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Automate an Internet content filter
Authored by: kudzulibrary on Jun 25, '14 09:02:23AM

The update of iCal makes it a little trickier to run a script, but you can do it through Automator. Here's how:

1. Open Automator
2. Choose Calendar Alarm
3. Choose Run Apple Script
4. Paste the original script above into the box. In the second line, after "set default time to" I put 480, because I want Self Control to run for 8 hours.
5. Click File and Save - I called mine "Run Self Control." Once you do this, it will immediately pop up on your calendar. Double click and hit edit.
6. Indicate the time frame in which you want it to come on. You need to do this because your script will not run if your computer is logged off. I set mine from 7 - 11 am, because that's when I'm most likely to log on in the morning. So if I log on at 8:30 am, it will run until 4:30 pm.
7. Under repeat, click Custom. I set mine to Weekly, MTWRF.
8. Make sure the Calendar is set to Automator, and that under “Alert” it says “Open File” and then the name of your script (i.e., “Run Self Control.”)

Another consideration: Sites like Facebook run on cookies and don't want you to block them. To make Self Control work, you should set your browser to run on private browsing mode, or to keep cookies only until you close your browser.



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