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Posted by: John8520 on 2021-10-12 09:07:46
Hey all,
Years ago I had a utility for scheduling reboots in system 7, 8, and 9 - the sort of thing you might run on a file server, for example. I'm trying to find it but I'm coming up empty handed. I've looked at Cron Manager, but I don't like it, and I know for sure it's not the utility I used back in the day.
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Posted by: Cory5412 on 2021-10-12 11:49:40
I would also like recommendations on this, if anyone has a line on it. |
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar on 2024-02-23 08:44:36
Hey all,
Years ago I had a utility for scheduling reboots in system 7, 8, and 9 - the sort of thing you might run on a file server, for example. I'm trying to find it but I'm coming up empty handed. I've looked at Cron Manager, but I don't like it, and I know for sure it's not the utility I used back in the day.
Thanks! necro-bump.
Did you ever get a solution for this?
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Posted by: dcr on 2024-02-23 09:33:32
KeepItUp would "click" dialog windows to prevent a server from being paused while waiting on a keypress. I think it would also reboot the machine. I don't remember if it did any kind of scheduled rebooting.
I do remember scheduled reboot utilities, but can't recall any names at the moment. But didn't later OS versions have it built-in? Maybe 7.5 or 8? I'm thinking maybe in the Power control panel? |
Posted by: LaPorta on 2024-02-23 09:40:37
Can’t you just set it to start up at a certain time? Why do you need to scheduled restarts? |
Posted by: finkmac on 2024-02-23 11:32:37
Can’t you just set it to start up at a certain time? Why do you need to scheduled restarts? prolly 'cause classic MacOS is not exactly stable. restarts can do it good. |
Posted by: John8520 on 2024-02-26 08:42:31
prolly 'cause classic MacOS is not exactly stable. restarts can do it good. Yeah, that's pretty much exactly why I was looking. But no, I never found a solution. Maybe applescript could be used. |
Posted by: Cory5412 on 2024-02-26 13:22:01
That's basically it. OS9 stability is assisted massively by regular reboots. Most period resources recommended a literal daily reboot for anybody running their machines full-time, and many use cases recommended reboots between running different tasks.
In my case - on a bunch of my machines if 9 runs for a long time it loses the ability to shutdown/reboot, it'll just stall out on the desktop and need to be rebooted with the hardware reset switch. |
Posted by: mikes-macs on 2024-04-04 21:40:17
I'm remembering back when everyone wanted to list the uptime of their Mac in chatrooms and forums. Meanwhile I was constantly rebooting mine to get a stable running system. Seems like so long ago. Maybe it was.
BTW try this it may help. https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-restart-0 |
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