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how 2 make automator shut down macbook?

is there anyway i can make automator shut down mac book or put it to sleep when a particular list of tasks is done?

also if possible wake it up or boot it up as and when required.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 9:21 PM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2008 9:32 PM

Add the following AppleScript action to the end of the workflow:

tell application "System Events"
sleep--or shut down
end tell

Waking up or starting the computer requires using the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences.

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Nov 1, 2008 10:40 AM in response to Niel

hello Neil, what u adviced pretty much solves my issue so please notice the star.

however, i have kept the thread as unanswered cause i have one more question, if you could help me out. i pasted the script in 'run apple script' action it did put my mac to sleep. then, using script editor i saved the script as an app and then using 'launch application' action i pointed to this app. this time too the mac went to sleep but there was an error in automator when i woke it up which asked me to check the action's properties. so can u tell me what is happening? also, later i saved the script as a script file using script editor. now i cant find any automator action to point to this script like i could point to an app using 'launch application' action. any help on that?

i appreciate your time. mac is beautiful. and after i am done with my java web development course i definitely got to learn apple script.

Neerav

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how 2 make automator shut down macbook?

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