#How to use ical as an alarm how to
#How to use ical as an alarm code
#How to use ical as an alarm tv
#How to use ical as an alarm mac

This ensures that the music will always come through at it's maximum volume. I decided to set this manually here (rather than using the existing volume) just in case I had it set really quiet (or muted) for any reason. The activate command allows us to start interacting with it, and by using UI Browser, we find that button 2 is the maximum volume setting. This section is now specifically targeting the 'Multiple Speakers' window which we just opened. tell window 'Multiple Speakers' of application process 'iTunes' of application 'System Events' activate click button 2 tell table 1 of scroll area 1 activate Once the 'Multiple Speakers.' option is selected, we hit return to make it open the window. Originally, I wanted to read the list of devices, iterate through them, and then select the one we wanted but I had a lot of problems getting AppleScript to correctly read the context menu so went for this slightly more longwinded approach instead.

#How to use ical as an alarm code

Once we've told iTunes to click on the button, we use key code 125 (which means the down key) in conjunction with the command button to jump down the entire context list to the 'Multiple Speakers.' option. You can find out the index of UI elements by using the fantastic UI Browser tool - it's a little bit pricey but worth the money if you are planning on doing a lot of AppleScripting. I have 4 different AirPlay devices in my house so rather than writing a big if statement to check for each name and then press accordingly, I instead target the button by it's numerical index. You can usually target buttons with their names rather than their index position but the AirPlay button is a special case as it has a different name depending on which device you have selected. This section controls the little AirPlay button in the bottom right hand corner of iTunes. Ok, on to the code: set AppleTVName to 'Bedroom Apple TV' set PlaylistName to 'Alarm' activate application 'iTunes' delay 0.2 tell application 'System Events' tell application 'iTunes' set visible of front browser window to true set the view of the front browser window to playlist PlaylistName end tell delay 0.2 tell window 'iTunes' of application process 'iTunes' click button 10 of window 'iTunes' of application process 'iTunes' of application 'System Events' key code 125 using delay 0.2 keystroke return Once you've got those, you'll need to make a small tweak to your OS X setup: if you go into System Preferences and then Universal Access, you'll need to enable access for assistive devices - this is so AppleScript can make keypresses on your behalf.

#How to use ical as an alarm tv

Please note that video playback will obviously only work on the Apple TV although you will get the audio from the video if you select an audio-only device. You will also need an AirPlay compatible device - this can be a set of speakers plugged into an Airport Express, one of the new AirPlay compatible iHome speaker systems, or an Apple TV. your machine can be asleep but told to wake up 5 minutes before your alarm is due to go off if you want to save energy. The 'turned on' bit can be automated from System Settings i.e.

#How to use ical as an alarm mac

So, how does one go about creating an AirPlay Alarm Clock? First of all, you will need a mac that is turned on with a shared iTunes library of content. Thanks to a bit of AppleScript, I've managed to cook up a basic app to do just that. The first step would be to get audio playlists working, but the ultimate goal would be to have video alarms as well. The basic idea is that at a set time in the morning, the Apple TV will wake itself up automatically and start playing a set playlist from my shared iTunes library. With the recent news about iPhone alarm clocks failing to go off (again) and lots of hacking projects with AirPlay to try and stream more than just YouTube videos, I decided to work on something this evening I've been thinking about for a little while turning my Apple TV into an Alarm Clock. Times have changed though and I no longer have a mac mini in my bedroom I have an Apple TV. I had an old mac mini lying around and so installed it in my bedroom as a device which basically acted as an iTunes library and alarm clock.

I was recently reading through some of my old blog posts when I discovered an article that is still fairly popular about controlling a mac mini via an iPhone.

#How to use ical as an alarm how to

Please read my updated article to see how to create an AirPlay alarm clock with iTunes 11 and iTunes 12.

This article is now outdated and the code no longer works with modern versions of iTunes.