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Low battery warning by audio and notification for macos laptops
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#! /usr/bin/env sh | |
# When battery has less than 25%, pops up notifier counting down integer % of battery left 24, 23, 22, 21 ... | |
# When battery is less than 15% also announces "Low Battery" verbal warning. | |
# INSTALL: Put this powerchange.sh file in /Users/Shared/ folder on your mac laptop, then chmod a+x *.sh | |
# And put com.me.powerchange.plist (below) in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ (or /Library/LaunchAgents/ for every user). | |
# This file is run by com.me.powerchange.plist whenever charger is disconnected | |
# When charger is unplugged, the date of this file changes: Library/Preferences/com.apple.powerlogd.plist | |
## https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14108471/launchd-watchpaths-will-not-trigger-simple-hello-world-script-os-x-10-8 | |
## See also https://github.com/Goles/Battery/ | |
export PWRINFO=$(ioreg -l | grep ExternalConnected) | |
export BATT_PCT=$(pmset -g batt | grep -o '[0-9]*%' | tr -d %) | |
echo -e $PWRINFO ' \t' " % " $BATT_PCT | logger -i -t batmom -s 2>> /var/log/batmon.log | |
if [[ $BATT_PCT -lt 25 ]]; then | |
echo $PWRINFO $BATT_PCT "%" | /usr/local/bin/terminal-notifier | |
if [[ $BATT_PCT -lt 15 ]]; then | |
echo "Low Battery " $BATT_PCT "%" | say | |
fi | |
fi | |
#echo $PWRINFO $BATT_PCT "%" | |
exit 0 |
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It's just a quick-and-dirty way I used to keep an eye and ear on battery state when I was having problems with zoom eating up battery.