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Offline heedpantsnow

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Automation help
« on: Wed, 01 October 2014, 15:14:38 »
I've noticed that my cloud storage clients (Bitcasa, Onedrive, & Dropbox) use a significant amount of power and data when I'm working remotely. I don't need up-to-the-minute backups and syncing during the day.

I'd like something that automatically pauses or exits those services when I'm on battery, then resumes/syncs when I plug in my computer at night.

I'm using Win 8, and I can't seem to find anything that does this. Ifttt seems more mobile-centric. What ideas do you guys have for implementing this?
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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 01 October 2014, 15:15:52 »
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Re: Automation help
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 01 October 2014, 15:18:37 »
Afaik it won't kill processes based on the power source. Or did you have something else in mind?
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Offline blackbox

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Re: Automation help
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 00:14:50 »
I think you can make a autoit script that does the job. Heres the basics:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/143421-laptop-power-state/

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