Maintenance Scripts not Running

I've just realized that my "daily, weekly, & monthly" scripts have only run once since buying this computer. That was a year ago. I use to have Anacron on my power pc to run them and it migrated from my old computer, but removed it shortly after following the uninstall instructions. I don't know if this had anything to do with the problem.

I ran all scripts manually in terminal and checked the Console log to verify that the scripts would work, and all ran fine. However, what am I missing that is not letting it run as designed on it own?
I know most will say it's not important and I don't really want to do it manually.

I just want to figure out how to get it to work without reinstalling OSX.

iMac Intel 21.5", Mac OS X (10.6.6), 8 Gig Ram

Posted on Feb 26, 2011 7:32 AM

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andyBall_uk

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Posted on Feb 26, 2011 5:34 PM

ok, good 🙂

if 'disabled =1' for all three, then the following commands should change that, and subsequently they should show in the output of
sudo launchctl list | grep periodic which presumably they don't currently

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-daily.plist

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist

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andyBall_uk

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Feb 27, 2011 10:08 AM in response to WZZZ

aw WZZZ, I just blunder around - forgetting much between times.

the launchctl load -w's are standard ones you've seen - coulda run those right off, since they do nothing (just an error message) if the item is already enabled. It's nice to see what's wrong though.

overrides: I've not seen an official apple page about - dug that up after wondering where the disabled flag was stored. There's one for root, & (usually) empty ones for other users, from what I see.

andyBall_uk

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Feb 26, 2011 5:33 PM in response to WZZZ

Disabled = 0;
Don't know what to make of that

That's normal - the disabled flag is null or false, so the relevant item will run.

WZZZ

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Feb 26, 2011 5:38 PM in response to andyBall_uk

Just figured that out in my edited post above 🙂 Thanks. I knew someone might come in here with a silver bullet.

andyBall_uk

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Feb 27, 2011 9:37 AM in response to Glenn Leblanc

Woo ! 🙂

WZZZ

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Feb 27, 2011 9:54 AM in response to andyBall_uk

I've bookmarked this thread, so I won't have to stumble around in the dark next time.

Andy, out of what hat did you pull all those commands? (I am impressed.) 🙂

WZZZ

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Feb 27, 2011 10:33 AM in response to andyBall_uk

Thanks.

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