Warchild <bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <1i8tckk.143rm331tva6cbN%lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > G'day.
> >
> > Is there any way to get Software Update to run in the background at a
> > specified time of the day? I don't want to be bothered with any
> > notifications unless there actually are updates to download, i.e. as
it
> > does when set to check automatically, but I want to control the time
of
> > day.
> >
> > I can control the time of day by using iCal to launch a script, e.g:
> >
> > tell application "Software Update"
> > run
> > end tell
> >
> > But I don't know how to prevent Software update from bothering me
unless
> > there actually is an update.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Jamie Kahn Genet
>
> This is strange, but doesn't Software Update already download the
> updates in the background, and then wait for you to approve installing
> them? You set the frequency in the Sysem Preferences, and the time is
> usually that frequency at the time of day that you last ran it. So you
> can change the day and time by manually running it once at that day and
> time.
The reason I want this is my ISP offers free uncapped, unrestricted (up
to the customer's current plan limits) bandwidth between 6 and 8PM. So I
have an iCal event trigger a script to download new podcasts in iTunes
at 6PM, and similar scripts for other apps that make large downloads.
But I cannot figure out how to control Software Update in a
non-intrusive manner.
TIA,
Jamie Kahn Genet
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