Help needed: Automator app to turn on App Store updates

[jesse95x]

I created an Automator app to turn on App Store updates; I then created a Calendar event to run the app at 2am every night. (I also created a second app to turn off the App Store updates, which I have set to run at 5am.) That way App Store updates will only run at night, when it doesn't count against my Internet bandwidth limit.

When I test the app inside Automator, it works perfectly. But when my calendar tries to launch the app, I get an error that says "The Action 'Watch Me Do - click App Store)' encountered an error." The same error occurs if I double-click on the app from Finder. (A similar error occurs with the second app.)

If anyone could help me troubleshoot, I'd appreciate it. I'm running Maverick, OS X 10.9.1.

Here is a link to my Automator app:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ughpx7c9wue3ila/Turn on App Store Updates.app.zip

Here is a screen capture of what I see when I run it within Automator, in case that helps you point out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks!

 

[Kaveman]

I would imagine it's the fact that that panel requires an admin password.

you are probably better off dropping down to AppleScript and Shell.

change this to meet your needs

try
if (do shell script "softwareupdate -l") contains "*" then
do shell script "/usr/sbin/softwareupdate -i -a & >/dev/null 2>&1" password "myadminpassword" with administrator privileges
set question to display dialog "Some update has been installed. Please restart your computer" buttons {"Restart later", "Restart Now"} default button 2
set answer to button returned of question
if answer is equal to "Restart Now" then
tell application "loginwindow"
«event aevtrrst»
end tell
end if
end if
end try