I want to run an Applescript whenever my machine has been idle for x minutes. What's the best way to have something sitting in background, and run it once when the keyboard hasn't been touched in a set time?
Mac Pro, OS X 10.10
I may be missing something but I don't see what part of that post addresses the "do it after the machine has been idle". It has an "on idle" main loop, but doesn't that just mean "do it while the Applescript is running in idle mode"? Or am I missing the point - is it really going to run only when the machine has been idle (in which case, where do you specify how long)?
I think the idle handler is part of the answer and I believe obtaining the System idle time value and comparing it to your x minutes (converted to seconds for AppleScript) is another part of the solution. When the idle timer exceeds your desired elapsed time x, then perform some action.
I have been attempting to get this to work here, and failing forward…
See Camelot's answer to idle at this earlier post. A more complicated issue will be an event manager that detects keystrokes and acts on the elapsed time between keyboard events.
How to run an Applescript when the computer has been idle?
