Re: NSTimer not firing when computer is inactive for a while.

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 4:43 PM, Nathan Day wrote: > > The background app is kept alive by launchd as a User Agent and looks for new > resources to be downloaded periodically If this is a launchd agent, you can configure its plist so it gets launched periodically. That way

Re: NSTimer not firing when computer is inactive for a while.

On Nov 14, 2017, at 16:57 , Quincey Morris wrote: > > I would suggest you try setting the QoS to at least “utility”, perhaps even > “user initiated”. To clarify: *what* you set to a different QoS depends on the nature of the thing you described as a

Re: NSTimer not firing when computer is inactive for a while.

On Nov 14, 2017, at 16:43 , Nathan Day wrote: > > I have a background process that uses an NSTimer that is set to fire every > minute, but when the computer is inactive for a while it will stop firing My guess is that it’s not a problem with the timer, but with the quality

Re: NSTimer not firing when computer is inactive for a while.

I should make it clear, this is a Mac OS X application. Nathan Day On 14 Nov, 2017, at 01:43 PM, Nathan Day wrote: I have a background process that uses an NSTimer that is set to fire every minute, but when the computer is inactive for a while it will stop firing, its