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

[Randy B. Singer]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Jim Scott wrote:


> Anacron does no more and no less than the built-in OS X cron jobs.  
> But if your system doesn't run 24/7, then Anacron makes sure the  
> cron jobs are run when your 10.4 or 10.5 machine is on. That's all.  
> There's no need to make it more complex than that ... unless you're  
> a Terminal command expert.

OS X 10.5 (Leopard) doesn't need Anacron to do that.  It already does  
it.  Check out what the author of Anacron itself has to say about this.

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

> MacJanitor doesn't work in 10.5, AFAIK; at least it didn't the last  
> time I tried it.

It wasn't updated for OS X 10.5 because it isn't needed.


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Randy B. Singer
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