Once you have it running, please open the Console utility from (/Applications/Utility), select system.log and use the search field in the top right to filter for GarageSale (as shown on the screenshot).
Have downloaded as requested, and set a couple of items on a timer to test how this behaves. I am not seeing the ScheduleTimerFired message on the Console at all.
Attached is a sample of the console going through a process of me having the scheduler active in the foreground and then minimising it (the countdown timer at the top goes into stasis at this point)
I initiated a scheduled activity at 16:13 today and here is the system log - showing the ScheduledTimerFired message - even before the scheduler was active
Here is another console system log; note the gap in timings between 19:53 and 20:21. Listings were scheduled to start from 20:02 but because the PC was unattended the listings failed to start. The timer on the GS Scheduler had frozen up with 8 minutes to go.
I am certain the event was enabled, the gap in timing from the screenshot was during a period the scheduler window was minimised to the dock, the items launched immediately after re-opening the Scheduler window when the clock corrected. The countdown clock on the scheduler is showing a “time to next event” (which wouldn’t be there if the event was not enabled), but if the scheduler window is minimised, or if the system shuts down to screensaver due to inactivity, the countdown clock in the Scheduler window freezes and doesn’t correct itself until the programme is in the foreground on an active session.
It sets a flag to tells the system not to put GarageSale into App Nap state, but since we cannot reproduce issue I’m not sure if it fixes it. But might be worth giving a try.
This version has the same problem, console picture attached from this evening’s listing; items scheduled to start at 20:02, but screensaver came on ten minutes before that and the Schedule Timer stopped triggering. I got back to the PC at ten past 8 and immediately the listings triggered. The countdown timer on the GS scheduler had frozen with ten minutes to go.
Pretty much - If it is past the due time to upload it will start fairly quickly (there might be small lag for the timer to be updated), it ignores any scheduled gaps between the listings
As we can not reproduce this we are just guessing here.
Did you do any “tweaking” to you system?
Any tools that makes everything “faster”?
Did you follow any “Howtos” to “speed up” your Mac with any hidden features?
I haven’t run it all the way through to listing but the countdown timer is frozen as soon as scheduler is minimised to the Dock, even though GS is still open. I bring it back up and there is a short pause till it corrects itself.
I’m not technical enough to do any “tweaking” or other stuff as you outline. There is an energy saver utility on the Mac that I have set as shown below (i disabled the Power nap trying to fix this issue - I have never found the App Nap function Ilja referred to earlier)
as I am a bit clueless here, it may help to see what exactly happened on your machine. Can you please make a small screen cast (QuickTime Player > New Screen Cast) which shows what’s happening on your side?
Please make sure the Console with the system.log is open and then minimise GarageSale into the dock.
I have a screencast but its 217MB so way too big to email - how do I get it to you?
There is an enabled Scheduler event that shows 23:21 to next event that I minimise at a screen clock time of 20:43. When I restore the Scheduler from the dock the time to next event is still 23:21, then there is a burst of log timer activity and the countdown drops abruptly to 23:17.
GS is open and minimised when this happens.
I had a half way pleasant surprise today when I left GS open and GS Scheduler open (not minimised) overnight last night. Although the Mac screen shut down due to inactivity when I went back the Scheduler countdown clock was correct, so problem is only when application /scheduler are minimised.
