[P1] slow iBook

[Mike Beede]

On Nov 24, 2003, at 8:32 PM, Larry Kollar wrote:

>
>> Cocktail 3.1.1
>>
>> - Scripts
>> Run system tasks that would normally run if your Mac was running 
>> 24/24. This
>> is UNIX stuff. Just do it. I run "ALL" on the iBook since it's not 
>> always
>> on.
>
> There's a version of cron called "anacron" that understands laptops
> (like many people) sleep at night. When you start up (or wake up) the
> computer, it runs any scripts that should have been run while the
> system was otherwise indisposed.

It never occurred to me to check if it was available, but it is:
<http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/anacron.html>.

	Mike