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    • M
      MNPG
      last edited by

      For the macOS application, I had set the trigger to run as background, without reading this first. It caused the trigger to not show up in the web interface until I set it to foreground.

      Would it be possible to remove the background option for the macOS app to avoid confusing people?

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        Russ @MNPG
        last edited by Russ

        @mnpg, that's a good idea. I'll add that to my todo list and try to do it soon.

        EDIT 1/5/2019: It's done in the latest version of the mac agent as of today. Now on a mac you can only select Foreground when you add commands.

        Russell VanderMey

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          tioinfo @MNPG
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          @MNPG hello could give an example of command how to open app and website on mac

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          • RussR
            Russ @tioinfo
            last edited by Russ

            @tioinfo, this command should work:

            open https://google.com
            

            I added it to the examples for macs.

            Russell VanderMey

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            • Sergio GryciukS
              Sergio Gryciuk
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              hello could you give an example command to turn off my Imac and tried this "shutdown / s / t 2" in foreground and it doesn't work.

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              • RussR
                Russ @Sergio Gryciuk
                last edited by

                @Sergio-Gryciuk, I actually recently added Shutdown and a few other Mac examples to GUI Editor's example list. Here it is too:

                osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to shut down'
                

                Russell VanderMey

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                • Sergio GryciukS
                  Sergio Gryciuk
                  last edited by

                  Muchas gracias Russ, eres un genio el comando de apagar mi mac funciono perfectamente.

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                  • RussR
                    Russ @Sergio Gryciuk
                    last edited by

                    Awesome @Sergio-Gryciuk, you're welcome.

                    Russell VanderMey

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                      Kingnabis
                      last edited by

                      I have a question because i cant difference or i dont see the difference about it.
                      i have two comands, foreground and background one. Both make same (on windows 10) i have a shutdown /s /t 10 and both make same. Maybe this is only for Mac os users usefull?
                      But basically i cant run apps (native apps), like notepad.exe (foreground of course, but any of two works for me)
                      I tell on spanish Alexa, open (or run, or nothing, only /notepad/ or /noutpad/ both spechs works) notepad. And it sounds like the comand its suscesfully done but nothnig appears on screen.
                      Whats my issue?

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                        Russ @Kingnabis
                        last edited by Russ

                        @Kingnabis, you're saying you can not run notepad, correct?

                        I recommend that you try using the TRIGGERcmd Smart Home Alexa skill. It recognizes your voice commands better because it has a list of what you might say ahead of time, so Alexa only has to match up what you say with something in that list.

                        Is your notepad command setup like this?
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                        When you click the View Runs button,
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                        do you get a Command ran entry in your list?
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                        Russell VanderMey

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                          Kingnabis
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                          Yes, mine was like yours but i was jumping the COMAND part. I need to add START previously to notepad... I udapted like this and it works. I have to write it on cmd, if works there works from the skill. asdge.PNG

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                            Kingnabis
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                            • adriangcamachoA
                              adriangcamacho
                              last edited by adriangcamacho

                              Hi, any solution to run background commands in mac os?

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                                Russ @adriangcamacho
                                last edited by

                                @Adrián-González-Camacho, not yet. I didn't think many Mac users would want to use it. Do you want this feature so you can run commands while you're not logged on? Just curious what your use-case is.

                                Russell VanderMey

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                                • adriangcamachoA
                                  adriangcamacho @Russ
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                                  @Russ I want to use my mac as a server and launch home automation commands

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                                    Russ @adriangcamacho
                                    last edited by

                                    @adriangcamacho, I see. I assume you don't want to leave it logged in?

                                    I'll have to research again how to create services that startup at boot time on a Mac.

                                    Russell VanderMey

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                                    • adriangcamachoA
                                      adriangcamacho @Russ
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                                      @Russ Yep, thank you a lot for your time.
                                      If you need some help i think i could help you i'm backend developer.

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                                      • TuneyLunesT
                                        TuneyLunes
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                                        I'd also like to use my mac as an automation server and it would be easier to not have to be logged in permanently. Thanks @Russ !

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                                          Russ @TuneyLunes
                                          last edited by

                                          @TuneyLunes, I haven't built this into the Mac agent yet, so for now you can use this method to setup the background agent on a Mac.

                                          Russell VanderMey

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                                          • Alê 滝口A
                                            Alê 滝口 @Russ
                                            last edited by

                                            @Russ Could you give me an example of a command to run a script?

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