AppleScript is the Mac OS scripting language.
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Warning when sending from a secondary email account in mail.app
With multiple email accounts in Apple Mail (Mail.app) on Snow Leopard a new message will be from the account I am currently viewing by default. I would like to have a warning pop up if sending from a ...
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AppleScript based Automator service quite unstable (sometimes very slow, sometimes encounter error)
I have some applescript based Automator services, for instance, Launch Emacs With Selected File:
tell application "Finder"
set selectedDirectory to (quoted form of POSIX path of (target of window ...
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Applescript to play Windows share (smb://) videos with VLC Player
I'm building a script to automatically run videos held on a windows server using VLC. I can get VLC to play files on my drives, but not from files held on a server. For example:
tell application ...
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Outlook emails per category per week over last year
I have categorize and archive almost all emails I have received over the past year. I want to know which categories are trending up in volume and at what rate.
Is there anyway to query Outlook 2011 ...
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Can AppleScript/osascript be used to click menu extra menu items?
I have an application installed that only appears in the menu bar (as a menu extra to the right). I would like to click one of the items contained in its menu via osascript. I've found the following ...
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LaunchAgent plist to keep an app running and hiden
I'm using the following script
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist ...
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Applescript to execute script in new terminal window and maintain a reference to that window
How do I use applescript to execute a script in a new terminal window and then close the window?
After the line:
set x to do script ""
Is there a way to get a reference to the window of tab x? A ...
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How to open a new tab in Chrome using AppleScript, only if it doesn't already exist?
I'm trying to write a little AppleScript to make a new tab in Chrome only if it doesn't already exist. I tried the following:
if title of tab is not "Gmail" then
open location ...
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Apple script/app to give me a reminder when I shut down
I have two network drives which I leave running for backups - they are a bit sensitive to being simply powered off - I need to log in to the drive and tell it to shut down first. Sometimes I shut down ...
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Service created by Automator to controll iTunes is not working all the time
I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Lion) and iTunes 11.0.2 (26).
I was searching for a global hotkey to skip a track back and forward with 5 second, but I couldn't find it. After that I saw that how we can ...
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How can I set a static IP, gateway, net mask, and dns using terminal / applescript - OS X 10.7.5
I use my macbook at home and at work. At work I need to use a static IP, gateway, DNS and net mask. At home I use it in DHCP mode.
Manually setting them every day really sucks.
How can I set them ...
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OSX script to Check if ffmpeg process has stopped
I have a Automator Workflow that uses Videobox to convert flash videos for multiple devices but cannot tell when it finish a conversion,I know that it uses ffmpeg for its conversion as I can see it in ...
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Forced TimeMachine backup to a network TM DISK of specified folder following shutdown command for each of 22 networked computers using Mac OS 10.8.x
I have a 22 computer LAN, wirelessly connected.
Each user has their own identity, user name, and unique password. I wish to FORCE a TimeMachine backup of a specified named folder ON EACH DESKTOP, ...
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Applescript to shell script watch folder
I am trying to setup a watch folder so that when a file is added to a folder, I can run a shell script...for this purpose I made a simple test but cannot make it work...
Here is my applescript
on ...
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Trying to re-direct emails as plain text using Applescript. Code (inside) isn't working, any help would be great
I have users sending mail through Outlook which formats the text as Rich text. I'm trying to create script where a "catch-all" email address intercepts the email, converts it to plain text then send ...
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AppleScript: Open a new window in current space without switching to active window in another space
I want to have an application open a new window in the current space without switching to a space in which a window is already open, but I want to keep the
When switching to an application, ...
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Automating steps required to disconnect my laptop form my desk
I have a MacBook Pro, and when on my desk it is connected to a thunderbolt display. And I have an external hard drive connected to my thunderbolt display. This hard drive has 2 partitions and ...
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mount disk with password from applescript
I'm using a applescript to mount my harddrive.
At the moment im using:
do shell script "diskutil mountDisk diskutil list | grep \"Harddrive\" | grep -o 'disk[0-9]*'"
Now i want to do the same but ...
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AppleScript to return recent Finder folders as list
I need to write an AppleScript that will return me a list of the Recent Folders menu in Finder. I don't want an AppleScript that will simply open this menu – I need a script to return the recent ...
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AppleScript currency conversion in Word and QuarkXPress
I'm new to AppleScript and attempting to automate one of the more time-consuming tasks that I do on a day-to-day basis: currency conversions. I work in the editorial department of a publishing ...
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iTerm 2 change row size using AppleScript
I want to change the height of my terminal window using a script. Currently this is what I have come up with:
tell application "iTerm"
activate
tell the current terminal
tell the ...
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How do I close a window from an application, passing the file name?
I’m trying to produce an Applescript-based shell command that tells the Preview application from Mac OS X to close a particular window.
#!/bin/sh
osascript <<EOF
tell application "Preview"
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Applescript in Automator to Service
I'm trying to do this very simple Applescript for text manipulation.
It runs from the service menu, in some applications. Questions:
What's wrong with my script?
Sometimes it shows up in the ...
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Scripting a sequential workflow in OSX
I currently have a workflow which relies on several bash commands sequentially in the OSX terminal. It is basically a process which starts with a file x.csv, it does an operation on it and generates ...
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Quotes within quotes applescript
I am doing an applescript that is supposed to set an command with quotes an varible. This is the code so far:
set myString to "This is a "quoted" text."
But an error occurs because applescript ...
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Only get the size from “du” command, not the folder names
I am doing an applescript that is supposed to set the size of an folder to an varible. This is the code so far:
set sizeVar to do shell script "du -skh -m /Users/JS_Admin/Desktop"
Output:
"4242 ...
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How can Automator or Applescript rotate 500,000 images in folders and subfolders?
I have very specific question.
I've got 500,000 images that sit in 98 subfolders. Some of the subfolders contain 25,000 images.
Is there any script/automator workflow that I can use?
I was trying ...
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I would like to know if someone has applescript to loop al my stickynotes and put it in a textfile
I have been meaning to do this for a while, but I never got around to do it.
The problem is that I have to do research how applescript works.
Anyway, I have now collected over 200 snippets for my ...
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AppleScript: how do I store folders' pathnames into an array, replacing spaces with “\ ”?
I have a folder and inside this folder there's a bunch of subfolders. Using AppleScript I wish to store the pathnames of these subfolders into an array.
Here's my problem: each pathname containing " ...
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Use Automator to open shell script, see output in terminal
I have a fun little problem, running on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
I have a script (WebKit's run-safari) which launches Safari in dev mode (it sets some environmental variables and then runs arch ...
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Pass arguments to osascript via shell function in OS X Mountain Lion
The answer in How to open a new Firefox window with URL argument is broken in Mac OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.2). I can't comment on that answer or question, so I had to create a new question.
It fails ...
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Read message content from Messages.app on OS X using AppleScript
I'm trying to integrate unread messages (from iMessage) to my desktop with GeekTool. I need a way to extract the message contents using AppleScript.
I can't seem to find the definition to get the ...
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Can I use applescript to click buttons in background?
Sorry for this generic and probably bad-written question. I've never programmed in applescript, but I'm quite familiar with other coding language.
I'm in the need of clicking on 2 sequential button ...
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Creating “save as” functionality to .eml file in AppleScript
I'm new to AppleScript and trying to figure out how to save a Mail.app message as an .eml message.
Ideally, I would like it to act similar to the Mail menu bar actions, in which it saves the message ...
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How to lock OS X after autologin with a script
I want to lock my Mac running OS X 10.8 after it has powered up with a script.
I have autologin enabled.
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List all apps created with fluid.app [closed]
I have created a bunch of apps using fluid. I recently discovered that when there is an update to fluid, each of those apps needs to be updated independently. Ideally, I would like to be able to ...
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How to get which file is requested to open using a mac application?
I have created a mac application which can be open my file extensions.
But when I tested it, I dont get the path of the file requested to open using the application, instead I got the "psn_0_151589".
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Close all Mac Terminal windows, but the one running a script
I am trying to create a shell script that runs a python simulation programing in 4 terminal windows. I have the script that launches the program four times in four separate terminal windows(total of ...
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Applescript Woefully Slow Finder.app Set Comment
This is the script:
set d to do shell script "date +%d-%m-%Y"
tell application "Finder"
set dir to POSIX file ("/Volumes/Xsan/PathTo/Folder") as alias
repeat with f in entire contents of ...
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How to applescript the 'grab' application
I am trying to write an apple script to use the "Grab" application in the Utilities folder to capture and print an application's window.
I can get to the part where I tell Grab to start window ...
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Applescript Adobe Updater
So, I am new to Applescript editor and I am trying to write code to automatically update computers.
For some odd reason I can not seem to get Adobe to update successfully.
I tried using Accessibility ...
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Make AppleScript wait for an Application to finish loading
I have an applescript to initiate my work environment, but have a small quibble with it. I want the script to launch several programs, and then hide them, once they started. The code looks like this ...
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Applescript to connect to bluetooth device
I'm trying to create an applescript to allow me to connect to a bluetooth device by it's Bluetooth ID.
So far, i've managed to get an applescript to turn on bluetooth if it's off. Here's the code:
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Open new terminal tab and execute script
I need to merge two osascript scripts, so that with one command I can open a new terminal tab and execute a script like echo hello into that new tab.
This one opens a new terminal tab.
osascript -e ...
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Adding an event listener with applescript
Migrating question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12023396/adding-an-event-listener-with-applescript in hopes for results.
I am trying to do a little hack with the Messages application on OSX ...
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Automating tasks in OSX like VPN Connection?
I am using my school's VPN service to surf on netflix. I have to connect to the VPN most of the time. My school uses Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. I have to enter password and accept a ...
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AppleScript to logoff Mac user after closing an application?
I've configured a local user account on an iMac (Lion) to immediately launch Firefox to a specific page after logging in – the page contains a survey to be completed by the user. This works fine.
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How can I launch Finder in a specific directory, from Automator or AppleScript?
I'm trying to assign a global keyboard shortcut that will launch a new window of Finder, in a specific directory. I can write a script that'll open a new Finder, but not sure how to make it open in a ...
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Mac OS: How can I launch the iTerm terminal, with a specific profile, from Automator or AppleScript?
I'm trying to assign a global keyboard shortcut that will launch a new window of iTerm, with a specific profile. (I managed to do this to launch a new Chrome window with Automator and AppleScript, but ...
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AppleScript to paste clipboard into current application
I thought this would be simple...
I want an AppleScript that launches Plain Clip and then pastes the clipboard into the current document where the cursor is. My script launches Plain Clip (a ...
