Why doesn't osx have a simple scheduler??

[yalag]

I' m looking for a simple scheduler, the one like in windows. I just want to run some programs every night, how to do that in osx??

 

[blodwyn]

One free way is to create an iCal event for the time you want a program to run, and set the alarm to open the file

 

[yalag]

I dont want to clutter my iCal with an event showing up every day. Can anyone recommand a good scheduler program?

 

[mkrishnan]

It does...it's called launchd. Before that, it had cron and anacron. These are industry standard schedulers... there has never been a version of OS X that lacked automated scheduling facilities.

If you want/need a graphical interface, you might try Lingon:

http://tuppis.com/lingon/

 

[blodwyn]

Macaroni is a useful maintenance utility that also enables you to set up your own scheduled jobs