12 November 2007 @ 16:51Fix Timbuktu in Leopard

I’m using Timbuktu v8.0.1 in Leopard, and I noticed that after installing Leopard, the Timbuktu Host no longer starts up after a reboot.

Here is the quick and dirty fix for that:

If you are comfortable editing your root crontab, then simply add the following line to it:

@reboot /bin/sleep 60; /Applications/Timbuktu\ Pro/Timbuktu\ Pro.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Timbuktu\ Host.app/Contents/MacOS/Timbuktu\ Host > /dev/null 2>&1

If you prefer, you can use the following as a shell script to get your crontab set up:

#!/bin/sh
echo "@reboot /bin/sleep 60; /Applications/Timbuktu\ Pro/Timbuktu\ Pro.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Timbuktu\ Host.app/Contents/MacOS/Timbuktu\ Host > /dev/null 2>&1" > tmpcron
echo "" >> tmpcron
sudo crontab tmpcron
rm tmpcron

Or if you just want a simple one-line command to get Timbuktu to start at boot, try this:

echo "@reboot /bin/sleep 60; /Applications/Timbuktu\ Pro/Timbuktu\ Pro.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Timbuktu\ Host.app/Contents/MacOS/Timbuktu\ Host > /dev/null 2>&1" > tmpcron; echo "" >> tmpcron; sudo crontab tmpcron; rm tmpcron

Copy and paste the above text into the Terminal, press return, enter your admin password when prompted, and press return again. That’s all.

Note: I haven’t tested this with any other versions of Timbuktu.

Apparently, Timbuktu Pro 8.7 for Leopard is a free upgrade to all registered users of version 8.

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