Questions tagged [applescript]
AppleScript is a proprietary programming language in macOS to control and exchange data with applications.
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Need a code for conditional logic in Mac Automator [closed]
I don't know coding. I sometimes face errors while running my automator workflow. My workflow includes clicks on a webpage. Sometimes it does not detect the button on the webpage properly and show ...
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Use AppleScript to move (not copy) GMail message in Apple Mail
How do I get AppleScript to appear to move (but not copy) a Gmail message in Apple Mail?
If I use
move theMessage to targetFolder
the message appears in both folders. (More precisely, the message ...
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Applescript to find and add specific contacts to a group
I tried to re-jig the applescript from these two answers, but no dice. It seems to work if you're creating contacts at the same time, but not when finding existing contacts.
tell application "...
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which certificate/identifiers/profilers should be used for python script to be distributed as a pyinstaller build/bundle outside the app store?
My program works as follows
In a while loop, it checks for the active window change - AppKit library used
from AppKit import NSWorkspace
active_window = (NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace()....
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Script to export all photos and album from Photos on Mac while keeping metadatas
My initial goal was to import "From my Mac" albums to my iPhone and keep them synced.
It seems that an album created outside iOS is read only. And if I make a copy of it on my iPhone, it won'...
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Getting AppleScript function to pass string correctly
Someone please help me here and show me how to get this to work. I've checked examples on returning values from functions with this AppleScript, but something I am missing here.
I'm trying to get the ...
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Can I temporarily disable keyboard entries on the lock screen?
I'd like to create an apple script that sends the computer to the lock screen and disables the keyboard for 60 seconds.
This is what I have so far
Lock the keyboard entries with KeyboardCleanTool
Go ...
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How do I detect if headphones are connected (via the jack) in bash?
I have a script, and I want it to behave differently if headphones are connected. How can I get this information?
I tried using SwitchAudioSource, but its output is the same, whether or not the ...
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How do I activate Mouse Keys with an apple script or the command line?
I have set up mouse keys to activate when clicking option five times.
Unfortunately, it appears that I cannot activate mouse keys with this script
repeat 5 times
tell application "System ...
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How to lock a Mac lock screen without using keystrokes in the script?
I'd like to go to the Mac lock screen with a command line script. Many of the existing answers suggest something like osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to sleep', but my computer does ...
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Simple AppleScript script terminates early
I have an AppleScript script for Music that processes the selected tracks and modifies the track name.
Basically, it works.
If I select one item, it works without fail.
If I select multiple items, it ...
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Selecting a dropdown menu in Safari
I need to create an Applescript to open a certain website and export it as PDF using the menu "Save as PDF…" under the File menu. Then, I need to save that PDF on a certain location on my ...
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Applescript to output UTC Datetime at cursor without SystemEvents
It would be enormously helpful if I could bind a script that outputs the current UTC timestamp to keybindings and have the output magically appear at my cursor in whichever application I was using. ...
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Can AppleScript create an Open File Alert?
macOS Mojave 10.14.6
I would like to be able to programmatically create repeating calendar events that open a given file when run. I'm using AppleScript within Automator. Creating the repeating ...
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Miniaturise all windows with AppleScript
tell application "System Events"
set mywindows to windows of (processes where background only is false)
repeat with theItem in windows of (processes where background only is false)
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how to create a repeating event in Automator?
I would like to programmatically create a repeating event. I'm using Automator and it seems that Automator can't do this, plus I want to pass variables provided by the user into the event creation ...
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Is there a MacOS automation that can detect pixels on screen?
I need to automate some keyboard and mouses actions depending on what is shown on the screen.
But because the applications don't have applescript hooks, there is no way to know of certain events ...
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Can an Automator workflow generate an Application?
I'm building a "Wizard" of sorts that uses Automator and some Appliescript, and at the end I would like it to generate an "Automator Application" that does things when launched, ...
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Calling AppleScript routine using osascript
Given the following AppleScript code
on myHandler()
display dialog ("I'm your Handler!")
end myHandler
How do I call myHandler from osascript (using Terminal), plain without parameters, ...
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Automate the repositioning and refreshing of menu bar icons?
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When menu bar items are rearranged manually using Cmd+drag, macOS writes a new "preferred position" preference to each app that is showing a menu bar icon. (This preference helps, ...
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How can I specify a drive in Applescript without the drive name?
I had a main system drive on my iMac named "Macintosh HD" and wrote my scripts to reference files on that drive. For instance, to get to my library directory, I had "Macintosh HD:Users:...
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How do I organize screenshot based on window in Mac?
I tried to write a custom service in Mac with Automator to organize screenshots based on the window that is screenshot-ed. For example, if I use dictionary app in Mac in a full screen mode, and do ...
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How do I run apple script on a particular instance of Firefox?
I have three instances of Firefox called -
Firefox
Firefox 2
Firefox 3
They all live in the Applications folder and the difference is that they have different Firefox profiles and cookies.
I'd like ...
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Reliable shortcut for non-ASCII text insertion
I occasionally use text strings such as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Unfortunately, I don't have a ¯ or a ツ on my keyboard, so using such strings can be a bit of a pain, usually involving a web search and copy and paste....
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How do I record changes to a cell in Numbers via AppleScript?
I'm very new to AppleScript so bear with me. What I am trying to achieve is for every time I run the script, the current value of a cell is copied into a cell, one column to the right of when I last ...
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Add exif creation time with correct timezone (TZD) to filename
Hi i have a problem renaming a lot of photo and images files. I use a shellscript in automator to rename them by EXIF date and time. But the time is given by UTC and im living in europe with +0100 in ...
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AppleScript: Clicking a button in a dmg file
I am trying to figure out what code will send 2 clicks to open a file in an opened .dmg file using AppleScript in Script Editor.
I did create the .dmg file
I've been searching for ways to create a ...
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Knowledge Request- Automatically Log Out of Google Services Script
TL;DR- is there a way to set Gmail to automatically log itself out?
I am in the process of distancing myself from Google's services, and while it is inevitable that one will always interact with ...
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How to convert pdf file to tiff, then tiff to pdf with automator?
I have a lot of pdf files with different type of data in it: text, images, stamps etc. And I need to convert them to look like it's a scanned pdf, i.e. bitmap pdf. I need the same file with the same ...
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How to change text in Xcode document via AppleScript
I'm currently working on an AppleScript to invoke ClangFormat while in Xcode 11.5.
Here's the work-in-progress:
set fpath to ""
set selRange to {}
tell application "Xcode"
try
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How to display Notification from a LaunchDaemon process?
I have a LaunchDaemon process that needs to run as root user. The process internally calls osascript to display some notifications. Notifications display fine when the process is run manually without ...
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In Applescript, how can I correctly obtain values for a process window that is the not the front window?
I currently have an Applescript that takes values from Google Chrome, but it only works if Chrome is the front window. In the case Chrome is behind another window, it no longer works:
tell application ...
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I have an automator script that runs a curl request, how can I retrieve and display the progress in the menu bar?
On Automator, I created a service item that uploads a file by executing a BASH script that uses a cURL request. The Applescript code looks like:
on run {input, parameters}
set pathtofile to (the ...
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How to make Automator service that enters highlighted text into Chrome address bar?
I'm trying to make an Automator Quick Action that will show up in the right click menu under Services that will take the highlighted text and put it in a new tab in Chrome.
Looking at various other ...
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Mail.app - compare two mailboxes?
I try to transfer 50 000 mails from an IMAP account A to another IMAP account B using Mail.app but it constantly fails during the process (that takes a day or so). There is a message-id-based ...
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Catalina: How to add System Events to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Automation?
The problem
In a script I'm using AppleScript to reload the browser when a change happens. I start this in the builtin terminal of my IDE, WebStorm.
Since MacOS Catalina this yields the following ...
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How to use Applescript to open a printer app and select items within?
I have absolutely no knowledge or experience in using Applescript or Automator. I'm hoping by using either to create an app (or script) that will print a test page off my printer automatically. I know ...
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Clear recent file list in AppleScript?
I created an AppleScript for cleaning the clipboard which had this command:
tell application "System Events" to set the clipboard to ""
How would I create an AppleScript that did ...
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How make BBEdit Color Scheme follow system dark mode setting
BBEdit has an awesome setting to make the application appearance match the selected editor color scheme – so when selected, if you select a dark color scheme in Preferences, it puts the app's chrome ...
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How to use voice recognition with Apple Script
can someone help.
tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
set theResponse to listen for {"open (said application)", "who are you"} with prompt "Hello... I am ...
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Input validation, expect error on null input
I expect the code to display an error and then ask the question again when the user enters no text
set tname to ""
repeat while tname is equal to ""
set tname to text returned ...
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I set my startup disk to Macintosh HD. But after opening it, the name becomes “/”
Using the System Preference -> Startup Disk I set my startup disk to Macintosh HD. When I open it the name at the top of its window is "/". When I open the startup disk using Applescript ...
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com.automator.runner.xpc is not allowed to send keystrokes
I have two MacBooks. Both run the same MacOS version. I installed the same Automator script in both.
But on the older MacBook I get:
The action “Run AppleScript” encountered an error: “System Events ...
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Batch command to lock multiple files using Box Drive
My company uses Box.com and Box Drive to host collaborative files. Box gives the ability to lock files so multiple people can't work on them at the same time.
With Box Drive I can right click ...
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Get text of most recent notification with applescript
I would like to be able to grab the text of the most recent notification and pass it into an applescript variable. How can I do that?
Edit: here's what I have so far:
on run
tell application "...
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Using Applescript to append user input to existing note in Notes App
I've been using this little utility to save out random thoughts through the day to a text file.
I want to append the user input to an existing note in the notes APP, but can't figure out getting ...
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Can I trigger an Apple Script event before my Google Calendar event ends?
I'd like to receive a notification whenever a meeting is within ten minutes of ending.
I use Google Calendar, but I'm open to syncing my Google Calendar to Mac Calendar.
Can I set a Growl ...
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Portable UI Applescript for choosing any menu item through any hierarchy of sub-menus
At the bottom of this page Apple explains how to use UI scripting to automate selecting menu items. There are two hardcoded examples that I'm drawing on in an effort to write a generic library script ...
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Use Google speech to text instead of Apple's
Google currently has much higher quality speech transcription. You can try it easily by going to doc.new and pressing Cmd-Shift-S and talking. Compare to using the built in system from Apple (pressing ...
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Automator Help: take Fixed-Position Screenshot, click “Next Page” and Repeat (that's it!)
I don't know code which is really embarrassing for simple tasks like this one. All I'm trying to do is to make a Quick Action in Automator for this:
take a screenshot based on two fixed points
click ...
