appleScript to disable screen saver

• New2Mac 2007

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  • [ Ignore ]

  Posted: 24 November 2008 12:29 PM

  I am new to AppleScript and would like to write a script to disable the screen saver.  Where do I start?  How do I do this?  Also, please help me understand what documentation I use to learn how to do this?

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  Wow this is so much better then my old Mac Plus!
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• Stephen Swift

  

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  Posted: 01 December 2008 10:14 AM #1

  Hey Steve,

  Here is a sample code from Apple’s AppleScript Page:

  try
 tell application id "com.apple.ScreenSaver.Engine" to launch
end try 

  So you could try an modify that to a stay open applescript (which means you select “Application” as your file format when you save the script in Script Editor).

  --untested
on idle
try
tell application id "com.apple.ScreenSaver.Engine" to quit
end try
return 5
end idle 

  That being said, there’s probably a better way. Try googling for “disable screen saver (mac OR leopard)”.

  Hope this helps!

  [ Edited: 05 December 2008 01:35 PM by Stephen Swift ]      

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  Posted: 06 December 2008 10:30 AM #2

  Wow great site for Applescript. I was having difficulty finding many tutorials, but this site seems pretty good. For me the applescripting will be more for practice & to know that I can. I build a little in secondlife too. It is fun. Glad to be here.