Schedule Automator workflow or app

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pinocativo Author

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Schedule Automator workflow or app

Hello,

Can you please advise what is the best and most OSX native way to schedule an Automator workflow or application?

Thank you so much,

Daniele

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), Mac OS X (10.0.x)

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 3:49 PM

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Answer 1

sberman

Level 10

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Sep 15, 2016 3:56 PM in response to pinocativo

I think you're asking how to run an Automator workflow under certain conditions ...

Automator can be controlled with scripts. This explains:

Control Automator with scripts

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Answer 2

Barney-15E

Level 10

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Sep 15, 2016 3:57 PM in response to pinocativo

Create a Calendar Alarm in Automator and it will create an event on a special calendar it creates. You can then modify that event to whatever schedule you need.

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