[minckster]

I simplified the scripts (below), so now I don't have to schedule my bittorrent downloading or video conversion around my SuperDuper backup schedule.

-- Pauses VisualHub and Transmission, if running
--    So they won't muck up SuperDuper's scheduled backups

tell application "System Events"
	if (exists process "VisualHub") then
		tell process "VisualHub"
			set frontmost to true
			tell me to do shell script "/bin/sleep 5"
			keystroke "." using command down
		end tell
	end if
	
	if (exists process "Transmission") then
		tell process "Transmission"
			set frontmost to true
			keystroke "." using {option down, command down}
		end tell
	end if
end tell

The "sleep" line helps with those instances where I'd awake in the morning to find VisualHub as my frontmost app, but not paused, and SD! most distinctly unhappy with that situation.