Creating new tasks

Run application

By choosing Run application, you can run programs as a system user called nobody. Permissions for running applications through the Scheduler are defined by macOS.  To change the user from the default, type the username followed by a colon (:) in front of the command. You can also use the root user in this feature.

Example: Run a task as a user

To schedule the Calculator application to start at a selected time as a user named UserOne:

1.In the Scheduler, select Add task.

2.Type the task name. Select Run application as a Scheduled task. In the Run Task window, select Once to run this task one time. Click Next.

3.Click Browse and select the Calculator application.

4.Type UserOne: before the application path (UserOne:'/Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOs/Calculator') and click Next.

5.Select a time to execute the task and click Next.

6.Select an alternate option if the task cannot run and click Next.

7.Click Finish.

8.The Scheduler starts the Calculator application at the time you selected.

Example: Create an update task

To create an update task to run at a specified time:

1.From the Scheduled task drop-down menu, select Update.

2.Type the name of the task into the Task name field.

3.Select the frequency of the task from the Run task drop-down menu. Based on the frequency selected, you are prompted to specify different update parameters. If you select User-defined, you are prompted to specify the date and time in cron format (see the Creating user-defined task section for more details).

4.Define what action to take if the task cannot be performed or completed at the scheduled time.

5.In the last step, a summary window with information about the current scheduled task is displayed. Click Finish. The new scheduled task is added to the list of currently scheduled tasks.