Questions tagged [applescript]
AppleScript is a proprietary programming language in macOS to control and exchange data with applications.
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Source Control for iWork Files
Bottom Line - Source Control for iWork files in organised folder structure.
Background -
Our work has moved to iWork as the primary office suite. And one of my irks is that we have way too many ...
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Any way to delete the app once it was opened ？
I just created an app (Let's say Test1) with AppleScript. It's used to activate another app (Let's say Test2). What I want to do is to delete Test1 or move Test1 to Trash, once Test2 was launched. ...
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Extension : Multi-highlight on safari
I'm not sure this topic is appropriate for this forum but I'm looking for a Multi-highlight extension or AppleScript for Safari.
I using Multi-highlight for Google Chrome at the moment but I would ...
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AppleScript not putting Mac to sleep
I have this chunk of code:
on run
delay 10
set lidState to do shell script "ioreg -r -k AppleClamshellState | awk -F \" = \" '/AppleClamshellState/ {print $2}'"
if lidState = "Yes" then
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Is it possible to simulate a continuos press in AppleScript?
The closest solution to a continuous key press that I know is just repeating a key press a certain number of times:
repeat 1000 times
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using ...
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AppleScript Automator back-compatibility
I made a little, easy AppleScript and used Automator to launch it on click:
tell application "Terminal"
do script "myScript"
end tell
What about back-compatibility? Can I run it on every previous ...
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How to repair a corrupt Applescript Editor
I have an applescript that I've been working on the past week or so. I've been running & rerunning a script, fixing bugs, etc. that are deep in the code. Sometimes, the script would take a ...
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Execute macros or scripts based on Magic Trackpad 2 Force Touch
I’m looking at getting a Magic Trackpad 2 with Force Touch, but want to know if I can create macros for the Force Touch actions?
I’m not taking about the the built in basic Apple support, but full on ...
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Look Up - AppleScript command
Is there an apple script command for the "Look Up" action/service?
If not, what would be a decent way to mimic it?
If you don't know what I'm talking about it's the popover when you three-finger ...
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Unmute audio input (microphone) in OSX programatically
OSX 10.10.3, also reproducible on 10.8, doesn't seem to happen on 10.11
Reproduction steps
Go to System preferences > Audio > Input
Set input volume to 0 (this is important)
Run this script in ...
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AppleScript & Notes App
Is it possible to use AppleScript to change the font in the Notes App?
I am not very familiar with AppleScript, so I may have missed something, but my attempts to change the font have failed. The ...
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Launchd Applescript Timeout Error
On Yosemite 10.10.5, I have an Apples Script application that runs and completes as desired under 2 of 3 conditions. The application is set to launch, by launchd plist 3 times per day at 7:05am, 3:...
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Open Word Doc with Pages using Applescript
How can I get the following to work in Pages? I get an error message saying the file can't be opened but if I change the path to a .pages file it works fine.
tell application "Pages"
activate
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Replace iTunes playcount with previous library using Applescript loop
After updating my iTunes library to iCloud, the play count of some has been messed up. I was thinking of fixing the missing data by using an Apple Script loop.
The loop should scan the playcount of ...
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UNIX Script to Change Desktop & Screensaver in 10.8
I'm setting up LaunchAgent .plists that start up UNIX bash scripts to automatically change the desktop and screensaver for various different users for a Mac image that will be deployed to multiple Mac ...
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Automator action keeps failing
I would like to have a very simple Automator action that watches my photo upload folder in Dropbox and moves every file that it receives into another folder on my desktop. Sometimes it works perfectly,...
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Applescript and iTunes: enable shuffle by song or album and play?
The documentation for shuffle/shufflable in the iTunes Applescript dictionary is really confusing, at least for me. As I read it shuffle seems to be a property of a playlist (not a state of the ...
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Using automator, sort objects by type into type folders, inside subfolders
long time no ask! Anyway, I've been tasked with a project that involves sorting folders into new folders based on type. I've been working on an Automator action, but I haven't had much success. What I'...
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Changing app icon in order to change mini window icon
I have an app bundle on my desktop. I change its icon by changing the icon in its /Contents/Resources/ folder. This updates finder. However I am trying to update the dock.
I have figured I can ...
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Automator sequential renaming for one file at a time
I have found many tutorials on how to rename some files using a "batch-renaming" type of workflow, but I have a different issue.
I'm moving files one at a time into a folder, not all at once, so the ...
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how to exporting outlook 2011 calendar event using applescript
i try to exporting selected outlook calendar event using apple script but get an error:
error : microsoft Outlook got an error : can't make vevent of calendar event id 5680 into type specifier
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Adding alarms to a calendar entry using AppleScript in Mavericks causes error
I have following scripts (see bottom) that is meant to open all calendar entries and create alarms for each. This is working fine on 10.8.x. I've been testing the same script on Mavericks and I'm ...
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osascript button position in dialog box
Wanting a larger space between Yes and No buttons within the dialog box
osascript -e 'display dialog "Choose a button ..." buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button "No" giving up after 5'
This ...
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AppleScript “Copy Link” function for Safari
I need to right click a link on a website...
and open the Services menu...
to run an Automator Action on the text/url of that link.
I need to "get" the url from the link into the script so I can run ...
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Applescript refer a link to a file in current finder window
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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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Open two applications in full spit screen using Bash script
I am trying to write a Bash script to open two applications in full split screen, for example:
#!/bin/bash
LESSON="$1"
echo operating on lesson $LESSON
open /Applications/Pages.app /Users/username/...
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Can I use AppleScript to paste a web text clip appended with source attribution and a timestamp, while maintaining embedded links?
Complete newbie here so please let me know if I need to clarify or otherwise improve my question. I have searched multiple times using different keywords and have not been able to find a solution to ...
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AppleScript saving global variable
I'd like to access the variables origTrack and origPlaylist from another AppleScript so that I can return to the track and playlist that were playing before the first script executed.
Here's what I ...
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Problem “do shell script” on curl – Works in Terminal, but not via “do shell script”
I want to use "curl" with "do shell script" in an apple script. It already worked some months ago, but then the provider changed to https-only service.
So I update curl on Mac OS Terminal:
$ curl -V
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Using the option key in Apple Script.
I am working on a script that puts in strings of text into a document, and I was wondering how you would have apple script input the keystroke "Option-Return"
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AppleScript runs twice?
This script should say a b just once but many times it says a b a b.
I think this has something to do with Saved application stage. I emptied Saved application stage folder for this script then ...
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How can I use Automator to open a website & log in everyday at a certain time?
I need to set up an auto log in for an Intranet web site so I can get right to work with no delays. I want Automator to open safari, go to the page, input log in and password credentials and hit log ...
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How to drag folders from Finder into Final Cut without mouse [automator/applescript]
Hello guys I'm trying to create a Service to do some repetitive tasks that I have to perform every day. Most of the things I figured out how to automate, but there is one move that seems to be ...
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Run script/ifttt recipe… upon notification
Either this is impossible, or google is failing me. Ultimately, what I would like to do is push system notifications from my Mac to my iOS device. Google only gives me 1000's of hits for going the ...
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Creating a New TXT Document within a Newly-Created Folder
I'm building an Applescript that currently creates a new finder folder inside a certain folder:
tell application "Finder"
activate
make new folder at folder "RecUp Memos" of folder "Dropbox" of ...
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QuicKeys no longer runs in Catalina, how to run AppleScript on schedule?
don't use Calendar instead, it always fails.
QuicKeys is always promising although it can't wake up the Mac itself.
