In article <475a2d7d$0$36334$742ec2ed@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
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?!?!?
Pretty bogus, I agree. But perhaps you can use the above
iCal+AppleScript mechanism to launch it once at your desired time, and
you don't have to be awake. From then on, the automatic scheduler will
do its thing at the same time each night.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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