Automate turn airport on or off to save battery

i read a method in a book [are you allowed to mention names of specific books?] to toggle airport on and off by inventing a shortcut for it. i think it was something like system preferences>keyboard and mouse>keyboard shortcuts>+. the book said type the command exactly as it appears in the menu bar, so in this case, Turn AirPort On, and then you designate the shortcut, i think by pressing the desired keys. this is where the problem arises, the only keys i can get to in the text box, are the cursor keys, so now i am left with right cursor arrow, as a shortcut for turn airport on. not the best shortcut, but ok as long as it works, which it doesn't. cant think of anything else so can anyone help? id be very grateful. also, does anyone know how much battery leaving airport on eats anyway? i guess you could design an experiment to test it but it would be kind of a long way around.

Are you talking about iPod touches or MacBooks? The touch is a pretty locked down system and unless someone wrote an app to shut off WiFi, then you are not going to be able to do through a script on a standard touch. Jailbroken, don't know and really don't care. However, it is easy enough to just turn it off with three taps.
If you are talking MacBook (or any Mac), you could conceivably write an Apple script to automate turn Airport off/on. However, you have posted in the wrong forum to get any help. Try on of the MacBook forums for some help.

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