I was wondering if you can set automator to force quit certain applications. For instance. I wanted to set it to force quit safari at 5pm everyday. Any help would be grreatful.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
HI,
Launch Automator, choose Calendar Alarm as the type for your new document.
From the Utilies library, drag a Run AppleScript action into the workflow pane on the right.
Delete all the text in the action.
Type in tell application "Safari" to quit
Click the hammer to compile the script and colour-code it.
Save the workflow, calling it something meaningful like Quit Safari.
This will launch Calendar and create a new calendar called Automator if you don't already have one.
The Quit Safari workflow will be scheduled for the current time and date. Reschedule it, making it repeat every day starting at 17:00. The end time is arbitrary.
Click Done, quit Automator and Calendar, launch Safari and stick around until 5pm 😉
Thanks for the response.
I had done this with adium, but sometimes adium stops the automator script from running. So I was wondering if there was a way to force quit not just quit.
Well, you could use a Run Shell Script action with
killall "Safari"
but you might want to read this about killing processes first and use it at your own risk.
I had thought about creating a bash script. That what I used on my linux machine. How would you set Automator to run your scrupt? Sorry I am not familiar with Automator. Only the basics i know.
Thanks for all you help. I really appricaite it.
Exactly the same as above, but instead of a "Run AppleScript" action use a "Run Shell Script" action:
I'm sure you could also schedule the script to run with Cron, but I don't know how to.
Thanks again HD.
You are awesome.
Can you set automator to force quit certain applications?
