KeizerSauze Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hello, I've just install the app but, there is a but, there something i don't understand. When i want to reboot my Mini Alfred display a confirmation pop-up on my Mini, what is the interest f such an app if i need to confirm on OS X ? Thanks Link to comment
Andrew Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hello, I've just install the app but, there is a but, there something i don't understand. When i want to reboot my Mini Alfred display a confirmation pop-up on my Mini, what is the interest f such an app if i need to confirm on OS X ? Thanks This confirmation will soon be moving to the iOS app, but for now, you can disable it altogether by double clicking on the reboot item in Alfred's remote preferences and unticking "confirm" Link to comment
KeizerSauze Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 This confirmation will soon be moving to the iOS app, but for now, you can disable it altogether by double clicking on the reboot item in Alfred's remote preferences and unticking "confirm" Thank you for your quick answer I'm not sure to understand what you mean. Indeed, when i clic on "Reboot", i see a validation on the upper right side of the screen, it is so quick that so far i was not able to do it. Can't we disable it one for all, what ever it is from OS X or from iOS ? Btw, is there any keyboard ? Link to comment
Andrew Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I thought you were wanting to turn off this option: Also, no keyboard as of yet... but stay tuned Link to comment
KeizerSauze Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 I thought you were wanting to turn off this option: Also, no keyboard as of yet... but stay tuned Ok i see, thank you For the keyboard, it's because the App will be ideal for people like me who use a Mini as a media-player, no more keyboard & magic trackpad but, if possible, a keyboard & a "pad" in the App. Link to comment
arthurwerry Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I found the confirmation check box but have an additional pop up warning me that another user is logged in and wanting further confirmation before I can reboot my Mac Mini. Any way around this?Thank you. Link to comment
Andrew Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I found the confirmation check box but have an additional pop up warning me that another user is logged in and wanting further confirmation before I can reboot my Mac Mini. Any way around this? Thank you. Hmm interesting, not that I know of... maybe somebody on here could help with that - there may be some AppleScript or a low level command which could circumvent this. Link to comment
rice.shawn Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hmm interesting, not that I know of... maybe somebody on here could help with that - there may be some AppleScript or a low level command which could circumvent this. Well, the problem is that to override that dialog box, you'll need an administrator's password, which will open another dialog box (kind of defeating the point). Here is the AppleScript for shutdown: do shell script "sudo shutdown -h now" with administrator privileges Here is the one for rebooting: do shell script "sudo reboot now" with administrator privileges Now, you CAN do this without the prompt (theoretically, I haven't tried), but you have to add passwordless sudo-access to those commands, which means that you have to edit your sudoers file. As a note of caution (for others reading this, Andrew knows this as well as all the warnings that I'm writing here): messing up your sudoers file is a really effective way to break your computer. If you still want to proceed, then you can do this: download my sudoers workflow from Packal. And then add access for the commands reboot (/sbin/reboot) and (/sbin/shutdown). The sudoers workflow will alter the sudoers file for you without breaking it. After you do that, change the Applescripts above to remove the "with administrator privileges" part, so, for instance, shutdown would look like: do shell script "sudo shutdown -h now" The AppleScript should then run without needing a password. Do note, however, that this method will allow you to use the shutdown/reboot commands (not the dialog boxes or other buttons) without a password from any context. My actual recommendation would be to log out of the computer when you're done with it so that the dialog box never comes up. Link to comment
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