Therefore, if it is enabled all the time you will obviously have it triggering every 5 seconds and probably getting an AppleScript error if Speedtest is not running since the AppleScript is not able to interface with it. The results macro is on a 5 second periodic trigger, designed to check to see if the test is done yet and cancel if not, then repeat 5 seconds later. The main macro launches the Speedtest app, begins the test, enables the results macro, and hides the Speedtest app. This is further explained below and in the macros themselves. The speed test macro should be enabled any time you want to use it, but the results macro is designed to be disabled until the main macro runs, at which point it is enabled briefly, and then disabled again.

There are two macros, one named 'Internet speed test (for export)', and the other 'Internet speed test results (for export)'. So I decided to start tracking my Internet speeds on the hour, every hour over the course of several months to prove to them that their service was NOT what they were claiming it was. Initially I put this together because I was constantly fighting with my ISP due to their service slowing down and/or dropping out multiple times a week, causing me to lose business.

I have been using their services for several years and have always been please with them. Howdy folks, this is a simple macro I put together to get my Internet speeds and display them in a variety of ways using the Ookla Speedtest app that can be downloaded for free from the App Store.

Ookla speed test mac