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Open a terminal and in there type: crontab -lThis should list the contents of the crontab script. If it's a single line and you want to stop it altogether, you can remove it entirely with: crontab -rThis removes the entire crontab file so be careful if you've got other cron jobs listed in...

Good point. My machines are all up to date so I can't try this out, but maybe you could combine the following. Your "Master machine" would get the updated packages from the Apple servers, and then your "client machines" would get them from tha master and install them: Master machine...

I know this is an older question, but if you're still interested in a solution: You could check the exit status of the mount_smbfs command. Something like: mount_smbfs //bones@storage/Timbackup /Volumes/Timbackup if [ $? = 0 ]; then rsync -vaE --delete ... etc etc. umount...

... as in "usage: locate pattern"? Make sure also you're not calling a shell script. What does "which locate" tell you?

First make sure the target directory for that logfile exists (/usr/local/apache2/logs/). Then check that the log file, and indeed the directory it lives in, are owned by whatever user you've set up Apache 2 to run as. For example if Apache 2 is running as user "apache" then...

What's the exact error you get when you run "locate"? Also make sure "locate" isn't aliased to something else. Compare the output of "alias | grep locate" and "sudo alias | grep locate". You might also try creating a new account and seeing if the locate command works there...

How about going a step further - installing a cron job on each client machine to do a "/usr/sbin/SoftwareUpdate -ai" every Sunday at 3am or something?

Don't know if this one is the same as yours Eric, but I have a Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro that wouldn't work, even tried the macam plugin, I guess they had it on their "to do" list. After the 10.4.9 update, plugged in the camera, works like a charm!

Yeah looks like the update removes the directories (named for users who've run sudo in the past) in /var/run/sudo, which result in sudo issuing the "first run warning". Interesting -- maybe because the warning is a bit more stern "warning, potential loss of data or important system files", etc...

Even with an Admin account you'll still get prompted for your password when applying system updates, modifying system files etc.. When it prompts for your admin password did you try your own account name and password?

Is there any "extra track" on the CD, like those woeful enhanced CDs that typically have applications or screensavers on the extra track? Try importing different tracks from the CD, one at a time, and test each one.....

See if this link (installing MacOS X on Beige G3) helps any. Particularly the notes on installing OS X on the first HD partition which must be smaller than 8GB:

I guess the app needs "time to quit" before we can ask it to restart. Try putting a 1-second pause in between the "quit" and "activate": delay 1If 1 second isn't enough, try 2, 3 and so on...

Awww, I got to the end and was ready to type "what, that wasn't a rant?". Ah well, can't win 'em all ;)

I think you really should try some Google searches of your own, you'll learn a lot more by reading code examples and just trying things out than if I just keep passing you pieces of code. However, in brief: (1) I don't see that problem with small numbers of events, but why not end your...

Does it specifically point you to any particular line of code when you get the error? For example if it's in the "read Excel" section, try remove the "as date" specifier from the line that reads in the date, so that it now looks like: set FirstTargetDate to the value of cell "$D$12"

What I gave you was not meant to be cut and paste as is, it is meant to show you how to check whether the date was valid, and only if it is to use it to create an event: tell application "iCal" activate set theCal to make new calendar at end of calendars with properties...

How about this: if (theDate is not "N/A" and theDate is not "") then make new event...... etc. etc. end if

Your project has two main pieces: get the data out of Excel, and create a calendar with this data. A quick search on "AppleScript and Excel" returns some example we can draw from. Assume the project name is in cell A1, the stage is in A2, and the target date in A3: tell application...

Why not write a few lines on what you're trying to do. You'll most likely get suggestions on how to do it, where to look for help, and maybe someone's already done something similar we can point you at.