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-The Periodic trigger lets you execute a Mac periodically while you are logged in.
+====== Periodic Trigger ======
-You can configure the period in seconds, minutes or hours.
+The *Periodic trigger* lets you execute a macro at specified intervals while you are logged in.
-You can limit the time the macro triggers to within a certain portion of the day, or on particular days of the week.
+{{:trigger:km-periodic-trigger.png?nolink&369|}}
+The //Period// of the trigger can be set as follows:
+  * Interval of seconds, minutes or hours.
+  * Limit to a certain portion of the day, or on particular days of the week.
+:!: **Caution:**  Generally it is recommended to //not// use very frequent intervals (like //seconds//), except as a last resort. For one thing, a macro triggering will cancel any “once” or conflict palette choices or the like, and so frequent timed trigger macros will likely cause problems with that.
+Note that periods that cross midnight will stop at midnight. Use two triggers if you want to trigger continuously before and after midnight.
+You could use a trigger like this to run periodic maintenance or track changes.
+===== See Also =====
+=== Triggers ===
+* [[Cron]] trigger
+* [[Time of Day]] trigger
+* [[Idle]] trigger
+* [[/Triggers|All Triggers]]

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