On Linux, many distros ship with systemd. Systemd supports "timers", which are a kind of systemd service for running programs on a schedule... Is there a similar way of scheduling tasks in OS X?

It’s called launchd.

From Wikipedia:

launchd is an init and operating system service management daemon created by Apple Inc. as part of macOS to replace its BSD-style init and SystemStarter. There have been efforts to port launchd to FreeBSD and derived systems

• launchd plist format for running a command at a specific time on a weekday
• Is there a way to make login items only work on specific days?
• Scheduling Timed Jobs (Apple Developer)
• A Launchd Tutorial

On Linux, many distros ship with systemd. Systemd supports "timers", which are a kind of systemd service for running programs on a schedule... Is there a similar way of scheduling tasks in OS X?

It’s called launchd.

From Wikipedia:

launchd is an init and operating system service management daemon created by Apple Inc. as part of macOS to replace its BSD-style init and SystemStarter. There have been efforts to port launchd to FreeBSD and derived systems

Additional Resources

• launchd plist format for running a command at a specific time on a weekday
• Is there a way to make login items only work on specific days?
• Scheduling Timed Jobs (Apple Developer)
• A Launchd Tutorial

On Linux, many distros ship with systemd. Systemd supports "timers", which are a kind of systemd service for running programs on a schedule... Is there a similar way of scheduling tasks in OS X?

It’s called launchd.

From Wikipedia:

launchd is an init and operating system service management daemon created by Apple Inc. as part of macOS to replace its BSD-style init and SystemStarter. There have been efforts to port launchd to FreeBSD and derived systems

• launchd plist format for running a command at a specific time on a weekday
• Is there a way to make login items only work on specific days?

On Linux, many distros ship with systemd. Systemd supports "timers", which are a kind of systemd service for running programs on a schedule... Is there a similar way of scheduling tasks in OS X?

It’s called launchd.

From Wikipedia:

launchd is an init and operating system service management daemon created by Apple Inc. as part of macOS to replace its BSD-style init and SystemStarter. There have been efforts to port launchd to FreeBSD and derived systems

• launchd plist format for running a command at a specific time on a weekday
• Is there a way to make login items only work on specific days?
• Scheduling Timed Jobs (Apple Developer)
• A Launchd Tutorial