Steps:
- Open automator
- Choose application
- Search for “shell”
- Double click on “Run Shell Script”
- Type the commands you want to run.
- Run the script to make sure it is working fine
- Script is running successfully.
- Save the script file in a known location on the hard drive to you.
- We will need this location later.
- Close automator
- Open ical on the MAC computer
- Click “File” from the iCal menu.
- Click “New Event.” A new event appears on the date you selected.
- Give it a name
- Double click on the event, then click on the date
- Click “Repeat.”
- Click a scheduling option, such as “Every Day,” “Every Week” or “Every Month.” Click “Alarm,”
- Click “Alert” , “Custom”
- Click “message with sound” and choose “open with file”
- Click “Calendar” and choose “Other”
- Click the folder on your Mac where you saved the Automator application for the task you just created.
- Click the name of the Automator task, click “Select” and click “Done.”
- The Automator task you selected will now run according to the schedule that you designated in iCal.