Need to get notified of calls or texts enough to wake me from a deep sleep

[TechnoMonk]

@Newbie67 and @crimson avenger thanks for the Apple Watch ideas. I don't currently have an Apple Watch but would be willing to buy one if it was the best answer for this. Although there's a few hesitations - a) I don't like wearing a watch, b) when I had a Watch the battery would last almost a day, so sleep time was when it was charged and c) texts are as important as calls and you said sometimes you miss texts.


Not a bad idea. But how do I get the pager to go off? I need an app on my phone or on some computer that recognizes when I've received a text or call to kick off some other process like what @Rnd-chars says PagerDuty can do.

@Rnd-chars - how is PagerDuty triggered? I guess they offer some kind of app that runs on a server or pings it or some kind of watchdog. That might help, but I really need the input to be a missed call or text to my iPhone.

I do have a Mac (actually several Macs, too many actually, so I could set up a Mac just for this). I just turned on "Allow CAlls on Other Devices". So now if I receive a phone call FaceTime will open on my Mac and I'll get a pop up notification about an incoming call.

I presume there's some kind of script or Automation on the Mac that could use that as a trigger to kick off other notifications. That may be one major key to this solution.

The other event I'd need as a trigger would be a new text message. I do use Messages on my Mac (one of my favorite features of the Apple ecosystem is the ability to do my texting from my computer). When a new text comes through I do get a notification pop up from the upper right. Capturing that could be a reliable trigger.

Who is calling you or texting that needs urgent attention? Pager/pager duty is used for incident management/ notifications or alerting some one if it’s urgent. That can be setup to call/ message a person based on rules, including time based rules.

 

[InfoTime]

Getting closer with the AppleScript code I found here

AppleScript read and trigger other script base on received notification

Is they a way to read macOS Catalina notification from AppleScript? it's seems that they are not longer stored with ~/Library/Application Support/ , I'm not even sure of the process name, "

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Had some permission problems with Accessibility and I'm not sure it's actually reading the Notification. But it might work if I can figure out how to tweak it.

 

[izzy0242mr]

I have an iON Tailgater Bluetooth speaker. It would certainly be loud enough. Not sure, as others mentioned, that calls and texts would ring through that.

Edit: tried that. Tried telling the iPhone that the Device Type was Headphone and then Hearing Aid, but when I call my phone it doesn't ring through the speaker.

Get something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Headphones-TOPOINT-Microphone-Handsfree/dp/B07DG279MB?th=1

While meant for like sound machine or music while falling asleep, they actually have a microphone and have options to receive call audio (at least on Android). If iOS is not intentionally crippled from doing that (no idea why it would be), you should be able to wear a bluetooth audio device that rings right in your ear without the discomfort of earbuds in your ear while sleeping.

 

[InfoTime]

Unless I'm doing something wrong, an Apple Watch isn't the answer. I bought one a few weeks ago and have been using it. It works a little better than just relying on the sound of the phone. But not 100%.

For example, my wife was in a little fender bender this morning, not hurt, not her fault, she's OK. But... she called me three times in a row. I never heard the phone or was awakened.

So I'm still in search of a solution.