Scheduling Timed Jobs

In summary, the macOS launchd facility appears to be a replacement for the standard Unix cron/crontab facility. I believe you can enable crontab ...

launchd does a lot more than cron. In addition to running programs at certain times, it can also run them based on other triggers.

Prefer launchd. For non-graphical scripts, launchd is Apple's preferred approach. cron is available but no longer recommended by Apple.

Scheduling Timed Jobs. In OS X, you can run a background job on a timed schedule in two ways: launchd jobs and cron jobs.

iirc cron won't catch up for a launched job if your mac is sleeping, but launchd does have that feature where it will catch up upon wake.

If the system is turned off or asleep, cron jobs do not execute; they will not run until the next designated time occurs. If you schedule a launchd job by ...

cron for Linux/macOS. In macOS, you can run a background job on a timed schedule in two ways: launchd jobs and cron jobs.

Creating macOS startup jobs with crontab, er, launchd. I chose a very simple script that opens a random Zettel, copied Alvin's example plist with my own ...

Launchd will give you more control: you can schedule when a mac powers up, shuts down, and probably when it sleeps. It's been ages since I've ...

The preferred way to add a timed job is to use launchd. Although it is still supported, cron is not a recommended solution. It has been deprecated in favor of ...