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MacAT v5.4: Cron for Macintosh

MacAT – The automated task scheduling application for Macintosh server
administrators

MacAT v5.4 features include:

– Re-implemented the On/Off checkbox. Tasks can be temporarily disabled
while still retaining their scheduling information.

– New Task: “Hide All Applications”.

MacAT is a “cron” task scheduling application for Macintosh server
administrators. It is a PowerPC application that allows 38 of the most
common MacOS tasks to be run daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or yearly
without user intervention.

These scheduled tasks include:
Launching Applications, Files and AppleScripts; Quitting individual
applications or alternatively quitting all currently running processes;
Rename and Delete any File or Folder; Hide and Show applications, Mount
remote AppleShare volumes; Copy Files or Folders to mounted AppleShare
volumes; Unmount nominated AppleShare volumes; Restart or shutdown the
Macintosh, eject Zip disks and send eMail.

$49 Shareware from MacSOS, Australia

http://www.garvan.unsw.edu.au/gerham/macsos/

Cheers,

Dr Gerard Hammond
Garvan Institute of Medical Research

e-mail: g.hammond@garvan.unsw.edu.au

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