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Task Till Dawn

Task 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 Thorsten

20. Februar 2012 - 05:15 Uhr

Moin!

Erstmal vielen Dank fuer TaskTillDawn! Hat alle wichtigen Funktionen, keinen Schnickschnack und rennt wie ein Uhrwerk.

Einziges Problem, wenn man es denn so nennen will: Manchmal wird das TTD-Icon neben der Uhr nicht angezeigt. Die eingestellten Batchfiles werden aber trotzdem gestartet. Das passiert i.d.R. wenn ich nach dem Systemstart in TTD File->Quit klicke. Manchmal erscheint das Icon, manchmal nicht. Ich konnte bisher keine Regelmaessigkeit entdecken.
Alter PC, Win XP, alle Updates drauf.
Java aktuell, nebenher habe ich noch Python 2.7.2 drauf.

Wie gesagt: Nicht problematisch.

Wenn ich beim debuggen helfen kann, email werfen :)

LG
T.

Posted by Neil

24. Februar 2012 - 11:04 Uhr

TTD is a winner for me. It's lightweight and robust - it's taken the work out of my workflow - now I'm just flowing :D

Posted by El Guapo

29. Februar 2012 - 06:00 Uhr

Nice app! Much easier than manual cron

Posted by John K

2. März 2012 - 21:46 Uhr

Great App! I use it to help automate the opening of websites for various tutorials etc that repeat every week or every other week so I never forget they are on and I don't miss them. I also use this app to reboot some programs every hour so they are always online and communicating with the server computer that they need to be able to function properly.

Posted by ROGER jean claude

5. März 2012 - 08:15 Uhr

c'est exactement ce que je cherchais.
Marche impec.

continuez

(peut être à rajouter la possibilité de répéter la tache à des heures différentes)

Posted by Dean

7. März 2012 - 15:14 Uhr

Task Till Dawn is a totally awesome application! I've searched and used many other applications and found this to be the best.

Thank you for all your hard work. This app is a daily user for me.

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