Here's what I came up with. Was simpler than I thought.
Create shell script daily_goals.sh:
#!/bin/bash
# this is needed to launch Chrome as a new window. Since it's a new window, it will open in the foreground in current space/desktop.
open -n -a Google\ Chrome
# this sleeps for 1 second. It's necessary because otherwise the website, called below, will open in existing Chrome window, which may be located in another desktop. I think sleeping lets the next `open` call find the newly opened Chrome window, and replace the new tab with the provided website.
sleep 1
# the website I provided.
open http://joesgoals.com
Create /Library/LaunchDaemons/daily_goals.plist
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>daily_goals</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/user/Work/daily_goals.sh</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>07</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>00</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
Add to launchctl:
launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/daily_goals.plist
In summary, this launches joesgoals.com every morning at 7am in a newly opened Chrome instance. If the laptop is asleep at 7am, it should open JoesGoals when the laptop is resumed from sleep. I'll update later if I see any quirks resuming osx in different desktops/spaces (with or without Chrome). Hoping it won't be an issue.
1Trying to get that fanatic badge eh? ;) – Insane – 2015-10-14T04:42:36.147
Other than bringing it up on the foreground, my request isn't too crazy. I just wanted to specify all my requirements ahead of time to be clear. – barrrista – 2015-10-14T04:44:27.080