Schedule not working. ??

[Goldengoose7]

I can't get the schedule to launch and execute SuperDuper on my 24" iMac running 10.5.7.

When the appointed time arrives, nothing happens. I have rebuilt the launch services database using Onyx, but the problem continues.

All of our other Macs using SuperDuper run their schedules fine every night as directed. This iMac for some reason does not.

Have reinstalled SuperDuper with no change. I can't find a preference file for the application. Is there not one?

Can you please advise?

Thanks!

GG7

[dnanian]

What are the names of the source and destination partitions? Any special characters (non-alphanumeric)?

[Goldengoose7]

Originally Posted by dnanian

What are the names of the source and destination partitions? Any special characters (non-alphanumeric)?

No, and the SuperDuper! application doesn't even launch on schedule, so we are not even getting to the back-up routine.

The main drive is named:

iMAC HD

The backup drive partition is named:

iMac SuperDuper

I should mention that I am currently using Automator/iCal to get the backups done automatically each night, and this is working fine, but I would still like to figure out why the built-in scheduler fails to execute/launch SuperDuper and run the backup on this particular machine.

Cheers.

[dnanian]

Well, the 'reason' is that, for some reason, cron isn't running the user's crontab. Why that's happening is hard to know, but an archive-and-install of OS X usually clears it up: that's what I'd try.

[Goldengoose7]

Originally Posted by dnanian

Well, the 'reason' is that, for some reason, cron isn't running the user's crontab. Why that's happening is hard to know, but an archive-and-install of OS X usually clears it up: that's what I'd try.

Hmmmm...That is a pretty drastic fix considering how much stuff I have installed on that machine.

I think I will just let Automator handle the scheduled backups until 10.6 comes out.

Thanks anyway.

[dnanian]

An archive-and-install is pretty painless, actually, and shouldn't affect existing installed software...