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by: gustec February 4, 2013 7:16 PM PST

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Any Z-Cron Mac Alternatives?

by gustec - 2/4/13 7:16 PM

Does anyone know if there is an alterative to Z-Cron (Windows Application to schedule tasks like mp3 files to play at certain times etc...) for Mac?
Freeware?
Not an avid Mac user.


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You could try Automator

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 2/5/13 4:48 AM

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comes with every Mac


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Automator?

by froggy56 - 2/5/13 5:42 PM

In Reply to: You could try Automator by mrmacfixit Moderator

I've been a Mac user for 10+ years, and while I know that it is very powerful, it isn't something that I've been able to get my head around/understand.

My answer to the OP is a freeware application called Alarm Clock 2, http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/20597/alarm-clock

Hope that's helpful


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Cron Alternatives

by centurion48 - 2/6/13 5:10 PM

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There are plenty of third party cron applications for Mac but why not just use iCal or Calendar?

Create a new event for the appropriate date and time with the alert set to open a file - in your case an mp3 - and set the alert timing to zero minutes. You can even set it to repeat daily, weekly, etc.

Don't make it harder than it needs to be.


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