AppleScript is a proprietary programming language in Mac OS X to control and exchange data with applications.
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How can I trigger a Notification Center notification from an AppleScript or shell script?
I'd love to be able to take advantage of 10.8's Notification Center features in AppleScripts and shell scripts I write.
Is there a built-in command or a third-party library I can use from either an ...
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How can I automatically launch an application whenever the Mac goes idle?
Is there a way to launch an application, such as Transmission, every time the computer goes idle (instead of sleeping)?
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Is there a bash command to check to see if Time Machine has finished backing up?
I'm writing a script that will rsycnc my Time Machine directory to a remote server using ssh. I've switched from a shell script to an AppleScript and then back to an Apple script and I don't really ...
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Applescript to retrieve account and password using keychain scripting
How can I use keychain scripting to write a script in Applescript that retrieves the login and password of a website from the login keychain, given the website's URL?
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Run AppleScript after waking from Sleep?
Is there an easy way to run an AppleScript or application immediately (or a brief delay of X seconds) after waking up from sleep?
I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve a 3rd-party app.
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When MouseKeys are on, how do I click or move the mouse using AppleScript?
This post suggests that the command tell application “System Events” to key code 37 in AppleScript should move the mouse pointer one pixel down and to the left if run when MouseKeys are enabled. In OS ...
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Creating an automated HFS+ compressed folder
I would like to set up an automated way for archiving files in OS X Lion. By archiving I mean using HFS+ compression feature on a specific folder, and make every file that I move into this folder ...
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How to know the name of UI elements using Accessibility inspector (or any other tool)
I'm trying to interact with a print dialog via Applescript.
What I want to emulate is the user setting a value on a specific dropdown.
Say I have:
tell application "System Events"
tell process ...
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Programmatically/Script-atically changing the default Open-With setting
Is there a way to change what app opens a file type programmatically/with a script?
Basically, sometimes I'm working on a web site, and I want to set all web files to open with a text editor (*.php, ...
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Automatically delete a folder daily
Is there a way to automatically have a folder deleted every day at 4am?
I'm running 10.6.7.
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Run Command Line Script from Finder's contextual menu
I have a shell script that deletes exif data from images.
I would like to right-click the folder with the images and execute the command from the context menu. How can I do this?
The Shell script ...
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Copy message_id from selected message
In Mail, when I've selected a message, I would like to have a shortcut to copy the message_id (see my previous question) to the clipboard.
How do I manage that? Applescript, I presume?
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Copying files to the clipboard using applescript
Often I find myself at the command line wanting to copy files to the clipboard, so that I can paste them as attachments in Mail. If I have an image file, image1.png, I can accomplish this with
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Toggle Finder sort order with AppleScript under Lion 10.7?
For years I've been using this AppleScript to toggle the sort order of a Finder window:
if sort direction of column id size column of list view options of window 1 is normal then
set sort ...
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Is there a way to have AppleScript output displayed in the menubar?
Before reading further:
I know about butler and similar programs. I am looking for a BUILT-IN way to do this without a third party app.
Anyway, I wrote an AppleScript that runs a shell command. I ...
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How do I automate a key press in AppleScript?
Is it possible to automate the key press of a key (such as "a" or "<") in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari (in this order)?
I'd like to automate the key press of "a" for example in Mozilla ...
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Is it possible to restart an application using AppleScript?
I want to restart Safari and reopen it with some tabs that I specify.
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Execute a custom script when OS X 10.8 is in Power nap?
Apple new feature of OS X 10.8 in new Macs "Power Nap" checks email and does make backups.
Is it possible to execute a custom script (bash, AppleScript,...) when OS X 10.8 is in Power nap mode? For ...
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Activating screen saver from AppleScript in Mountain Lion
I had a script that I used to use to activate my screen saver, and it no longer works in Mountain Lion.
It was a shell script that called an AppleScript script:
#!/bin/bash
osascript ...
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How can I automatically download multiple sites through Coda?
I have several sites in Coda that I would like to automatically re-download when I tell it to. The sites are collaboratively managed, and I'd like to download a fresh copy of the sites automatically. ...
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How can I have a fixed order of the menu-extras?
Like the OSX menu items for wifi, battery... I would like to be able to have a permanent order of the third-party menu bar items.
I do not want to mix OSX with third-party menubar items, I simply ...
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Mail.app in Lion - is there a way to create tasks from email?
I'm not sure if I haven't seen that in earlier versions of Mail.app, but I would really love to have the ability to create a task in iCal from an email - and that this task could link to the original ...
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Is it possible to disconnect a bluetooth connection using Applescript?
I want to disconnect a connection to a bluetooth device through an Applescript. Please note that I don't want to disable or enable bluetooth, I just want to disable one specific connection.
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How to run Applescript on Disk mount
I want to run an Applescript when I mount a specific disk. It isn't if the script is located on the disk or not, it should just run when OS X mounts the disk.
I tried to accomplish this with folder ...
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How can I write a script to open multiple terminal tabs and execute code in them?
I want to be able to open the terminal application and have it either automatically run a script that opens several tabs and run an arbitrary set of commands in each. For example I would like one tab ...
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Automator workflow or AppleScript to close Safari after a period of time
I would like to create an Automator workflow (or some similar function) that will close down Safari after a specified period of time.
For instance, I simply want to run Pandora in Safari during the ...
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How can one invoke a keyboard shortcut from within an AppleScript?
I need to invoke a keyboard shortcut from within an AppleScript code, later to be used as a startup item (i.e. the alternative to having to press something at every log in).
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Run an AppleScript by using a keyboard shortcut
I need to run an AppleScript using a keyboard shortcut. How can I do that?
I think about
Save AppleScript in textual format.
Use Keyboard Maestro to launch 'osascript' to run the script when the ...
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Automatically Save Attachments in Mail.app in 10.8 Mountain Lion
I am trying to automatically save all email sent to one address (let's call it test@example.com) to this folder /Users/luomat/Dropbox/Incoming/e2w/ (where /Users/luomat = $HOME).
Here is the rule ...
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Where can I access official AppleScript documentation?
Is there any official AppleScript documentation? If so, where can I find it?
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Where did “URL Access Scripting.app” go in Lion?
I have AppleScripts that run on a schedule to download files from URLs. They had been using URL Access Scripting.app's download event, which now looks to have disappeared from Lion.
I can't find any ...
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Save attachments from Mail.app based on subject
I have been trying to write an Applescript to help me saving attachments, but realized quickly that I do not have the knowledge to do such a difficult script. Here is some background.
We receive ...
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Applescript - Connection is invalid
I have an application for mac and I use the following applescript code (exported as an AS app) to start that app periodically:
on idle
tell application "System Events"
tell application ...
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OS X right click/context menu via keyboard
Is it possible to access the right click/context menu of the currently selected item (not the item under the mouse) by way of using a keyboard shortcut?
If not, is there any way to achieve this, ...
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Is there a sane way to emulate the newer media key behavior completely on an Apple Extended Keyboard II?
The operative word here being "completely". I recently found a nearly flawless (cosmetically and functionally) AEKII (Alps, not Mitsumis) on eBay and won it for $30. It's an awesome keyboard and it ...
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Why is my applescript for checking if a file exists failing?
I have an applescript application that inputs a username and starts a download based on that username. In the app I use the code below to check if a file exists already and then rename the file if it ...
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How to use the built–in VPN Server on Mac OS 10.6.6
I know that Mac OS 10.6.6 has a built in VPN server that one can access through command line. Is there an easier way? Can I make an Automator or AppleScript program that starts and stops the built–in ...
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Automate PDF actions
To improve my paperless workflow, I'm looking to achieve the following, potentially using automator / applescript. I need to be able to run it using Hazel, or as a folder action (not run manually):
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AppleScript app started prompting to run or quit. How can I disable this?
I'm not entirely sure why this has started happening since this is completely new behaviour and I haven't done any system updates but I have a nice little toolbar app for my Snow Leopard Finder.app ...
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Trying to use applescript to launch cmd line 3 scripts in new tabs
I'm trying to launch 3 tabs and run a script in each with applescript. So far I havent been able to get this done. Currently I have:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "ping ...
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Applescript opens new window for everything when run
I have the following code I did for a tweetbot keyboard shortcut to open tweetbot and create a new tweet.
on run {input, parameters}
activate application "Tweetbot 2"
tell application ...
