Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've just created an Automator
workflow and I'm using crontab to execute it at night. The
problem is that, after a while, the machine is going to sleep
and a password is required (this is the intended behaviour).
Unfortunately, Automator seems to be unable to perform the task
when the password is required. It works like a charm if the
"password required" dialog is not displayed (before the sleep).
Any suggestion on how to solve this?  share|improve this
question roberto, in the future please use the [osx] tag asking
about software issues. the [mac] tag should be used for
Macintosh hardware. –  quack quixote Jun 3 '10 at 9:37 Sure. I
noticed your edit and I've applied it to my following question.
–  Roberto Aloi Jun 3 '10 at 9:52 Is there any reason it has to
be run at night? –  Mike Wills Jun 3 '10 at 13:31  1 Answer 1
Have you tried using an iCal task? I use this for a couple
things and seems to work for me.  share|improve this answer
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