macOS Automator to open daily keynote. Help!

[Trebeck]

Hey all,

I have made seven keynote presentations that will show different schedules for about 8 hours each day.
Every day I want the macmini to wake up and run the keynote for that day then go to sleep. What's the best way to do this?
Now I have played a little with automator but i have no apple script experience. (I'm on the art side of things)

Thanks for any help!
Trebeck

 

[LtRammstein]

Shouldn't be too hard actually. However, using Applescript would be easier. And then writing a cron job for a specific time in the morning to have it open up and another cron job to close it at night.

 

[lee1210]

Shouldn't be too hard actually. However, using Applescript would be easier. And then writing a cron job for a specific time in the morning to have it open up and another cron job to close it at night.

I think there's a little more to it because he wants the machine to sleep, and when the machine is sleeping cron won't fire. I know this (waking a machine at a given time) has come up before, but i don't remember what the conclusion was.

-Lee

 

[Trebeck]

It occured to me that this might be done within one Keynote file but I'm not sure it's possible at these lengths of time.

Monday
Slides 1 and 2 looping. (Logo and schedule)
Run for 8 hours
sleep


Tuesday
Wake
Moves to slides 3 and 4 looping (logo and schedule)
Run for 8 hours
sleep
etc...

I have the looping thing going but it's the run for 8 hours I can't find yet (if it's possible). AM I making this too hard?

Trebeck