How can I set a timer (30 minutes) so my computer shuts down after 30 min is up?
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Whoops, I wasn’t paying attention. I run OS X
Hi Harry,
save this script as stay open application and put it in startup items folder.
But I don’t know, whether the user will be asked to save open documents with
System Events’ shut down command
property shutdownTime : 30 * minutes
global timer
on run
set timer to 2
end run
on idle
set timer to timer - 1
if timer = 0 then
quit
else
return shutdownTime
end if
end idle
on quit
tell application "System Events" to shut down
continue quit
end quit