You can use it to set your system to boot up with certain apps open in a particular way, right down to the size, location and content of each window. Soghoian estimates that four out of five “top-tier” Apple customers use AppleScript for serious automation - his examples include The New York Times generating daily stock charts and software developers testing applications.Įven Microsoft uses it, he says (for work on developing Office for Macintosh).īut AppleScript is also well suited for the desktop. He added that it rarely gets talked about.ĪppleScript’s appeal is that it can control both your operating system and your applications, easily passing information among them. “It’s the hidden secret,” said Sal Soghoian, co-author of Apple Training Series: AppleScript 1-2-3 and Apple’s product manager for automation technology. But a scripting language that lets me automate tedious tasks and hike my creativity-to-boredom ratio? How come I never heard about that? Sure, a stable OS with Unix shell access and a sophisticated UI are nice. Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript? Artificial Intelligence (259) Auto Tech (7) Blockchain (62) CanadianCIO (17) Careers & Education (604) Channel (59) Cloud (1068) Communications & Telecom (77) Companies (83) Data & Analytics (172) Development (25) Digital Transformation (761) Distribution (10) Diversity & Inclusion (28) eCommerce (135) Emerging Tech (42) End User Hardware (65) Engineering (1286) Financial (791) Fintech (96) Future of Work (23) Governance (17) Government & Public Sector (111) Human Resources (2077) Infrastructure (32) IoT (109) ITWC Morning Briefing (9) Leadership (2681) Legal (305) Legislation (99) Managed Services & Outsourcing (46) Marketing (1957) MarTech (6) Medical (339) Mobility (4994) Not For Profit (6) Open Source (139) Operations (5425) People (15) Podcasts (1344) Posts (4124) Privacy (774) Project Management (76) Security (2979) Service (892) Smart Home (49) smart-home (1) SMB (492) Social Networks (419) Software (78) Supply Chain (21) Sustainability (22) Tech in Sports (247) Technology (7112) Women in Tech (75)
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