Something about Mac OS 7.6 that I haven't seen mentioned on the lists: there is a control panel (can't remember the name) whereby you can set times for your Mac to boot itself up and switch itself off (either one-off or recurring). I don't know how modern the Mac needs to be for it to work... It doesn't seem to be installed by default, at least it wasn't on my Performa 630 (and I'm pretty sure I did a 'full' install of 7.6). Nevertheless, once installed, you can set the Performa to boot itself up, and later switch itself off, at predetermined times... cool!
I found this CP buried away in the 7.6 install disk images, while browsing them with TomeViewer (I was hunting for the Infra Red control panels/extensions /whatever, which also weren't installed by default on the Performa 630, even though they appear to be necessary for this particular machine to use IR). I no longer have the Performa (now my parents main puter -- several 100 miles away), so apologies that I can't remember what the control panel's called. But no doubt other people on the list can help there. Which comes to my problem. If I could master AppleScript, I could schedule my parents' Mac to do a great many boring things in the middle of the night (rebuild desktops, defragment hard disk partitions, virus-check partitions, download email, make backups of all disks, etc.)... But is there a downloadable guide to writing Applescript somewhere, on the Apple website or elsewhere? Where is there some documentation on it, for the average user? Mike -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
