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powerbook1701 Author

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Maintenace routines in Snow Leopard

I know in past version of Mac OS X, there were daily, weekly, and monthly routines run in the middle of the night. There were nice free apps out there like MacJanitor that was an easy to use interface just to run those and didn't bloat out to anything else.

Does Snow Leopard still run those? Is there a way to use Terminal to run those?

Does Console list when those were last run?

MBP 15-inch 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 / 4GB SDRAM / AG Screen (Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPhone 3GS (32GB), AEBS DB II (Late 2009), Apple Wired Keyboard/Mouse, ClamXav 2

Posted on Mar 19, 2011 9:12 AM

23 replies

Mar 19, 2011 7:13 PM in response to powerbook1701

That's correct. I never shut down my computer, only sleep. As Jeffery said, you shouldn't worry much about them. You know they are working. They will do their thing.

Yes, mine does run on time, even though I never fax. But again, I never shut down.

And, your Welcome

Mar 19, 2011 7:38 PM in response to Jeffrey Jones2

As to your question about mine running on time:
My weekly logs run every Saturday.
My monthly logs are running on the 1st day of the month.

This is also verified on my wife's computer.

So, it seems it is day specific, but not time specific. So, if your computer is turned on on the 1st of the month, then your monthly log should run.

Hope that clears it up for both of us.

Mar 19, 2011 10:55 PM in response to powerbook1701

I've been reading the posts about Maintenance routines. Recently purchased a new IMac running 10.6.6 and am wondering if there is something I need to do to make sure these routines are running.

thanks,

Alice

Mar 20, 2011 4:55 AM in response to allymarie

Alice

Read Jeffrey's post above. He pretty much sums it up. Don't worry about them and enjoy you new Mac.

powerbook1701 Author

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Mar 20, 2011 5:35 AM in response to Glenn Leblanc

Thank you Glenn for all your help..

Mar 20, 2011 4:21 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

Thanks...I intend to enjoy the new MAC, it does so much more than I know about, but I'm learning.

Alice

powerbook1701 Author

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Apr 1, 2011 5:07 AM in response to allymarie

I thought I would let you know, since April 1st was the start of the month, I left in sleep mode and then Montly scripts ran. It appears, then, that if you leave your mac off at the time the scrips (daily, etc) should have run, they won't. But, if your Mac is in sleep mode, it WILL run upon waking.

Anyway, just wanted to report back about the scripts.

Apr 1, 2011 5:15 AM in response to powerbook1701

Glad to see it runs like it suppose to.

Your welcome for the help

Maintenace routines in Snow Leopard