Sep 18th, 2007
auto open Transmission
I use transmission to download files sometimes, it’s a torrent client. http://transmission.m0k.org
It has a neat feature where you can set how much bandwidth the client has during certain hours, like an on peak and off peak.
My off-peak quota is 15Gig, not much I know, and isn’t nearly used enough. So I figured why not set Transmission to start downloading at 2am when my off-peak quota starts?
I added the Transmission app to the crontab to start up at 2am:
open terminal, type “crontab -e” this will open vi. Hit “i” to start inserting text and put in:
0 2 * * * /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission &
then hit “esc” then “:wq” to write and quit. The “2″ in the above line represents 2am. Dont forget to remove the entry when you do not want transmission to start at 2am! you can do this by opening the file as per the above, but instead of “i” inserting text, just hit “dd” to delete the line, then “:wq” to save and exit.
you could probably do this with just about any app (schedule them to open/run as you desire)
for more information, do a search for “cron”!