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Jun 2 2008

ROBK  I don't think this program is needed at all if you run Leopard as the Leopard launchd should run skipped jobs when the machine is next awake.

But if you are still running Tiger, this program should do the trick and make sure your computer is running the unix maintenance scripts at a regular interval.  
(Version 1.5)

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Jun 3 2008

JAW SOFTWARE  Yes and no.

You can find some sources stating that in Tiger the launchd service (the cron substitute) can execute skipped tasks; nonetheless in many circumstances those tasks will not be executed (you can find a

description of this problem at this link: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html). As a consequence PseudoAnacron is still useful under Tiger and Leopard.  
(Version 1.5.1)

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Nov 4 2009

DOUG ENGELBART  Hi; is there a tool to change the point of time at which Leopard automatically runs its maintenance cron scripts? Sometimes I'm still working at 03:15 am, so it would be better if the crons run at 06:00 am, for example.   
(Version 1.5.1)

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Sep 12 2005
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SARGASSO_C  This program is probably the easiest CRON script executor to use, that I have found. Follow the installation instructions, if you want to run CRON maintenance every time you restart, or just use it like a normal application, once in a while, like I do. It is a small, script file, so it is easy to download and to share. Previously I have used Cocktail and Maintain, both have their faults - Cocktail is updated far too frequently, doesn't repair permissions as well as it should, and is rather expensive as far as shareware goes - Maintain is too technical for most users, and has a lot of features which look far too dangerous for the average user to meddle with. PsuedoAnachron is is just a plain CRON script executor, nothing more or less. And that is why I like it.  
(Version 1.4.1)

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