Barry Margolin wrote:
> 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.
It is bogus but it's funny to me to have long time Mac users complain
about it now. SU has been around in it's current state for quite some
time.
Greg
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