Now that you've mastered the tell command, it's time to introduce some of the other AppleScript commands that you may encounter. This command will allow you to open a specific location (either on your ...

We know that there are some diehard AppleScript fans out there, so we thought telling you about "ash" might be a good idea. Ash (as in bash) is a Perl-based script from Hayne of Tintangel where you ...

Developers, take note: Donagrandi Software has unleashed RBdbMaker 1.2, a development environment tool for REALbasic developers using REALbasic’s built-in database engine. The SQL console now supports ...

Applescript, that amazing resource many Mac users ignore because they think it’s too complex. Guys, Applescript is an amazing tool to get things done automatically, though I recognize many of you just ...

There is not always “an app for that.” There are many complex and repetitive tasks we perform in the academic world which depend on technology but which cannot be carried out by a single software ...

Before you can build your first AppleScript you need to know some basics: what a script-able application is and how to use the Script Editor. Script-able Applications Basically, script-able ...

The latest update to iPhoto '11 is supposed to fix some upgrading and library conversion errors, but the latest version also seems to break some AppleScript functions that some third-party programs ...

Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript? Sure, a stable OS with Unix shell access and a sophisticated UI are nice. But a scripting ...

I have been using Mavericks for a little while now and I have to admit that I was a little slow to get excited about this release of OS X. Once I started to sink my teeth into some of the power-user ...

It’s ironic that, in years past, when Apple was planning its next generation operating system (Copland, Rhapsody, and the others that preceded Mac OS X), there was talk of scrapping AppleScript and ...