Not that he'll notice.
Hopefully he won't notice the pictures in the home folder either.
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Hopefully he won't notice the pictures in the home folder either.
Not that he'll notice.
Hopefully he won't notice the pictures in the home folder either.
You forget that the newest version has a flash and a voice!
Oh yeah. Silly me.You forget that the newest version has a flash and a voice!
But if he finds the pictures in the home folder, couldn't he delete them?
Oh yeah. Silly me.
But if he finds the pictures in the home folder, couldn't he delete them?
He could, that being one of a few things that could potentially go wrong with this plan
Maybe move the pictures into the a folder in the Library folder (so they're harder to find)? Then the OP could block Spotlight from accessing that folder.
Just suggestions, don't see much reason to implement them unless the OP's brother is deleting the pictures.
And is the flash just a blank Safari window?
Thanks for the source. I'm a computer programmer, so it shouldn't be too hard to read your code without comments... unless you're a really sloppy coder.
That is a good idea! From this version forward, all the pics go into the user's PUBLIC folder. Here it is: http://localhostr.com/files/eecb65/...+alex+voice+plus+pics+go+in+public+folder.zip
Though I think the OP already has the trap set, so this won't help him...
EDIT: Oh and yes the flash is a blank safari window.
Thanks for the source. I'm a computer programmer, so it shouldn't be too hard to read your code without comments... unless you're a really sloppy coder.
Oh but I am a sloppy coder! But if you know how Applescript Studio works, then it won't be THAT hard.
I'd suggest the photos initially go to an obvious folder in the home folder, but that they also get copied to a folder he doesn't have access to - like the "drop box" in the "Public" folder. When he goes looking for photos after his personal photo session, he will find and delete the obvious ones - and think he is safe (and smart). If he doesn't find any photos he may get desperate and do something silly, like try to format the HD.
Update: Looks like Avihappy beat me to it....
I have never programmed using the iSight or brightness for the Mac. In your project in the Resources folder, you have isightcapture and brightness... where did you get these resources?
You can't access the camera nor can you change the brightness via applescript, so I used third party resources from here:
isightcapture: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18598
brightness: http://mattdanger.net/2008/12/adjust-mac-os-x-display-brightness-from-the-terminal/
These are not my own works but that of their respective authors. They are command line apps that I call via the "do script" functions in the script.
That's a great idea! Maybe Home (not in subfolder), Documents, Pictures, or Desktop for the "obvious" photos.
EDIT: Tested it out, background stays for some reason.
The background picture will not change if you delete the source photo. You have to manually change it to something else.
As the apps stands in its latest version (in post 82) it is saving to the ~/Public/ folder, with a filename like this: happyplace0.x where x is a random number. It is not an obvious place to look, and if the prankster excludes the public folder from spotlight, then the pics should be safe. Also, I don't think there is a need to have an obvious copy.
EDIT: oh now I see the need for an obvious copy!
This only works in Safari, yes? I tested it in FF and it didn't work.
No matter, I could just change the Safari icon to the FF icon if that's what the person I want to prank uses.
No matter, I could just change the Safari icon to the FF icon if that's what the person I want to prank uses.
Here is a version (same as the one in post 82), that now SAVES A DECOY COPY TO THE DESKTOP!
http://localhostr.com/files/22fb2f/...ice+savetopublicfolder+decoysenttodesktop.zip
This is now the latest one.
http://localhostr.com/files/22fb2f/...ice+savetopublicfolder+decoysenttodesktop.zip
This is now the latest one.
Yep, that's an obvious place! Thanks Avihappy for all your work on this. I am having a great time following this thread, and waiting for the end results. Couldn't have happened without you, and the OP's determination.
tested it fully. works great in the dark
the app i had to allow was called "brightness" i believe.
this one has GOT to work haha
can't wait...
I'm not home right now, so i can't change it. but i did change the finder preferences so that it doesn't show the external hard drive. i assure you that he won't be able to find it... he's never owned a mac, and you'd have to use spotlight to open a finder window..
next time I'm home, i'll definitely install the latest though..
thanks for everyone's help and ideas...
this thing is going to be epic if all goes as planned.
This is a bit of burning question I had. What do you have it set to say?
My app only saves to the home folder. How are the pics getting onto the external drive