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Automatically reconnect iChat if connection drops
Resolved. This occurs because cron automatically sends the output of a command to the user's mailbox. To fix this, add ` > /dev/null 2>&1` to the end of the line. The new line looks like this:
Source: http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-40060.html
Automatically reconnect iChat if connection drops
On my Snow Leopard machine, osascript complains about certain Adobe scripting additions not being universal (I must have gotten these from installing Photoshop Elements?). This happens because osascript normally runs as x86_64, but the Adobe additions only include i386 and ppc architectures. It is these complaints that would generate the cron emails. Another way to get rid of the messages is to run osascript specifically using the i386 architecture:
The nice thing about this approach is you'll still get an email if something else goes wrong (which should be rare). Also, you should always use
Automatically reconnect iChat if connection drops
Nice find! Thanks.
Automatically reconnect iChat if connection drops
Hmm, I wouldn't know, as I never sleep the machine (it's a Mac mini that runs 24/7 as my home server as well as my primary desktop). By the way, the arch -i386 stuff isn't needed if you download Adobe's latest version of their scripting additions (assuming the Adobe stuff was the culprit). They have a knowledge base article here: |
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