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Being that it is now 24 hours since I switched to 3 minute checkpoints, I just compared the last 24 hours with 4 restarts, to the days before with 30 minute checkpoints & 4 restarts. It is very hard to compare, especially on this computer since sometimes its day job keeps it busier on some days ...

Bruce, I appreciate your comments. Could you be more specific? If the save can only be done at specific times, then how does that tie into the checkpoint frequency? Currently I have the checkpoint set at 3 & I only lose a minute or two of data each time the client restarts, compared to an averag...

Concerning future enhancements: According to control's log, the core shuts down when "client is no longer detected." Wouldn't it be nice if core instead of immediately shutting down & abandoning work already done, it would first save?

How involved is a checkpoint save? If it were to take a fraction of a second of the core's time, then I assume that they would simply set the core to make the save often & eliminate the option to change the checkpoint from the configuration menu. If we knew how time consuming the save was, then ...

the difference in performance between the default setting of 15 minutes and 30 minutes is negligible from my tests a couple years ago. That said, I would not set the checkpoint frequency too low, then you will start to see performance issues from the frequent disk writes and file creation. How low ...

On a particular Mac Mini most of the time it runs FAH 7.3.6 on full, but we cannot leave it on full or even medium constantly. It keeps the Mini from doing its day job, keeping other computers on a network happy. A few times a day a free AppleStore app, LaunchOnTime, automatically runs AppleScripts ...

For months I've run with next-unit-percentage set at default. Of course, I haven't watched it every time, but each time I was watching, it started downloading at 98%. Now, with it set at 100%, 4 times in a row it started downloading only after the current WU finished. I'm not that concerned about th...

Thank you! A couple a minutes ago FAH started downloading at 98% even after I checked & made sure next-unit-percentage was set to 99%. I was sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out where I had goofed up. Thank you.

Thanks everyone. Using telenet works great. It's fun to take a look at. I've made a note to myself. Knowing how to use telenet may come in very handy. Once the current WU finishes, I'll restart the client, make a copy of the beginning of the log & set verbosity back to 3. FAHClient --send-comman...

If I'm running FAH within terminal I can use FAHClient --print to see how FAH is configured. How do I get terminal to show the configuration for an already running client, a client running via FAHControl? Running FAHControl 7.3.6 on a Mac Mini, I've entered into Terminal: FAHClient --send-command 'o...

calxalot, I made a very simple script using AppleScript that says: do shell script "FAHClient --send-command 'option power light'" Using a free app from the AppleStore called LaunchOnTime it triggers the script at the time set in the app. Later the same app triggers another equally simple ...

calxalot, Thanks. Using terminal never crossed my mind. In the Apple II & early Mac days when there wasn't software for everything I used to be able to think outside the box & not rely on a GUI for everything. I never learned to use launchd. When Apple deprecated cron, I used iCal notificati...

I cannot run FAH 7.36 on medium or full, at times on a new Mac Mini, because other computers on a network rely on it & it slows other things down. Sometimes even light is too much. If I leave it set at idle, F@H doesn't run much even at night because this computer is seldom totally idle. It woul...