tell application "TextEdit" try set a to text 0 of its name on error e number n my logit("OOPs: " & e & " " & n, "TestDrive") end tryend tellto logit(log_string, log ...

Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings This is a real simple Apple Script script that takes in a list of files and utilizes QuickTime Player's export functionality to ...

Hey guys, need some help here<BR><BR><BR>I need a if then style check to see if a file exists on a thumbdrive, and I have no idea how, the volume name will always be the same, but it just needs to ...

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 ...

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 ...

So, we're trying to flush out an old virus from some of the macs on campus (read Word Macro virus). We don't know who had the virus first, but we need to innoculate all of the computers. I've written ...

Prior to Office 2008, you could automate repetitive tasks and add entirely new features in Microsoft Word by using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros. Unfortunately, Word 2008 doesn’t support ...

Sync Services help you back up Entourage data using Time Machine, but only indirectly. Here’s how: if you set up Sync Services to synchronize your Entourage address book, calendar, and task data with ...