My 8 chapter Mac Automation Made Simple video series is 35% off through the end of the year if you use coupon code VIDEO12.
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My 8 chapter Mac Automation Made Simple video series is 35% off through the end of the year if you use coupon code VIDEO12.
[Learn more here or visit the Peachpit website]
If you're an Automator user, you probably know how to create iCal Alarm workflows, which can be set to run at scheduled times, allowing processing to occur during downtime. If you're not familiar with Automator or iCal Alarm workflows, check out some of my other tips to get acquainted...
Using Automator: Scheduling Workflows
Mac Automation Made Simple: Scheduling Automator Workflows (video)
What about AppleScripts? Can't they be run on a schedule too? You bet. There are actually a couple of primary ways this can be done. [Read more on the Peachpit blog...]
Peachpit has bundled a new series of my Mac Automation Made Simple videos on Automator. They're now available for purchase as DRM-Free downloads, so you can play them on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Topics in this 8-part series include:
Sold as a set, or individually, you can find them on Peachpit's website.
Episode 29
Date: 01.26.2010
Duration: 00:08:39
Creating Scheduled AppleScripts
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie discusses how to create AppleScripts that run at scheduled intervals. Learn to write scripts that back up your music library at night and automatically reconnect to server volumes..
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03.05.09 - Using Automator: Scheduling Workflows.
Automator workflows are great at saving you time by automating tasks that you'd otherwise have to do manually. Want to become even more efficient? Try scheduling your workflows to run at night, on weekends, or while you're at lunch. In Automator, you can quickly and easily save any workflow as an iCal Alarm, to be run automatically whenever you see fit. [Read more at Peachit.com...]
Episode 6
Date: 10.01.2008
Duration: 00:04:16
Scheduling Automator Workflows
In this episode of Mac Automation Made Simple, Ben Waldie demonstrates how to save Automator workflows as iCal alarm plug-ins, allowing them to be scheduled to run during downtime, such as at night or while you're away from your desk.
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Automator workflows are a great way to speed up those time-consuming and repetitive manual processes on your Mac. But perhaps it would be even more efficient if you could perform some of those tasks outside of the normal workday. Do you know that you can schedule Automator workflows to run when you are away from your desk?
The following steps will walk you through the process of creating an Automator workflow, which will be saved as an iCal alarm that will be triggered in the middle of the night, allowing you to accomplish tasks even when your office is closed. This particular workflow will be scheduled to run at midnight, and it will generate a summary of the new day’s iCal events in TextEdit, ready for your review first thing in the morning. [Read more...] (pdf)
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