[X4U] OK with cron tasks if apps left running?

Randy B. Singer randy at macattorney.com
Thu Jan 8 14:37:07 PST 2009


On Jan 8, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Robert A. (Bob) Hall wrote:

> Does this mean that Anacron or McJanitor are not required for the  
> mac user who operates only an hour or do each day?

If you are running OS X 10.5, generally, yes.

See the note at:
http://members.cox.net/18james/anacron-tiger.html

Of course, if you are concerned that you use your Mac so rarely that  
the routines never have a chance to run, it couldn't hurt anything to  
run them manually.


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Randy B. Singer
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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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