ScriptSaver: screensaver-triggered AppleScript

ScriptSaver is a Mac OS X screensaver which runs AppleScripts when it activates and deactivates. A common use for this is to perform periodic maintenance tasks, run cleanup scripts on kiosk machines, or simply update iChat status when the computer is idle.

ScriptSaver configuration panel
The ScriptSaver configuration panel

To install ScriptSaver, copy ScriptSaver.saver to the Screen Savers folder in the Library folder of your home directory. Source code is included.

Download ScriptSaver.

If you’re interested in seeing what can be done with ScriptSaver, example scripts are available to do things like log out the current user, play/pause iTunes, set an iChat away message, and more. You can download these here.

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