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User friendly way to schedule jobs in Mac OS X
I have a script that I want to run once every day. I know I can do this with cron but it also seems there should be a way to do it through the UI.
How can I schedule the script to run on a daily basis on OS X 10.6?
G-Man
user24241
Posted 2010-01-31T17:41:52.430
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You could schedule an event in iCal and set an alarm to "Run Script"
Steve Folly
Posted 2010-01-31T17:41:52.430
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I don't see a way for it to run daily tho – user24241 – 2010-01-31T19:13:12.020
+1 Although I find it odd coming from Windows, this is the "real" method for scheduling tasks through the Mac OS X GUI. – Stephen Jennings – 2010-01-31T19:15:58.410
@geoggreyf67 - set the event to repeat – Steve Folly – 2010-01-31T21:00:07.950
@Stephen: I wouldn't say it's the "real" method, but it's one method. An alternative is to use Launch Daemons (or Agents if the script needs to use the GUI). http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Articles/LaunchOnDemandDaemons.html , but that is a more technical solution that some people might find a bit daunting.
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dupe. http://superuser.com/questions/44849
– Richard Hoskins – 2010-01-31T19:03:06.737