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 ...

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. This plain-speech scripting language enables ...

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 ...

This AppleScript will launch Google Chrome if it is not already running, and will not overwrite any existing tabs in Google Chrome. To use this AppleScript, you will need to download it from Github.

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 ...

As you're probably well aware by now, the highly-anticipated Office 2008 is coming with a lot of new features, but it's also shedding a few features along the way. One of the big losses, especially ...

Applescript is one of those Mac OS features a few people master and many ignore. Truth be told, Apple has never published an “official” get-started guide to Applescript, so I understand all those ...

It’s that time again. A new version of OS X is out, and with it come the recurring cries of AppleScript’s demise. But let’s try to remain calm: Recent Internet rumors that the sky is falling may be ...

Ben Waldie, president of the Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group, is in the middle of a series of appearances at Macintosh User Groups (MUGs) in the Northeast U.S. to inform people about ...

Most Mac users, especially those coming from the Windows camp, don't realize that Mac OS X comes with AppleScript, a free, easy-to-use, "natural language," scripting language. These scripts can tie ...