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Apple Automator with AppleScript Bible

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John Wiley & Sons, Oct 29, 2009 - Computers - 576 pages
One-stop reference helps you get the most out of AppleScript and Automator

One of the handiest ways to streamline your workload is to automate some of your most routine computer tasks. Mac users are lucky in that they have AppleScript and Automator automation tools built right in. This comprehensive guide shows you how to tap both these useful Mac features for Mac OS X and regularly perform such tasks as extracting unread e-mails from your Mail, scheduling workflows, and manually recording actions to create new automated routines.

  • Brings you up to speed on Apple's built-in automation tools for Mac OS X, including a more thorough look at Automator than in many books, and shows you how you can automate many of your most repetitive or error-prone tasks
  • Explains how to automate aspects of some of your favorite Mac features, such as iCal, Mail, iPhoto, iTunes, and iDVD
  • Covers how to manipulate files and folders; work with PDFs, emails, and Web pages; schedule workflows; set up watch folders; create and use variables; manually record actions; and create AppleScripts that further automate functions

The instruction in this detailed guide will help you increase your productivity using Automator and AppleScript.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

  

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Contents

Automation Projects
Dive
Automation from a Users Perspective
Dataentry or collection
Setting up reminders Systems maintenance and backups Why Automate?
1-5
The Mac Users Viewpoint
1-9
Automator Basics
3-2
The Footer
3-10
Handling User Input
7-49
AppleScriptSubroutines
7-64
Applets andDroplets
7-77
Folder Actions
13-2
AppleScript Studio
13-16
Creating a Basic Workflow to Process Specific Files
13-29
Ten Automation Projects for Music and Audio Files
16-1
The Projects
16-30

Advanced Automator Topics
4-4
A Detailed Look at AppleScript
5-2
AppleScript Objects and Dictionaries
5-19
Workingwith Variables and Properties
7-1
Operators Expressions and Statements
7-15
Conditionals and Loops
7-34
Ten Automation Projects forText Files
16-70
Advancedtopics Getting a Specific Character
18-12
Ten Custom Automation Projects
18-28
Appendixes
19-29
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About the author (2009)

Thomas Myer is a consultant, technical author, and speaker. He owns Triple Dog Dare Media and specializes in many aspects of Linux- and Mac-based development, including Web content management systems, blogs, wikis, dashboard widgets, iPhone applications, UNIX systems programming, and Applescripting. He is the author of five books, including Professional CodeIgniter and Mac OS X UNIX Toolbox.

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