Does This Type Of Software Exist?

[thechris69]

I need a program that acts as a alarm clock to wake me up for school, but, I turn my imac off at night, so the program would need to turn my imac on and open itunes and play my favourite song to wake me up... this sounds ridiculous but does a program or a similar program exist?

 

[skunk]

I don't think you'll find anything short of an EMP which will do anything to your computer when it's switched off. Asleep, maybe, but switched off? I don't think so.

 

[ChickenSwartz]

You could build a gadget that turns on and has a rotating arm that will push the button to turn it on.

 

[WildCowboy]

You can set your Mac to start up in System Preferences --> Energy Saver --> Schedule...

Then there are a number of ways to get iTunes to start playing a song.

But an alternative would be something like Aurora...haven't used it myself, but supposedly it'll start your computer up and provides a nice interface for setting everything up.

 

[skunk]

Aurora will only wake it from sleep. You'd have to schedule it to start up in SysPrefs, like you said.

 

[WildCowboy]

Aurora will only wake it from sleep. You'd have to schedule it to start up in SysPrefs, like you said.

Are you sure?

Wake from Sleep - Aurora will wake your Mac (even when shut down) in order to start an alarm (admin privileges needed)

 

[skunk]

Are you sure?

What in hell does "wake your Mac even when shut down" mean??? Doesn't make sense. From the website, it certainly sounds like it can only wake from sleep, as far as I've read. Not at all clear, especially from this screenshot:

 

[WildCowboy]

What in hell does "wake your Mac even when shut down" mean??? Doesn't make sense. From the website, it certainly sounds like it can only wake from sleep, as far as I've read. Not at all clear, especially from this screenshot:

I don't know, but I've seen a number of other similar apps that claim to be able to do it. iTuneSleep is another one:

Can start up or wake up your mac before gently fading up your music (for an alarm)

Edit: iTaf is another one that is very clear on its ability to start up the Mac. The Read Me file that comes with the download talks a bit about the daemon it employs to start up the computer. (Of course, you have to have auto-login enabled in order for it to work.)

 

[x86isslow]

I use iTaf as my alarm clock. Its pretty robust. Give it a shot.

 

[skunk]

OK, I was obviously wrong about the EMP. There appear to be less drastic methods, too.

 

[applemacdude]

What in hell does "wake your Mac even when shut down" mean??? Doesn't make sense. From the website, it certainly sounds like it can only wake from sleep, as far as I've read. Not at all clear, especially from this screenshot:

need caffeine?

 

[skunk]

need caffeine?

I'll pass, thanks. It's time to go to Bedfordshire.

 

[rcm3]

This website should explain everything:

http://www.thealarmclockshop.com/



Does anyone have a program that allows my MBP C2D with 2 gigs of ram to make french fries? Or do I need 3 gigs for that?

 

[Erendiox]

You could us a program like Proxi to schedule an applescript at a certain time. Applescript can easily start itunes and get it to start playing or to play a certain playlist or whatever. Combine this with turning your mac on with energy saver and setting proxi to load on launch, you have your solution right there.