Running Mac OS X Tiger: A No-Compromise Power Users Guide to the Mac (Animal Guide)

Mac OS X Tiger has an unprecedented number of tools for automating tasks on your machine. From the ease of Automator to the intricacies of shell scripting, this chapter discusses using Tiger's tools to take the tedium out of using your Mac. It also covers using iCal and cron to schedule tasks to be executed automatically, never to be accidentally forgotten again.