Automating Safari in OSX

February 22, 2006 4:10 PM

In OSX 10.4.5, is there an Automator workflow or a way in iCal to have Safari open a particular website at a particular time everyday?

I basically want Safari to open to a specific URL at the same time everyday. Is this possible?

posted by se7encrows to computers & internet (4 comments total)

1. Drag the web address from your browser address bar to the desktop (or wherever), creating a shortcut file
2. Set up a recurring apointment in iCal
3. Add an alarm and set it to open the shortcut file
posted by cillit bang at 4:27 PM on February 22, 2006

This is not an absolutely direct answer to your question, but I use a macro program called iKey, and it can open URLs (or perform other actions) at certain times. A thought, as it's really rather good software, IMHO. I think Quicksilver might be able to do this as well, using 'triggers.'
posted by WCityMike at 7:24 PM on February 22, 2006

If you're command line savvy, you can just cron this using the open command. Like this, to open Metafilter at noon every day:

0 12 * * * "open http://www.metafilter.com"
posted by Remy at 8:17 PM on February 22, 2006

cillit bang...that worked perfectly. Thanks!!
posted by se7encrows at 10:10 PM on February 22, 2006