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~~Wehn~~ setting up installations for exhibitions ~~Automating~~ the startup and shutdown is essential in order to make sure your piece is actually running. Never rely on staff to switch on things.

When setting up installations for exhibitions automating the startup and shutdown is essential in order to make sure your piece is actually running. Never rely on staff to switch on things.

== Programmable time switches ==

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[[File:Zeitplan.png]]

The computer will effectively shut down 10 minutes later than set there, because it will wait 10 minutes with a message open to give the user a chance to abort ~~thr~~ shutdown process.

The computer will effectively shut down 10 minutes later than set there, because it will wait 10 minutes with a message open to give the user a chance to abort the shutdown process.

== Do something on startup ==

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== Automator ==

Automator is an application in Mac OS X which lets you automate tasks in a very easy way.

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-Wehn setting up installations for exhibitions Automating the startup and shutdown is essential in order to make sure your piece is actually running. Never rely on staff to switch on things.
+When setting up installations for exhibitions automating the startup and shutdown is essential in order to make sure your piece is actually running. Never rely on staff to switch on things.
 == Programmable time switches ==
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 [[File:Zeitplan.png]]
-The computer will effectively shut down 10 minutes later than set there, because it will wait 10 minutes with a message open to give the user a chance to abort thr shutdown process.
+The computer will effectively shut down 10 minutes later than set there, because it will wait 10 minutes with a message open to give the user a chance to abort the shutdown process.
 == Do something on startup ==
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 == Automator ==
+Automator is an application in Mac OS X which lets you automate tasks in a very easy way.