In article <1i8ujmy.1jp2h9ya3a1i9N%lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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lists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> Barry Margolin <barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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]
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> > > > 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.
>
> But still no way to get it to do this unobtrusively.
Not the first time. But all the daily checks for updates will be
unobtrusive.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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