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Use Automator and crontab to create an alarm clock
Authored by: Scripter12 on Nov 14, '05 12:50:05PM

Why not use iCal? Simply set an alarm that says you want to launch a script at a certain time. Then write a simple script that tells iTunes to play a playlist. iCal doesn't even have to be running for this to work. It is easier to set times in iCal and you have the option of repeating alarms. I've found this to be very reliable which is a key thing for an alarm clock.

tell application "iTunes"
play playlist "Wakeup"
end tell



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