchd.

Good luck!

 

[Senor Cuete]

Is there a Cocoa API for this?

 

[Senor Cuete]

I found it here: https://developer.apple.com/documen...1620042-batterylevel?language=objc#discussion

 

[superscape]

I found it here: https://developer.apple.com/documen...1620042-batterylevel?language=objc#discussion

Nice find! I didn't know about that!

...although the OP did specifically ask about AppleScript.

 

[Senor Cuete]

Looking at this further, it looks like this is available in the iOS 3.0+ SDK, so not available for OS X.

 

[superscape]

I guess this would be a good starting place if you wanted macOS.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/iokit/1523835-iopsgettimeremainingestimate?language=objc

...however, it still doesn't help the OP with their AppleScript requirement.