periodic auto-sync

[ugaMack]

Hello,

 

I just got a dock for my Nano and I want to keep it docked overnight and during work so I can pick up my latest podcasts to listen to during my commute.

 

I'd like to set it to auto-sync at a set interval, say, once an hour it automatically syncs.

 

Any ideas on how to do this?

 

Thanks

[Swad]

Welcome to InsanelyMac, ugaMac!

 

Under podcasts, you should be able to set it to download the new podcasts every hour. Then just make sure your iPod to automatically update.

[ugaMack]

Thanks for the reply and the welcome. I look forward to using this site more and more now that I've discovered it.

 

I actually do have the podcasts set to download every hour and auto-sync on already, but it only auto-syncs when I first connect. After that, I have to tell it to sync. Should it be syncing periodically?

[ugaMack]

I guess I'm the only one that is too lazy to hit "sync" by hand , so I wrote my first AppleScript. It's pretty straightforward stuff ...

 

on idle
tell application "iTunes"
	update "ipodname" -- replace what's in quotes with the name of your iPod
end tell
beep 3 --You can leave this out of course. I just like that audio confirmation that the script triggered.
return 3600 --seconds between updates
end idle

 

I just started testing this today and it seems to be working well. One thing I'd like to add to it is a check to see if the iPod is mounted.

 

Any clues on how to do that?

Edited January 8, 2007 by ugaMack

[kevin_4e]

Nice script. I'm surprised that feature isn't already in iTunes but I also had no luck finding it.

 

About the mounting question, no I don't know how to do that. Sorry.

[ugaMack]

Thanks Kevin,

 

I'll keep digging. If I find the answer, I'll post it.

[ugaMack]

Well I couldn't figure how to check to see if the iPod is mounted, but this new and improved script handles the errors, which is just as good, I guess.

 

global timeBetweenUpdates
on idle
try
	tell application "iTunes"
		update "Nano"
	end tell
	beep 3
on error
	beep 2
	return timeBetweenUpdates
end try
return timeBetweenUpdates
end idle

on run
set timeBetweenUpdates to 3600 --seconds
end run

 

I hope this helps anyone looking to do the same thing.

[mmazor]

That script didn't work for me, this one did:

 

tell application "iTunes"

set my_iPod to some source whose name is "iPod Name"

update my_iPod

end tell

iTunes 9.0.2