Questions tagged [applescript]
AppleScript is a proprietary programming language in macOS to control and exchange data with applications.
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Run AppleScript in background without showing in app switcher?
Is there any way to run an AppleScript command (which runs infinitely) completely in the background without any icon showing in the dock or app switcher (⌘+Tab)?
For example, hiding the AppleScript ...
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Why is networksetup so slow compared to manually changing Wi-Fi networks?
if I run
networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 myssid
it takes between 10 and 15 seconds.
If I manually click the Wi-Fi icon in the notification bar and select myssid, it's instant.
Alternatively, I'...
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AppleScript : two class with same name
I'm getting some text from Safari in a column.
I used to use this script to add all text from this column in a list :
PS the class is class="sortable null"
tell application "Safari Technology ...
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AppleScript : repeat with each item from end to beginning
I'm trying to do a repeat form a list but I would to repeat from the last item of the list to the newest instead of the another way.
How can I do that knowing that this will do in the wrong order :
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AppleScript : next/Previous tab in safari
I'm trying to change the focus on safari for the next tab (and the previous tab)
I wrote this which is not working :
tell application "Safari Technology Preview"
tell window 1
set ...
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Create new (.url) file with url address as variable input
I am looking for a way to create a new .url file in the current folder, but have an input field that allows me to enter the desired webaddress the file should link to. The whole process should be ...
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How to find program's Application Support folder
I am wondering if there is a way to get the name of a program's Application Support folder, perhaps in a way similar to get the id of an app.
osascript -e 'id of app "Sublime Text"'
gives you com....
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How can I make Automator run service I made (shell script) and display the output in Terminal?
Hi I'm new to Macs and OSX, I'm using p7zip cli app to compress folders with big files inside (1; 2 GB or more). So I managed to make a Bash script to do it in batch process when I go to bed and I'm ...
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Automate arranging files into folders based on beginning of file name?
Looking to quickly arrange a whole load (talking about multiple thousands) of files into subfolders, and the files come in sets of three (left audio, right audio, video) separate files. Not ...
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AppleScript basic date/time format and filename
I'm trying to wrap my head around AppleScript. I have a simple project to capture screenshots every several seconds and save them to a folder.
I found this helpful script on GitHub:
https://gist....
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AppleScript to Add Multiple Files to VLC From List Results
I have a FileMaker Pro database of music files which uses AppleScript to pass it's search results into an iTunes playlist.
I would like to use VLC instead of iTunes to play the audio files since I ...
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How can I filter and sort videos by orientation (portrait or landscape)?
I'm attempting to filter and sort all videos in a local folder based on their orientation. I can't find anything in AppleScript, macOS file search, or video metadata that will make this easy. My guess ...
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Can’t get “play/pause” of window 1. Access not allowed. - trying to unpause movie through Applescript
I'm trying to pause/unpause QuickTime Player with a little dictation command:
on run
activate application "QuickTime Player"
tell application "System Events"
click "play/pause" of ...
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Applescript Help- App Doesn't Work [duplicate]
This is my first time using applescript and I'm trying to make something that will pause my music automatically when I start a video on google chrome. The problem I have is that my script works when ...
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applescript- script works when used in Script Editor but does nothing when saved as standalone app
Don't judge, my first code lol. How do I fix the stated issue and suggestions for improvement would be great. I just tried making something to pause music when I started a video and start playing ...
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Is there any way to change the mac dock's position with a keyboard shortcut?
I don't think there are default shortcuts for that. But I assume you could make one using AppleScript or other automation programs.
I found this post from 2012 asking the same question. I tried ...
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How to force Safari to open links clicked in other apps in a “public” window
I wrote an AppleScript (saved as an app) awhile back that opens a new Safari Private window to a web-app site that requires a private window in order to have multiple windows to that site open and not ...
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How do I retain globals in AppleScript between invocations under Mojave?
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Apparently with the security changes made in Mojave and now going forward, I lost the ability to store globals between invocations of my scripts.
All that I want to do is to toggle states ...
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Run Automator service when program cannot access accessibility services
I've read this: How do I assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript I wrote?
The app I am trying to add the service to under Accessibility does not allow me to see the service. It's a game running ...
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I want to prevent the Touch Bar from sleeping when left inactive
I just bought a new MacBook with Touch Bar and when ever I'm watching something, or the Touch Bar is left inactive, it dims and sleeps which is really annoying to me.
Is there any terminal command or ...
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AppleScript Get HTML of Chrome Active Tab
Is there a way to get the actual HTML of a current active tab in Chrome? Some websites use the position on the page to induce an AJAX call to expand the page further. So working with a URL only won'...
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Strange AppleScript behaviour in relation to Reminders
I am trying to write a small script that will move all reminders from one list to another. After some experimentation, I have come up with this, that seems to do what I want:
tell application "...
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How can a script detect if it has access to some Security & Privacy parameters?
I've created a script which uninstalls an application I've created. However, as you may know, in macOS Mojave the system requests the user's permission to allow said script to control System Events. ...
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How can i change Terminal Settings to automatically close terminal after Execution using shell script
when i execute some command file or shell file after execution terminal remains open and its not look appropriate i want to close the terminal by script without changing settings manually in MAC
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osascript display dialog hangs when screen is off; detect unavailable GUI/display from bash or applescript?
background
I've been working on a backup script that runs occasionally via launchd. When it runs, it prompts me with something like:
osascript -e "display dialog \"Is now a good time to back up?\""
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Is there a script/cmd that I can create/run that will allow me to install .dmg? [duplicate]
I have been working on a "Mac Rollout Project". After I run the Macs through the Apple setup, I have a list of .DMG / Applications that I have to install. There is no particular order that the .DMG / ...
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Removing numerous ‘homepage’ entries from Contacts.app with AppleScript extremely slow
A syncing issue with Outlook left me with hundreds, if not thousands of duplicate contacts. After managing to merge duplicates without Contacts crashing, I was left with 177 contacts, most of which ...
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Can AppleScript select text after my cursor between designated characters?
I would like an AppleScript to start from my current cursor location (or the end of the current selection if there is one), scan forward to the next ";" or "(", then select all text until before the ...
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JXA JavaScript for automation How to make JXA click something
What is the JXA equivalent of
--AppleScript
tell application ("System Events")
click at(x,y)
end tell
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How can I change the default delay time before automatic shutdown?
I don’t want to change the default delay time before shutting down all the time, but on occasion I want it to be 10 seconds and still show the dialog.
The only documentation I could find was for ...
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Applescript : text delimitation in a loop
I'm trying to get values from a log file of all the occurrence of a value
Recorded on the following key :
> <key>MyTime</key> <string>2019-03-29T08:48:18+0000</string&...
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Automated copying of Finder comments
I have a bunch of old files in FLV format, which VLC will convert to M4V format while preserving the audio and video tracks (not re-encoding them). Many of them have Finder comments that I want to ...
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AppleScript : add to plist instead of replacing
I have a script which add the current time to a plist.
Basically it's help me taking track of my overtime.
That's work fine if I run it once but if I run it more than once the primary
Plist is ...
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How can I open an app using Terminal?
I want to be able to open any given app from the terminal, now I have tried
osascript -e 'open app "Calendar"'
I have tried for Mail, Calendar and Slack.. Slack acctually opens but it does generate ...
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Software or applescript for generating web loc links for files in a folder
Is there a software for Batch generating web loc links for specified folder?
Input
Folder1
-- file1.pdf
--- Folder 1.1
---- file1.1.pdf
Expected Output
Folder1 (Folder )
-- file1.webloc
--- ...
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AppleScript : convert decimal to hours / days
How can I convert the value on my script from decimal to hours / or day?
For converting decimal to hour I believe it's :
hours + (minutes /60)
but my variable is in this format :
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AppleScript Date calculation
I created this script to do date calculation between a date and today, but for some reason I get a decimal number.
How can I just get the number of date without decimal point ?
Tried to use a ...
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Apple script to change main display
I have 3 displays, MacBook and 2x4k. My main display is one of 4k. The issue is when I lock computer often 2nd 4k Display (not main) move all full screen apps to MacBook, MacBook to this 4k. Only main ...
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How to log the search history in Mac Dictionary when using the pop-up dictionary mode
how to log the search history in mac dictionary
The answer to this post provides an AppleScript to record the words that have been looked up by actually opening the Dictionary app (using an assigned ...
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Running a command with access to “System Events.app” granted
I am updating applications installed via Homebrew from command line. iTerm2 requires access to "System Events.app" to be correctly updated, which ends up in a process that is not fully automated and ...
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Automator to remove all text before hyphen ( - )
I am trying to create an apple automator application that will rename a group of files by removing all text before and including a hyphen ( - ) that will post an error if trying to rename a file with ...
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Do anyone know how to use AppleScript to enable Adobe Flash Player?
Need to make this work in a enterprise setting. Do anyone know how to use AppleScript to enable Adobe Flash Player?
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Applescript refer a link to a file in current finder window
Edited.
Where is my current script :
set plistfile_path to POSIX file "/users/moi/Desktop/Time/"
choose file with prompt "Please choose a file:" of type {"plist"} ¬
default location ...
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Calculating time with AppleScript
I created one start to log a "start time" and save into a plist file, and a an other script to read the start time and calculate the number of time elapsed from the start time and now (reading time)
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MacOS, export email folder with each message to its own file
Is there a good way to export a Mac email folder so that each email message goes into a separate file? The only way I can think of is to export the folder using the "Export Mailbox" menu item, and ...
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Script that creates a mailbox (folder) based on the email subject
I adopt the inbox zero approach, which means that I want to keep my inbox as close to empty as possible.
To achieve this, I need to archive emails quickly. The best method I found was to write a ...
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Apple script-How to assign a variable from reading a file content and to send a message?
This is a apple script as below. I want to read a file content and assign it as a variable for sending as iMessage content. But, I get an error.
tell application "Messages"
set targetBuddy to "+...
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How can I change x11 window size programatically?
How can I change the size of an x11 window with a script, be it AppleScript or otherwise. I have a process running using wine which is using XQuartz as the windowing system and I want to force the x11 ...
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Can I change the iTunes library name with AppleScript?
I manage my iTunes library on my iMac, but I got a headless Mac mini for streaming purposes to which I regularly synchronise the iTunes library via a shell script (run on the mini):
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Opening specific URL in a not-default browser no matter from where it's called from (without using Choosy app)
I need a certain URL to be always opened in a browser that's not systems default browser. Problem is, that this should happen even if the URL is called automatically from within a hardcoded 3rd party ...
