I’ve been reading more about software for X10 and Macs, and I ran across more information on the xTension software. I’d initially passed on their software after a brief test, when I saw it start up the Mac Classic environment – that seemed like such a step backwards with the beauty of the Mac OS X built on Unix. But yesterday I got a copy of the beta they are calling X4X (xtension for OS X), and I installed it on my Mac, and – its very fine!

I created the master list for the 9 X10 controls that are running in the house, then I created some events for sunset and sunrise (Wakeup Coffeemaker, etc), and after some more reading, I’ve started creating Applescripts for some of the events that I want to happen. Very nice stuff – amazing that its considered beta!

There is a support list and quite a bit of resources for the xtension users – unless something unexpected and crazy happens, I think this is what I’ll be running the house on.

I’ll write more when I have it more experience with it!