Don Bruder <dakidd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
> <bob-7420E0.22155207122007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> 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.
>
> Talk about an utterly crap interface... To get SU to run its auto-check
> at a time of my choosing, I have to fire it up at that time? So if I
> want it to run at 4 AM, I've gotta roll out of my bed then to set it up?
>
> HOW BOGUS IS THAT?!?!?
>
> (Please do keep in mind that I'm a long-time, die-hard Mac user/fan, not
> a WinTroll. Even so, This strikes me as being a VERY real design
flaw...)
It certainly strikes me as an oversight. I cannot be the only person to
want to control EXACTLY when SU runs. Oh well, maybe someone here will
know the answer, assuming it is possible.
Regards,
Jamie Kahn Genet
--
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