Scheduling Migrations

There are two ways to schedule migrations in Bookdog.  Using the Bookdog Migration Scheduler AppleScript is recommended unless your scheduling requirements are more complex than just once a day at the same time.  A migration scheduled with Bookdog Migration Scheduler runs when your computer wakes up if it is sleeping or logged out at the scheduled time, and does not appear to be an Event in your iCal.

Both methods require Mac OS 10.4 or later.


Using the Bookdoog MIgration Scheduler (recommended)

The Bookdog Migration Scheduler is included in Bookdog's Scripts Download.  This allows a daily migration to be scheduled as a launchd process.  To use this method, download the scripts, doubleclick Bookdog Migration Scheduler and answer the questions.


Scheduling an Automator Workflow as an iCal Plug-In

Bookdog provides two Automator actions, Migrate Bilaterally and Migrate Unilaterally, which you can use in Automator workflows, and then set the workflows to perform on schedule as iCal Plug-Ins.  We provide two examples of scheduling a daily synchronization or bilateral migration between two browsers, because it's a little different depending if you are using Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) or using Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger).