Macworld > Ask the Script Doctor: Deduping Contacts and more
In previous columns, I answered questions on scripting Mail and working with text. This time, I’m answering some questions I’ve received on a variety of topics, including: Showing the Library folder in...
View ArticleTUAW Post > AppleScripting Email > Developing a Quoted Reply Service
A reader recently wrote to me with a problem. Apparently, Microsoft Outlook no longer contains the ability to create quote level chunks of text when replying to messages in plain text format. Why this...
View ArticleTUAW Post > AppleScripting OmniFocus > Send Completed Task Report to Evernote 2
In February, I provided instructions for using AppleScript to send completed task reports from OmniFocus to Evernote. The script was quite well received by readers, and I received numerous requests for...
View ArticleTUAW Post > Extract App Resource Icons with AppleScript
Whether I'm preparing for a demo or writing an article, blog post, book, or technical documentation, I often find myself performing the same set of repetitive steps. I need to navigate into an app's...
View ArticleMacTech Article > Migrating AppleScript Studio Apps to AppleScriptObjC...
For years, AppleScript Studio provided scripters with a framework, through Xcode and Interface Builder, for implementing Cocoa interfaces in AppleScript-based apps. When it comes to AppleScript, end...
View ArticleTUAW Post > Adding Copy to Clipboard Rollovers in Contacts App via AppleScript
Apple's Contacts app includes a lot of great shortcuts for initiating different forms of communication. Just click an email address, phone number, or URL field label to display a list of available...
View ArticleMacworld Article > 5 Automator workflows everyone should have
I meet a lot of people with Automator anxiety: they think using OS X’s built-in workflow-maker is a lot more complex than it really is. The truth is that Automator workflows are (a) pretty simple to...
View ArticleSend Keynote 6.2 Presenter Notes to Evernote with AppleScript
A while back, I wrote an article for TUAW that demonstrated how to send presenter notes from a Keynote presentation to Evernote. This week, Apple released Keynote 6.2, and it contains some updated...
View ArticleMacworld Article > Power tools: Make events on your Mac trigger iOS...
Let’s say you’ve got a really cool Automator workflow that saves you tons of time but takes a while to run. Do you really have to sit around, twiddling your thumbs while waiting for it to finish?...
View ArticleNow on Twitter—and praise for Anne-Marie Concepción, the Vin Scully of lynda.com
Automated Workflows now has a company account on Twitter: @scriptsmatter It's my first venture into Twitter-dom, and I owe many thanks to Anne-Marie Concepción. Her excellent Twitter for Business...
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