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I would really like to find a way of triggering a patch from an entry in the mac OSX calendar.

The calendar can trigger files even an automator file, terminal commands, etc.

I don’t want the MAX patchto be checking the time constantly (resources). And also I would like to have the flexibility of just changing the time in the calendar APP so other users without much computer knowledge can do it themselves.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated !!!

  I would really like to find a way of triggering a patch from an entry in the mac OSX calendar. 

The calendar can trigger files even an automator file, terminal commands, etc. 

 I don’t want the MAX patchto be checking the time constantly (resources). And also I would like to have the flexibility of just changing the time in the calendar APP so other users without much computer knowledge can do it themselves.  

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated   !!!

  I would really like to find a way of triggering a patch from an entry in the mac OSX calendar. 
The calendar can trigger files even an aut

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depending on which OS version you're using, you could use launchd (official recommendation) or cron to open your patch at the desired time with "open -a Max MY_PATCH.maxpat" -- tons of tutorials abound online if either are new to you. adjust the first argument to "open" if Max is named something else in your /Applications folder. also, if you've set the value of Interface, Restore Windows on Launch in your Max preferences, previously open patchs will also open -- simply turn this preference off if that's not the desired behavior

if Max and the patch are already running and you simply want to trigger a bang without installing any new software, you could write a short Python script to send an OSC message to your patch and schedule it to run with launchd/cron. on the patch, add a couple of objects to listen for the incoming OSC message and trigger the bang. again, tons of examples out there for OSC bits

depending on which OS version you're using, you could use launchd (official recommendation)  or cron to open your patch at the desired time with "open -a Max MY_PATCH.maxpat" -- tons of tutorials abound online if either are new to you. adjust the first argument to "open" if Max is named something else in your /Applications folder. also, if you've set the value of Interface, Restore Windows on Launch in your Max preferences, previously open patchs will also open -- simply turn this preference off if that's not the desired behavior

Thank you very much Dirk, great Info and workaround. I will see how can I integrate this using the native mac calendar.

Triggering a Bang from Mac OSX calendar