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10.4: A simple alarm clock that plays an iTunes playlist
I have a recurring iCal event which opens the following script:-
Change "Library" to the playlist of you choice, and 500 to a number less than or equal to the size of the playlist. If anyone knows how to determine the number of tracks in a playlist automatically, I'd love to hear about it :)
Another alternative would be to use launchd, or cron if you're old fashioned.
10.4: A simple alarm clock that plays an iTunes playlist
If iTunes is actively playing, you can ask iTunes to do the track counting for you in this manner:
10.4: A simple alarm clock that plays an iTunes playlist
Use the "some" keyword to pick a random object:
That way you don't have to worry about counting them and all that. Let iTunes do it for you!
10.4: A simple alarm clock that plays an iTunes playlist
I liked the idea of using iCal, but it was easy enough to use automator to get the same results without having to worry about how many tracks are in the playlist and changing the script every time I add tracks. |
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