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The second part of the "Ultimate Introduction to Applescript" series, where Jesse illustrates the basic concepts of Applescript like commands, code blocks and variables.
Does the removal of AppleScript support from the new iWork apps herald the scripting solution's doom? Ben Waldie argues that the future is far from clear.
In AppleScript, you can create your own terms to replace routine handlers inside AppleScript libraries. You will see in my example (which is a library for accepting a long URL and returning a short ...
AppleScript was not originally intended to be the only OSA scripting language, but it was. The idea was that OSA was language-agnostic, and the plan was for there to be several of them eventually.
How to Use AppleScript to Launch Programs. In 1992 Apple Computer began incorporating AppleScript as part of System 7.1, a version of the Classic Macintosh Operating System that predated Mac OS X ...
Mac power users love to play with scripting and automation. If there's something that's repetitive that needs to be done, it's a lot easier just to either use Automator to automate the process or ...
The AppleScript in Office 2004 is quite good, too, so if you're dying to write AppleScript macros you can probably get a head start.
Reversing run-only AppleScript OSAMiner typically spreads via pirated copies of games and software, League of Legends and Microsoft Office for macOS being among the more popular examples.
After getting fed up with AppleScript, Neuburg turned to Hamish Sanderson's AppScript, which comes in Python, ObjC, and of course Ruby flavors.