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In this week's AppleScript article, I am going to show you how to take screenshots and change their file type using an AppleScript.The AppleScriptproperty N : ...
How to Use AppleScript to Launch Programs. In 1992 Apple Computer began incorporating AppleScript as part of System 7.1, a version of the Classic Macintosh Operating System that predated Mac OS X.
Write an ApplScript script yourself. A better solution, then, is to write the script yourself. Thankfully, it’s not too difficult, once you’ve learned the basics of AppleScript’s syntax.
AppleScript is Apple's powerful automation language for macOS.Here's how to use it to speed up your workflow when using your Mac. History. AppleScript was born in the early 1990's at Apple in an ...
A reader reports that the OS X 10.1.2 update did not appear to update AppleScript to version 1.8.1 (as noted in the recent Apple KB article 75206) on two attempts he made. We checked our drive and ...
If you're confused by AppleScript, wish you could use something else to make OS X applications jump through hoops, or just aren't a fan of it for whatever reason (and I can think of a few), don't ...
You can also use AppleScript for system events such as: shut down, sleep, restart, etc. This is how you format these commands: tell application "Finder" to shut down tell application "Finder" to sleep ...
It’s that time again. A new version of OS X is out, and with it come the recurring cries of AppleScript’s demise. But let’s try to remain calm: Recent Internet rumors that the sky is falling ...