In article <20071121195449.336$PN@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(ns) wrote:
> "Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In article <1157-4744770E-954@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > c_bennett__@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(CB) wrote:
> >
> > > Looking for your opinions on either leaving
> > > my MacBook on all night or using a 3rd party like this to perform
> > > maintenance.
> > >
> > > http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html
> > >
> > > With my Windows unit I use a lot of maintenance software, but I'm
> > > trying to get
> > > away from this.
> > >
> > > Thanks....
> > >
> > > Regards.....
> >
> > For running the regularly scheduled maintenance scripts, I think
there's
> > a better alternative than a tool that runs it only when you say so.
> > Take a look at
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26808>
> > and see what you think about Anacron. It's free, and it runs them at
> > the next op****tunity after their scheduled time has been missed. This
> > is preferable, in my opinion, to simply running them whenever you
think
> > of it.
>
> Thanks will give it a look see.
>
> BTW....I'm CB on the Webby and NoSpam on my PC or Mac.
>
> Regards.............
Or try out macaroni. It's shareware, I believe, but it takes care of
all those cron jobs just fine.
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