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From: nospam on 7 Feb 2010 16:19
In article <jollyroger-DE84D5.14530407022010(a)news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> > > Is this preventing necessary housekeeping from occurring?
> >
> > no. it runs when you wake it.
>
> Nope, not necessarily. Whether it runs when you wake it depends on which
> version of Mac OS X you are running.

leopard & snow leopard. maybe you should upgrade.
From: Daniel Cohen on 8 Feb 2010 02:29
Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote:

> I have found that AppleJack is worth to install it. It does nothing by
> itself but it is there if you need it -- It's a text-mode program you
> can use even if your Mac doesn't really boot and has to be started in
> single-user mode. This is probably the very situation when you really
> need such a thing.

Is it available for Snow Leopard now? It wasn't the last time I looked.
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From: JF Mezei on 8 Feb 2010 21:36
man launchd.plist

gives a description of the various options when creating a .plist to
define jobs that are controlled by launchd.

Note that since Tiger (I think), Apple has been moving to launchd, and
by Snow Leopard, the move is almost complete.


Some relevant text:

StartCalendarInterval <dictionary of integers or array of dictionary of
integers>
This optional key causes the job to be started every calendar
interval as specified. Missing arguments are considered to be wildcard.
The semantics are much like
crontab(5). Unlike cron which skips job invocations when the
computer is asleep, launchd will start the job the next time the
computer wakes up. If multiple intervals
transpire before the computer is woken, those events will be
coalesced into one event upon wake from sleep.

Minute <integer>
The minute on which this job will be run.

Hour <integer>
The hour on which this job will be run.

Day <integer>
The day on which this job will be run.

Weekday <integer>
The weekday on which this job will be run (0 and 7 are Sunday).

Month <integer>
The month on which this job will be run.
From: Jochem Huhmann on 9 Feb 2010 12:34
dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) writes:

> Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> I have found that AppleJack is worth to install it. It does nothing by
>> itself but it is there if you need it -- It's a text-mode program you
>> can use even if your Mac doesn't really boot and has to be started in
>> single-user mode. This is probably the very situation when you really
>> need such a thing.
>
> Is it available for Snow Leopard now? It wasn't the last time I
> looked.

You're right, it isn't. Sorry, still running Leopoard here...


Jochem

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From: Warren Oates on 10 Feb 2010 15:49
In article <1jdovde.b43b13197u9j4N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>,
mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

> If the goal is to killfile posts from Google Groups, bear in mind that
> one can set up an account there using any valid email address, so
> filtering on gmail specifically doesn't accomplish the goal by a long
> shot.

On the other hand, maybe he really wants to kill all gmail posts. Lots
of people use gmail. I'm not going to change my email address 'cause
someone's got a spike up his butt.

You know, I have Javascript and Java and Flash enabled; I allow popups
and ads too. It doesn't slow anything down, I've never seen any malware
or viruses and my "surfing experience" is as good as anyone's. I also
drink good bourbon liquor and eat red meat and play blackjack ...

We've only got this one life, we should enjoy it without hysteria or
obtuse introspective restrictions.

Here's some pretty serious hysteria for you:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537628%28VS.85%29.aspx
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