automator and computer sleep

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automator and computer sleep

Do you have to set your computer to never sleep for a scheduled workflow to run? I can not get the computer to wake with a scheduled alarm in Ical.

I am setting up workflows through Ical's alarm feature. ( I choose Custom alarm, open file, and then select applicaton that I have built)

I can make the workflows run fine as long as the computer does not go to sleep.
Any insight?

Thanks

Imac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.66 Ghz , 4 Gb ram, 640 Gb HD

Posted on Jun 12, 2010 10:49 PM

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Answer 1

Király

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Jun 12, 2010 11:09 PM in response to Tider

Your Mac won't wake itself up to run iCal alarms. Use System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Schedule to set your Mac to wake up before the iCal alarm runs.

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nveer

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Mar 18, 2011 8:54 AM in response to Király

I have an automation set to run at 12:15am every morning. It copies my preconfigured XML file for my Podcast to my FTP server, essentially updating my podcast at 12:15am every day.

-I have set my computer to never sleep
-I have scheduled a wake up at 12:01 am
-I have my screensaver set to require a password after 5 minutes.

When I am in front of my computer and activate the screensaver, the automation runs, but for some reason, in the middle of the night, the automations never run. Anyone have any ideas what settings I could look at?

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