Question

I developed a Menu Extra (menulet) for the Mac but I’d like to know if the machine using the Menu Extra has gone to sleep. I implemented a snooze function but since it’s a time-based method it’s rather unreliable. Any hints or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Answer 1

You probably want to check out NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification in NSWorkspace.
The trick is, you need to register for the notifications on NSWorkspace’s notificationCenter, not the default one. See Technical Q&A QA1340.

Sample code:

- (void) receiveSleepNote: (NSNotification*) note
{
    NSLog(@"receiveSleepNote: %@", [note name]);
}

- (void) fileNotifications
{
    // These notifications are filed on NSWorkspace's notification center, not the default 
    // notification center. You will not receive sleep/wake notifications if you file 
    // with the default notification center.
    [[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] notificationCenter] addObserver:self 
            selector:@selector(receiveSleepNote:) 
            name: NSWorkspaceWillSleepNotification object:nil];
}