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

[Jim Scott]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 1/8/09 4:41 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
>
>> but don't do at all if your Mac is turned off at night.
>
> What if you set your time to PM when it's really AM in the Date and  
> Time,
> and disabled the auto time thing... would the cron tasks run during  
> the day,
> when the Mac was on, then?
>
> ~Linda

Linda,

Probably, but why go through the hassle when all you have to do is  
install Anacron and forget about the whole thing? See my other reply  
about monitoring cron jobs in Console for more information.

Jim