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Mac Automation: Integrating Spotlight searches with your workflows

by Cory Bohon (Mar 30th, 2009)

We've discussed some pretty neat uses for Automator workflows in the past, but did you know you can easily integrate Spotlight searches into your automation workflows? Well, you can, and it might be easier than you think. In this Mac Automation post, ...

AppleScript: Exploring the power of Folder Actions, part III

by Cory Bohon (Mar 26th, 2009)

So far in this AppleScript feature we've covered what folder actions are and how to create them. In this AppleScript post, I'm going to tell you how to create your own custom scripts and add them to your folder actions list. If you work with file ...

AppleScript: Exploring the power of Folder Actions, part II

by Cory Bohon (Feb 23rd, 2009)

In the last AppleScript post, I mentioned some of the useful ways to create Folder Actions, and showed you how to use one of the built-in scripts to perform a pretty useful action. In this AppleScript post, we'll dive into the built-in scripts in ...

AppleScript: Exploring the power of Folder Actions, part I

by Cory Bohon (Feb 16th, 2009)

Welcome to Part I of this mini AppleScript feature on creating useful folder actions. We'll have more posts on this topic coming up, but for now, let's introduce what a folder action is. Have you ever wanted to just drop a file into a folder and have ...

Revisiting the randomized signature AppleScript, now with API goodness

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 10th, 2009)

When I shared an AppleScript last week which created randomized signatures using TextExpander, I promised to revisit it when the iheartquotes.com API started working again. It's working right now, but it seems to go up and down; check this link ...

Random Signatures with TextExpander and AppleScript

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 2nd, 2009)

TextExpander, a $29.95US utility which inserts snippets of text or images when you type a preset string of characters, has long been a TUAW favorite. I only recently learned that it can run AppleScripts within a snippet, which opened up a world of ...

AppleScript 1-2-3 now available from Peachpit Press

by Steven Sande (Dec 24th, 2008)

Mac users rejoice! Santa brought just what you wanted, a new book about AppleScript by the two of the top wizards of the Mac automation world. Apple's Product Manager for Automation, Sol Soghoian, and Bill Cheeseman, who is a noted developer in his ...