Task Till Dawn

Task Till DawnTask Till Dawn is a free task scheduler which can execute your repetitive tasks (i.e. open files or applications) at specified times or intervals. For example, use Task Till Dawn to automatically let iTunes download the newest Podcasts at a specified time. Or let it backup your important files every day. Needless to say, tasks can also be executed manually

The application is written in Java and therefore basically platform independent. Currently, versions for Windows and Mac OS X (Intel) are available. A Linux version will probably also be available in the future.

As this project is provided under the GPL, you can take the sourcecode and fit it to meet your own needs. Pre-compiled versions, as well as the sourcecode, are available in the Downloads section. The application is multilingual (English, German, Spanish and French). 

Tasks can be executed with a delay. This might come in handy if a to be executed application has to access the Internet connection, which often is not available directly after a computer wakes up from sleep or powers up. Additionaly, it is possible to cancel a tasks upcoming execution during this delay. In case of an error, Task Till Dawn displays a message in the tasklist. Tasks can also be disabled to temporarily avoid execution.

Different notification services can be used to notify the user whenever a task will be executed shortly. It is possible to use Growl notifications, text to speech and others as well.

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Posted by Oliver Matuschin

2. Dezember 2011 - 19:51 Uhr

I will make an option for that. Thanks!

Cheerio,
Oli

Posted by Christian

13. Dezember 2011 - 18:02 Uhr

Un plus petit interval de temps peu être (mais je chipote... il est déjà très bien ce soft...)

Posted by Thomas

28. Dezember 2011 - 19:02 Uhr

Great app. Is there any way I could make it start playing say a certain radio station or something from a local playlist when it starts up iTunes?

Posted by Jeanette Harper

4. Januar 2012 - 09:27 Uhr

I like it so far but want to have it load at logon minimized and can't figure out how. I am running OS X Leopard - I added Task Til lDawn under user account and it does load but it open with the task window showing. How can I make it minimized atlogon time? Many thanks for a sweet app.

jeanette

Posted by Oliver Matuschin

4. Januar 2012 - 14:27 Uhr

Hello Jeanette!

You can configure Task Till Dawn so that it doesn't show its main window when it starts. To do so, open Task Till Dawn and select "Preferences" in the menu. In the preferences window on the first tab there is an option "Open tasklist on startup", which you can uncheck.
It is also possible to hide the dock symbol.

I hope this helps!

Best regards,
Oliver Matuschin

Posted by Oliver Matuschin

4. Januar 2012 - 14:29 Uhr

@Thomas

If you're using a Mac I recommend Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes. There is a Script named "Just play this one" which may fit your needs.
On Windows though I don't know whether there is a possibility to control iTunes via scripts.

Best regards
Oliver Matuschin

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