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Applescript to get Dropbox file direct/share link

Is it possible to retrieve the direct/share link of a file that is in my Dropbox folder, but not in its Public subfolder? I'd like to use that for an Alfred workflow. I saw many tutorials on how to ...
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Is there a way to omit certain directories from where Mac OSX finds applications for its Applescript dictionaries et al?

Mac OSX maintains a list of applications for Applescript dictionaries, for the open-with list in finder etc. This list gets collected from local directories (e.g. /Applications) but it finds as well ...
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Right Click does not bring up Services every once in a while. Why?

I have a Mac OSX 10.7.5 (Lion), and every once in a while when I right click on a folder or file to pull up a Service, sometimes the Service field disappears. I am not sure if I have a virus or ...
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Finder droplet description when cursor over icon

After Dragging a droplet onto Finder's toolbar, hover description is its path. Is there any way to customize this description?
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Sort Finder columns reversed

I can't get this reversed thing to work: Tell application "Finder" to set the sort direction of the modification date column to reversed
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How do I tell Finder to read the network folder contents?

I use the following AppleScript script to automatically connect a remote drive when my VPN connection is established using Viscosity: do shell script "sleep 5" tell application "Finder" mount ...
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automator: get a folder if it dropped or ask for one otherwise

I'm building an automator application that acts on a folder that needs to be specified. Until now, I've been using the "Ask for Finder items" action to ask for a the folder to be used, but I would ...
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How can I reproduce the Finder sort order without asking Finder to sort for me?

I work with a large collection of mostly-text files subdivided by series, periodically mirroring them from an upstream repository and repackaging them using a shell script from a slightly chaotic ...
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Any way to get the “Open With…” list via AppleScript?

I want to create an AppleScript that gets the Finder selection and displays a list of applications that are capable of opening it. In other words, is there any way to get the list of apps that ...
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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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Finder list view, change column with to optimal with using AppleScript

I'm trying to create an AppleScript script that resizes the columns of Finder's list view (e.g. Name, Size …) to their optimal width (i.e. the minimum width where all text in the column is visible) on ...
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Open a folder in default browser

I have many web projects that I develop on the localhost. Normally to get to these one has to navigate from the root directory or bookmark the url. I want to be able to open an OS directory/folder in ...
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Combining Finder's File Open/save dialog with Alfred

Finder's Open/Save File dialog is actually very dumb (in terms of flexibility). When I look for a file or its location, I can probably find it much faster using Alfred. However, in many cases, you ...
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Make a file a Stationery pad via command line

Is there a way to set make a file into a Stationery pad from the command line? You can do it by clicking "Get info" on a file and checking the box, but I would like to do it without clicking. An ...
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How can I browse the directories of an external drive even when it is not attached?

I am new to this. Is there any script that analyzes and creates an XML files the entire file structure of any external hard drive that is connected to the computer,including all the fill names in all ...
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How can I change a file's creator code on vanilla Snow Leooard?

When Xcode is installed your best bet to change a file's creator is SetFile. I only found AppleScript. Unfortunately, while the type is set correctly, the second line silently fails on my 10.6: set ...
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Is there a way to execute on applescript when a server becomes available?

I am trying to execute a script when a server becomes available (a bit like when the OS detect the presence of a time capsule device and it starts the backup.) I didn't find a simple way to attach an ...
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Force a file to overwrite instead of appending

I've got an application that won't overwrite a file with the same filename. It will only append the filename with a 'space 1'. If I write a file more than once I get something like this: ...
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Binding an applescript to a button in osx

I have asked a question here. But it is for adding a custom button in osx finder toolbar. Suppose I have an applescript & I want to bind it on a custom button. & then I want to place that ...