Screensaver Countdown

Posted in System by Wixkind 674 days ago

A simple clock, which shows the countdown of the screensaver. The script reads the Screensaver configuration, and the actual idle time of your Mac. Every single action resets the countdown!

Install the geeklet.
Download this Script.
Edit the path to the script in Geektool.
Ready!

If the clock make stupid jumps (Example: from 0:17:32 to 1:00:00 and back to 0:17:30), edit the refresh interval to 2 or 3 seconds.

Geeklet files to download

screensavercountdown.glet

Comments

Smudge 669 days ago

As least on my system running 10.6.3, the applescript didn't work properly. I tracked it down to the "set nowidle to nowidle div 1.0E+9" line always returning 0. because the idle time is always 0, the countdown was always at the full value.

I fixed it by changing that line to "set nowidle to round nowidle as integer"

Wixkind 668 days ago

What are your screensaver settings ? I wanna reenact the bug, and fix it.

But if you just test the script in the editor, it is normal that "nowidle" always returns 0, cause your system didn't idle at the moment.