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

[John Baltutis]

On 1/8/09, "Robert A. (Bob) Hall" <rahall at ptd.net> wrote:
>
> Does this mean that Anacron or McJanitor are not required for the mac
> user who operates only an hour or do each day?
>
>>On 1/5/09, zapcat <zapcat at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  for the "housekeeping" chores that OS X does in the wee hours, does
>>>  it matter whether apps are left running or not, either idle, or
>>>  performing chores?
>>>
>>>  IOW, will the cron tasks happen properly and their result just as
>>>  good with running apps, or is it better of there are no apps running
>>>  at all (aside from the OS itself)?
>
>>  No, it doesn't matter. Those tasks are run by launchd and periodic in Tiger
>> and Leopard. The connection to cron is long gone.

As Randy noted, run them manually-no need for 3rd-party apps.

In the Terminal: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly

 Do note that the weekly task produces a truncated locate database. If you want
a complete one, run: sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb