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Mac OS X Panther Hacks: Use iCal to Schedule Tasks
Overview The first tool old-school Unix hands reach to when they need to schedule something to run on a schedule is cron. However, one doesn't have to go to the command line to schedule tasks. One can use iCal, the personal calendaring application that comes with Mac OS X. iCal features multiple calendars that can be published to other computers and synchronized with. Mac. To schedule something in iCal, one creates an event: an entry on the calendar that is at a specific time with a specific duration. Events can be onetime occurrences or they can repeat.
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media | File Format | |
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| Date Published | June 2004 | Downloads | 6 |
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