Open iCal at 7AM

[ChocolateJesus]

Hey guys.

Rather basic question, was able to open my calendar program at 7AM every morning, how can I do this on my iMac?

I've tried messing about with Automator but found it to be too complication to get the results I wanted easily. Any ideas?

 

[Sky Blue]

Set an alarm in iCal to open a File (in this case, iCal) at the specified time.

 

[mstrze]

Would it impact you to just leave it open all the time?

 

[ChocolateJesus]

It is open all the time, but I would like for it to pop-up on screen at 7AM. I've found that you can put an alarm and have it run a script; what should I put into AppleScript to have iCal pop-up?

 

[mstrze]

I'm not a scripting person, but to clarify...iCal is always open, but you want the iCal window to 'maximize' at 7AM each and every day?

This is like an alarm clock for you? Or you use it to give you an alert, in a way, as to the time and that you need to stop surfing the net and need to head to work/school?

About all I could suggest would be to schedule your computer to wake up at 7AM via the Energy Saver... Settings page...so I am no help.

 

[woodlandtrek]

What skyblue said will do exactly what you need, but if you want a script, just type this in Applescript Editor:

tell application "iCal"
	activate
end tell

 

[Sky Blue]

It is open all the time, but I would like for it to pop-up on screen at 7AM. I've found that you can put an alarm and have it run a script; what should I put into AppleScript to have iCal pop-up?

Did you read my post?

 

[ChocolateJesus]

Thanks guys, both suggestions lead me in the right direction.

 

[ChocolateJesus]

Any way to hide the entry within iCal? As it is, every day there is an entry reading "Open iCal" within the calendar.

 

[woodlandtrek]

Any way to hide the entry within iCal? As it is, every day there is an entry reading "Open iCal" within the calendar.

Create a new calendar for this event, then uncheck the calendar so it does not display.