#showtime This is a simple automator workflow to prepare a Mac for PowerPoint and media playback. The script does the following:

• Quits a selection of applications (configurable)
• Disables GeekTool
• Replaces current desktop background with a plain black one
• Disables Notification Centre and Growl
• Hides desktop icons
• Stops Dropbox
• Disables Wifi

Then it will restore to your previous state when you are done.

##Installation Copy black-background.jpg to the Pictures folder in your home directory.

The automator scripts can be stored and launched from anywhere on your Mac.

##Configuration Opening showtime-start.workflow in automator will show all the steps in the script.

Any changes in the showtime-start.workflow file will also need to be updated in the showtime-stop.workflow.

###Closing and Opening Applications To add more applications to the list. Add the following line in the Quit Applications step, changing Application Name to the name of the application. E.g Safari.

osascript -e 'tell app "Application Name" to quit'

###Disable Unused Applications You will need to disable any steps you do not have installed (E.g GeekTool or Growl) by right clicking on the step.

##Running The Scripts Open Terminal. Type the following command, replacing PathToFile with the path to the script. E.g if the script is stored in the Documents folder, the path would be ~/Documents/showtime-start.workflow.

automator ~/PathToFile/showtime-start.workflow

When you are done, call the following command.

automator ~/PathToFile/showtime-start.workflow

Alternatively, you can run the scripts from within Automator.

##Credits Brett Terpstra's Scripting podcast and screencast prep on a Mac