Administrator’s Guide

Scheduling administrative tasks 47
Duplicating scheduled tasks
Sometimes it’s easier to use an existing scheduled task as a template,
rather than defining a completely new schedule.
Windows: Select one or more scheduled tasks and choose Action
menu
> Duplicate. The duplicate schedule appears with “copy ”
appended to its name.
Mac OS: Select a scheduled task and choose Action menu >
Schedules > Duplicate Schedule. The duplicate schedule appears with
“Copy of” appended to its name.
Deleting scheduled tasks
Windows: Select one or more scheduled tasks from the schedules list
and choose
Action menu > Delete.
Mac OS: Select a scheduled task and choose Action menu >
Schedules > Delete Schedule.
You see a confirmation message asking you to confirm that you want
to delete the selected schedule.
Note You can’t undo the deletion of a schedule.
Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks
You can enable or disable selected schedules or disable all schedules
at once.
To perform
this action Do this
Enable a schedule
when creating or
editing it
In the scheduled task Properties (Windows) or Edit Schedule
dialog box (Mac OS), be sure Enable this schedule is selected.
When you create a schedule, the scheduled task is enabled by
default.
Enable or disable
a schedule
Windows: Select or deselect one or more schedules in the
schedules list and choose Action menu > Enabled. A checkmark
appears next to the Enabled command in the Action menu to
indicate the current selection is enabled.
Mac OS: In the schedules list, select the empty checkbox to the
left of the schedule name. A checkmark appears, indicating that
the scheduled task is enabled.
Prevent or allow
all schedules to
run
Windows: Select or deselect Action menu > Allow schedules to
run.
Mac OS: Choose the Schedules list > Allow Schedules to Run
checkbox at the bottom of the schedules list.
This setting overrides any individual schedule settings you have
enabled and all checkmarks in the list are dimmed and the Next
Run column lists the scheduled tasks as Disabled. If you open
the scheduled task Properties (Windows) or Edit Schedule
dialog box (Mac OS) for a disabled scheduled task, however,
the checkmark in the Enable this schedule option might still be
checked.