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 ...

Here’s a quick-and-easy OS X 10.5 iChat tip (with a bonus OS X 10.4 variant thrown in, along with a little iTunes/iChat tip) for your Thursday morning. iChat, being the good citizen that it is, pops ...

Brookline UK has released three new open-source, AppleScript-based applications: Custom Dialog, which allows users to display a dialog box with custom images, dialog text and buttons; Desktop Sorter, ...

Just as there are multiple ways to save Automator workflows, there are also multiple ways to save AppleScripts. In this how-to, I will show you ways in which you can save your AppleScripts for future ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was adapted from AppleScript: The Missing Manual , by Adam Goldstein (2005; reprinted by permission of O’Reilly Media). AppleScript has been around since the days of System ...