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dimme

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Now that the schedule function for MacOS is done in the terminal, I was looking to see if anyone knows of a GUI program that will do this for me. I know I cam do this in the terminal but point and click would be nicer.
 
My AppleScript is a little rusty, but try this and save it as a Run Only Applet:
Code:
 -- Function to convert day names to corresponding numbers
on convertDayToNumber(day)
    set dayNumber to missing value
    if day = "Sunday" then
        set dayNumber to 0
    else if day = "Monday" then
        set dayNumber to 1
    else if day = "Tuesday" then
        set dayNumber to 2
    else if day = "Wednesday" then
        set dayNumber to 3
    else if day = "Thursday" then
        set dayNumber to 4
    else if day = "Friday" then
        set dayNumber to 5
    else if day = "Saturday" then
        set dayNumber to 6
    end if
    return dayNumber
end convertDayToNumber

-- Display day selection dialog
set selectedDays to choose from list {"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Every day"} with multiple selections allowed and empty selection allowed
if selectedDays is false then
    display dialog "No day selected. Exiting..."
    return
end if

-- Display time selection dialog
set selectedTime to display dialog "Enter the desired startup time in xx:xx:xx format:" default answer ""
set startupTime to text returned of selectedTime

-- Convert selected days to day numbers
set dayNumbers to {}
repeat with selectedDay in selectedDays
    if selectedDay = "Every day" then
        set dayNumbers to {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
        exit repeat
    else
        set end of dayNumbers to convertDayToNumber(selectedDay)
    end if
end repeat

-- Set automatic startup using pmset command
repeat with dayNumber in dayNumbers
    set startupCommand to "sudo pmset repeat wake MTWRFSU " & dayNumber & " " & startupTime
    try
        do shell script startupCommand with administrator privileges
        display dialog "Automatic startup has been set for " & selectedDays & " at " & startupTime
    on error errMsg
        display dialog "An error occurred: " & errMsg
    end try
end repeat
 
My AppleScript is a little rusty, but try this and save it as a Run Only Applet:
Code:
 -- Function to convert day names to corresponding numbers
on convertDayToNumber(day)
    set dayNumber to missing value
    if day = "Sunday" then
        set dayNumber to 0
    else if day = "Monday" then
        set dayNumber to 1
    else if day = "Tuesday" then
        set dayNumber to 2
    else if day = "Wednesday" then
        set dayNumber to 3
    else if day = "Thursday" then
        set dayNumber to 4
    else if day = "Friday" then
        set dayNumber to 5
    else if day = "Saturday" then
        set dayNumber to 6
    end if
    return dayNumber
end convertDayToNumber

-- Display day selection dialog
set selectedDays to choose from list {"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Every day"} with multiple selections allowed and empty selection allowed
if selectedDays is false then
    display dialog "No day selected. Exiting..."
    return
end if

-- Display time selection dialog
set selectedTime to display dialog "Enter the desired startup time in xx:xx:xx format:" default answer ""
set startupTime to text returned of selectedTime

-- Convert selected days to day numbers
set dayNumbers to {}
repeat with selectedDay in selectedDays
    if selectedDay = "Every day" then
        set dayNumbers to {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
        exit repeat
    else
        set end of dayNumbers to convertDayToNumber(selectedDay)
    end if
end repeat

-- Set automatic startup using pmset command
repeat with dayNumber in dayNumbers
    set startupCommand to "sudo pmset repeat wake MTWRFSU " & dayNumber & " " & startupTime
    try
        do shell script startupCommand with administrator privileges
        display dialog "Automatic startup has been set for " & selectedDays & " at " & startupTime
    on error errMsg
        display dialog "An error occurred: " & errMsg
    end try
end repeat
Thanks!!!!!
 
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