Comments on: Quick Tip: Use Automator/iCal to Open Web Sites at a Predetermined Time

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:19:58 +0000

I wanted to open my site in Firefox. I found this script at http://www.atpm.com/12.07/automator.shtml. Use it as an Applescript action after the “Get Specified URLs” action. You also have to have Firefox setup as the default browser.

on run {input, parameters}

if the class of input is not list then set input to input as list
repeat with i from 1 to the count of input
set this_URL to item i of input
open location this_URL
end repeat

return input
end run

By: p. nelson

p. nelson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:45:40 +0000

Is there a way to get 1password to insert the passwords on sites when this runs?

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:16:52 +0000

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By: Adam Nelson

Adam Nelson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:00:31 +0000

Muhamed, just follow this tip exactly, and when it comes time to schedule your automator action in iCal, just set it to once a month instead of daily as the tip recommends.

By: Muhamed

Muhamed — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:47:44 +0000

Does anyone know how to use automator to open a specific time; for example I would like it to open a URL once a month to review journals.

Many thanks
Muhamed

By: Adam Nelson

Adam Nelson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:16:43 +0000

Works perfectly, thanks for the tip.

By: Fraser Drew

Fraser Drew — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:50:37 +0000

I love Automator, I use it to connect to my school account when I log on amongst other things. It’s one of those tools that I didn’t think I’d need/use, but now it would be a pain to live without it!

By: tim

tim — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:42:45 +0000

I believe FF already has a setting to do this, where you can make it launch x number of sites in tabs when you open the program

By: NichM

NichM — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:12:13 +0000

I wish I knew this along time ago. Great tip.