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An AppleScript to keep your devices in sync
This is a very nice idea -- I always forget to sync my phone. I wish there were a way to attach this script or similar to the .Mac sync instead so they all sync at the same time -- or to a Palm sync for that matter. I find it annoying that all the syncs in Tiger are now separate.
You could clean up the script a bit -- too many unnecessary tell blocks and it's much better not to tie up the Finder to get processes. Use system events instead. Also the repeat loop will eat CPU unnecessarily. Stick a delay in there.
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Also you can use a cron job to set other times other than two hours. Remember there is a nice GUI called Cronnix for Cron. You might also want to put the script in:
~/Library/Scripts/ instead of in Application Support, so you can run it manually from the script menu too.
I don't know anything about launchd -- why would it be better than cron which is built in to OS X?
An AppleScript to keep your devices in sync
since 10.4 (correct me if Im wrong), Apple use launcd instead of cron thats why
An AppleScript to keep your devices in sync
cron is still there in 10.4, it's activated by launchd (com.vix.cron)
An AppleScript to keep your devices in sync
Here's my tweak of the above script, which keeps iSync open if there have been any errors in the sync process (e.g. Bluetooth dongle missing, phone out of range).
The beauty of running from iCal is that if the computer is off or asleep at the time, the script will run upon wakeup. I'm not sure if the other automated running options above would work on wakeup, but iCal certainly does.
An AppleScript to keep your devices in sync
Thanks. Works perfectly. Any idea on how to make a recurring event of less than one day in iCal? Jean
An AppleScript to keep your devices in sync
this script works perfectly. thanks! what would i add to the script to get iSync to QUIT after a successful sync? adding an "end run" results in an error: thanks! |
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