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What ActiveAppTracker provides

  • Overview of how much time you spend at which application

  • Every second(default) your active Application on the Mac is determined via AppleScript

  • Every 5 minutes(default) the app writes simple statistics into the statistics file

  • Daemon behavior:

    • Once started, it runs in background and will be started on system boot automatically
    • Restarts automatically when killed

How to install

Copy the sample .plist file into the Systems LaunchDaemons folder

  • sudo cp activeAppTracker.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/activeAppTracker.plist

  • Adjust the /Library/LaunchDaemons/activeAppTracker.plist to match your paths for
    (1) the program
    (2) the statistics file

Start it with:

  • sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/activeAppTracker.plist

Stop it with:

  • sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/activeAppTracker.plist

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