Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <1i8tgay.vua7fmyeovhcN%lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> Several people *have* offered solutions that *will* work. What is it you
> have against scripting?
For one thing - I do not know how to do so in a way that won't bother
the user unless there's actually something to install. Back to
learning...
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