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How To? Scheduled Auto Archive Files/ Folders inside iOS File Structure on Jailbroken device - Zip, Rar, Tar - Any will do?
How To? Scheduled Auto Archive Files/ Folders inside iOS File Structure on Jailbroken device - Zip, Rar, Tar - Any will do?
I remember reading somewhere about some person running a Cron job or ...
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Set parental controls on an Admin account
So this is a strange question, but I'm starting to get really organized and stuff, and I want to make sure my computer shuts off at 10:00 (I'm in high school). The problem is, being the only admin on ...
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Lauchd - Run task multiple times between time interval
I want to run a script every 15 minutes between 12:00 AM and 4:00 AM. Is there a way to do that with launchd?
I know you can specify and array of dictionaries using StartCalendarInterval to ...
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Any way to schedule a passive profile-change on iOS/iPhone? (connectivity, volume etc.)
What I am wondering is if there is any way to make iOS change its profiles passively from one state to the other at e.g. 3 pm in the afternoon local time:
Through iOS internally (with some tweaks)
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how to create daily task for GMVault in automator
I just moved to Apple, being an experienced (i'd like to think so) Windows user.
Recently I started using GMvault (gmvault.org) to backup my Gmail account locally, but it's become a pain having to ...
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scheduled account lock Mac OS X
You can set your Mac OS X account to automatically lock the screen so that the password is required after a certain amount of time of inactivity, but can you do the same thing using a schedule (say at ...
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How do I publish an ical calendar?
I am using a MacBook Pro running 'Lion'. I would like to make one of my calendars in 'ical' available to one person for at least reading. If that is not possible, I would like to publish the ...
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Making Time Machine Backups while Mac is in Sleep Mode
I'd like my Mac to be able to save a Time Machine backup even when I have it in sleep mode. Is there a way I can have my Mac wake up at a certain time automatically in order for Time Machine to run?
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What advanced calendar scheduling can Siri do?
I just found out that Siri can do complex calendar schedules, such as scheduling something for every three days. The calendar app has a very limited interface for complex scheduling, so I'm wondering ...
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How should I schedule a one off job?
Context: I want to schedule various servers I look after to install various updates (both through SU and not) and restart as and when necessary but remotely and out of office hours. Not on a regular ...
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Why won't my Mac Pro wake from sleep at the scheduled time?
I have a 2007 Mac Pro (running Lion) that has been on the same schedule for a long time; it is set to go to sleep at 1am, and wake up at 7am. Recently, it sleeps through its wakeup time. If I press ...
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Transmission aborts automated shut down.
My ISP offers unlimited downloads at a certain time period at night, but I don't want to wake up to shutdown my MBP 13.3 at that time. I tried to specify a certain shutdown time using the Energy Saver ...
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Scheduling Application to Modify Its Settings
How does one go about scheduling "settings" to change on applications given certain criteria? For e.g., I am using Adium, and between the hours of 8am and 5pm, I would like that status to set to ...
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How can I configure my computer to run an AppleScript at a specific time? Caveat: without using iCal
Since upgrading to Lion, I have seen a sleight decrease of productivity when it comes to using iCal. As a result, I am trying alternatives such as BusyCal. The application seems great, however I cant ...
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Lingon open source version for editing launchd on Leopard (10.5)?
I'm looking for a free GUI app to help run programs on a schedule. It seems that launchd is the underlying tool to use, and in the past Lingon has been recommended as a good GUI interface to launchd.
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Can I schedule a periodic file permissions repair?
Can I schedule a periodical file permissions repair? With Automator, maybe?
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“scheduled tasks” - what's the OSX equivalent [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
OSX: Is there a built-in scheduler program?
I'm a "born again OSX user", coming from 20 years of Windows ;-)
I'd like to run a batch file that does maintenance for me - ...
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How to automate execution locate.updatedb by using a bash script
I am looking for a bash set of commands that will enable me to schedule the execution of /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb once every day.
Please respond only with a set of command line commands, because ...
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Why is cron being deprecated?
I just found out that cron has been deprecated in Mac OS X. Why is this, and will it eventually be completely removed from future releases?
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Automatically delete a folder daily
Is there a way to automatically have a folder deleted every day at 4am?
I'm running 10.6.7.
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OSX: Is there a built-in scheduler program?
I would like to schedule a task to execute with parameters at a specific time/date in the future.
Does OS X include any such tool (even if it's command-line)? If not, are there any free or relatively ...
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Application for Scheduling Tweets
There seem to be several Mac applications that will send tweets scheduled in advance, but I'm having a hard time figuring out which is good. The bulk of the Google results are more than a year old.
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Is there a way to have a scheduled task that will run later if MacOSX is asleep / off at the expected runtime?
I want a backup task to run once a week.
The computer I want to do this is a laptop, that is often off / sleeping. I would like the task to run when the computer wakes, if the computer was asleep ...
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Can I schedule startup and shutdown with different settings for weekdays and weekends?
Everyday, I usually start my Mac Mini at 16:00 and shutdown it at 2:00 using the Energy Saver schedule settings.
I would like to be able to set a different behavior on the Weekends starting Mac Mini ...
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Running Time Machine only 1 time a day at 02:00am?
I must say that Time Machine is pretty useful, and it saved me a couple of times. The problem is it seems running all the times, and slowing the system down pretty often.
Is there a way/tool to run ...
