Most of the AppleScripts I use are “plain scripts.” That is, they require a host application in order to be run. AppleScript also supports the notion of a script application, which can optionally accept “dropped” items directly to the script’s icon. These script applications are commonly referred to as “droplets.” Most of my droplets are […]

Keeping with the Javascript theme of my last entry, I’d like to share one of the ways I’ve used Safari’s AppleScript accessible javascript model to improve the quality of my web browsing experience. It occurred to me one day while reading some long article on Salon.com that something had been bothering me for a long […]

I’m on a bit of a productivity kick lately. I’m trying to listen to the little voice in my head that speaks up when I’m doing something incredibly tedious and error-prone, and could clearly be automated. Some people would say that spending 3 hours cranking out a script that might save you at most a […]

If you’re like me, you take great comfort in the presence of the Terminal in Mac OS X. I love a great GUI, but the fact is that many tasks on the Mac are still best accomplished from the behind the wheel of a shiny new pseudo-tty. Usually I get the need for command-line access […]