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10.4: Schedule Automator workflows via iCal
Authored by: ever on May 14, '05 03:43:08PM
I prefer running my workflows in Automator itself. It's a bit more stable and you can watch the process as it works. Well, it turns out that you can script automator with applescript (is that confusing?) This little ditty works well for my purposes:

ignoring application responses
	tell application "Automator"
		activate
		execute the workflow "YourWorkflowHere.workflow"
	end tell
end ignoring


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10.4: Schedule Automator workflows via iCal
Authored by: Ron Frank on Sep 09, '05 10:42:13AM

That sounds good but neither iCal (nor Retrospect) will allow for intervals smaller than a day. Specifically, I'm trying to backup a small file either every time it changes or every 15 minutes. I tried using Folder Actions but couldn't figure it out.



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