Tickwright for Mac: a Task Scheduler for launchd with run history and why-didn't-it-run checks
by Kevin Fitzgerald
$9.99
Tickwright is a Task Scheduler for the Mac, like Windows Task Scheduler, built on the Mac's own launchd. See every background job on your Mac in one list, make new tasks without writing a plist, and find out why a job didn't run, in plain words.
Every LaunchAgent and LaunchDaemon in one list: status, schedule in words, last run, last result and next run
New Task: every day, week or month, once, every few minutes, at login, when a folder changes, when the Mac wakes, when the network changes or when it's idle
Do: open an app or file, run a script, a shell command or a Shortcut
Conditions: only on AC power, only with a network, only when idle, only between certain hours
If it fails, try again up to 10 times; run history records every try with its output
Why Didn't It Run?: turned off, not loaded, plist errors, missing or non-executable scripts, ~ in paths, blocked external drives, exit codes in plain words, with one-click fixes
Export and import tasks between Macs, with a preview before anything is added
Delete keeps a backup you can restore; other apps' and Apple's jobs are look-only
Try it free
Every feature for 7 days from the first time you open it. Then a one-time license key keeps making and editing tasks. Your tasks never stop: they keep running on their schedules, and you can always see them, run them, turn them off, delete, restore and export them, key or not.
What you get
The app as a signed, Apple-notarized .dmg (download right after purchase)
A license key that works on up to 3 of your Macs; paste it into Tickwright › License
Free updates from inside the app
Requirements and privacy
macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon or Intel. No permission is needed to list, make, run or delete tasks. Wake, network and idle tasks use Tickwright Agent, a small helper you turn on yourself (macOS lists it in Login Items). Tasks are plain launchd jobs that keep working without the app. Your tasks, scripts and history stay on your Mac: Tickwright has no account and no tracking, and its only network requests are the license check with Gumroad and update checks at fitztoppicks.com.
Support: fitztoppicks.com/mac/tickwright