rbtfrog Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm converting from a PowerMac G5 running Leopard to an Intel Mac Mini running Mountain Lion. I use Retrospect v6 on the G5, and v10 on the mini. Wow! Has the human interface changed!!! It has taken some serious getting-used-to! I'm not sure that everything new is an improvement. One feature of v6 I used frequently was the ability to make what were called "run document"s. They were a file icon that could be double-clicked to start a retrospect script in a small progress window. I would do a lot of work, then when I was done, close all my documents and double-click the "Save Everything" run document. When it finished, I could shut down the Mac with confidence that I had a full backup of the work I has just done. Does such a thing exist in v10? Thanks for any help! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdunagan Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Unfortunately, the current version of Retrospect for Mac doesn't support the old "Run Documents" feature. We know that quite a few long-timer users miss that workflow, and we do plan to add that sort of external scripting ability in the future. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbtfrog Posted August 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Any idea how long we'll have to wait? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdunagan Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 It's a feature we're planning to add in the medium-term. For a similar workflow but with a few more clicks, you can run a scheduled script from the new UI, and the UI doesn't have to stay open while the backup runs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbtfrog Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sorry, I'm not familiar with the phrase "medium term"... What does that mean in terms of weeks, months, or years? Will run-documents be in the next micro-release? Or are we waiting for Retrospect for Mac v11 or v12. It's good to know that the UI window doesn't need to remain open while the script is running. Thanks for that! Have you thought about using applescript to make a double-clickable icon that fires up the UI, runs a particular script, and closes down the UI when it's done? I'm not an AppleScript expert, but I'll bet it could be done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prl Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Can Automator do the job? I've never used it, but perhaps it's worth investigating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbtfrog Posted September 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 I've never used Automator either. I was hoping there might be someone reading this who has, and could give us a pointer or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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