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A small AppleScript to take a screenshot every X minutes and run for Y hours. Saves to an Image with datetime to your specified folder. Great for recording your workday.
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set dir to "~/Dropbox/Dropbox2/ScreenshotTimer/" | |
do shell script ("mkdir -p " & dir) | |
set intervalMins to 15 -- Change as per your desired frequency (in minutes) | |
set durationHours to 8 -- Change as per your desired duration (in hours) | |
-- Convert minutes to seconds for screenshot interval | |
set intervalSecs to intervalMins * 60 | |
-- Calculate total repetitions within duration | |
set totalReps to durationHours * 60 / intervalMins | |
repeat totalReps times | |
set {year:y, month:m, day:d, hours:h, minutes:min, seconds:s} to (current date) | |
set dayStr to text -1 thru -2 of ("00" & d) | |
set monStr to text -1 thru -2 of ("00" & (m * 1)) | |
set dateTime to (y & "-" & monStr & "-" & dayStr & "_" & h & "-" & min & "-" & s) as string | |
tell application "System Events" | |
set openWinsCount to count (every window of every process) | |
if openWinsCount > 0 then | |
do shell script ("screencapture " & dir & dateTime & ".png") | |
end if | |
end tell | |
delay intervalSecs | |
end repeat |
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