[fimwat]

I've been looking for ways to have OS X launch programs as soon as Internet becomes available, but I can't find any means to do so. Does anybody know of a way? Thanks.

[Diggory Laycock]

It's a little inefficient, but you could use a modified version of this script, which I use to tell me when internet outages finish:


[php]
on idle
set availText to "Your Network Connection is now available."
set secondsToWaitBetweenChecks to 120 -- 2 Minutes between checks
set hostToCheck to "www.apple.com"
set checkNetScript to "curl " & hostToCheck

try
do shell script checkNetScript
say availText
display dialog availText

on error
-- say "DSL still down."
end try
return secondsToWaitBetweenChecks
end idle

[/php]


- you have to save the script as an application.

[fimwat]

Thanks.

I'm not sure how to work this. Does this application need to be open all the time? I guess I would prefer a background application. Apple should really put an extra option in the "Internet" preference pane to launch certain programs as soon as Internet access becomes available. (I'll make a suggestion)

[wataru]

Peripheral Vision can do that if you register it. It's about $7.