An English-like command language for the Macintosh introduced with System 7 Pro and supported in Mac OS X, even though OS X has its own Unix commands. Like the command lines and batch files in DOS/Windows, AppleScript is used to invoke numerous functions and automate repetitive tasks. A variety of pre-written scripts are available, and Apple's Script Editor is used to write one's own.
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2009 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
Additional Resources
- News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Snow Leopard: Don't get caught in date handling change in AppleScript
- As users migrate to Snow Leopard they will find that AppleScript is less forgiving about date and time formatting. Formerly reliable scripts, years old, may fail. by David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- PlistEdit Pro 1.5 (Mac)
- PlistEdit Pro is the most advanced property list editor written for Mac OS X. Property list files are used throughout Mac OS X, and with PlistEdit Pro, users can easily change these files and exert finer control over their systems. You can use PlistEdit Pro in your development work, and...
- Software downloads 2009-10-31
- Infovox iVox 2.0 (Mac)
- Infovox iVox provides Mac OS X users with the best text-to-speech voices ever on the Mac. You won't believe your ears hearing these natural-sounding voices, available in many different languages. What is more, they can be used in any Mac OS X application that uses speech. The Infovox iVox voices,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- iRemove .DS_Store files 1.5.1 (Mac)
- iRemove .DS_Store files: Deletes the invisible .DS_Store files on all mounted Disks from all folders and application packages. For those of you who want to delete the .DS_Store files quickly without resorting to the Terminal, this AppleScript does the trick. There are .DS_Store files in some of your (third-party) application...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- Aquamacs Emacs 2.0preview3 (Mac)
- Aquamacs is a Mac-like distribution of the powerful Emacs text editor. It looks and behaves like a Mac program - even though it's still GNU Emacs with all the extensibility that millions have come to appreciate.Emacs is a text editor of legendary power and configurability, but it also has an...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- Skim 1.3.2 (Mac)
- Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file. Stop printing and start skimming. Features: Viewing PDFs Adding and editing notes Highlighting important text Making "snapshots" for...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- iTunesShut 4.9.4 (Mac)
- Do you fall sleep with music from iTunes? And want to shut down your Mac after the music has finished automatically? With this little app it is possible, without to schedule a time in the System Preferences. The app receives a notification from iTunes, about the player state. If it...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- kSpectra Toolkit 2.22 (Mac)
- The toolkit contains procedures for spectral estimation of a time series, decomposing it into trends, oscillatory components and noise with sophisticated statistical tests, as well as reconstruction and prediction. KSpectra Toolkit takes full advantage of Max OS X to provide you the best user experience and performance. Its core computations...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- TagoMan 2.0.1 (Mac)
- TagoMan enables you to tag your documents, emails, web links or even iCal events and address book entries in simple and consistent way. This allows you to group relevant pieces of information together regardless which application it came from or where it has been stored. Furthermore, TagoMan can facilitate tagging...
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- Task3 1.1.0 (Mac)
- Task3 is application to automate various actions like launching application, starting Mac up, unmount volumes and so on. It integrates my applications like MacSSController, SUL and LaLL and has more functions. It helps to execute many kind of tasks, ror instance, it helps to back up or copy files when...
- Software downloads 2009-10-17
- VideoSpec 0.8.1 (Mac)
- VideoSpec is a free AppleScript studio App (Xcode 3.0 on Leopard) making use of MediaInfo CLI, MPlayer, FFmpeg, qt_tools and AtomicParsley binaries to display detailed informations on video files. Compatibility of analyzed media file with QuickTime Player v.7.6 is provided with indication on the installation status of the displayed QuickTime...
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- Spring Cleaning 10.0.1 (Mac)
- Spring Cleaning gets rid of hard drive clutter and wipes away Internet tracks to reclaim disk space and increase your Mac's performance. Completely uninstall old software and space-wasting files that become scattered all over your hard drive.Version 10 includes supports for AppleScript and other scripting languages such as Python and...
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- PDFpen 4.5.1 (Mac)
- Add text, images and signatures to PDF Correct text in original PDF with editable text blocks Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF Perform basic Optical Character Recognition OCR on scanned documents Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop; combine PDFs Fill...
- Software downloads 2009-10-14
- ScriptLight 2.2 (Mac)
- ScriptLightdoes what Spotlight does not. ScriptLight allows you to search and manage source code files on your computer. Do you use applescript? Do you dabble in shell scripting? Lots of us use languages to write things for our computers. Maybe you use HTML or maybe you use JavaScript. Whatever you...
- Software downloads 2009-10-13
- UnicodeChecker 1.14 (Mac)
- UnicodeChecker displays detailed information for every code point from the Unicode Standard. The information includes Unicode name, UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32 encodings, XHTML entities, mapping info and a lot more.You can browse characters by code point or find them by their Unicode name.Several string conversion functions (IDN, XHTML, CSS, Java,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-11
- Indigo 4.1.1 (Mac)
- Indigo is a home control server that integrates INSTEON and X10 hardware devices. Save money, conserve water, and reduce electrical usage by automating your home with Indigo's unlimited scheduling and control logic. Using Indigo's built-in Web server, you can access and control your home from anywhere using any modern Web...
- Software downloads 2009-10-10
- ABDialer 2.2 (Mac)
- The best companion for your desk phone, just got better. ABDialer is a smart software utility to automate the process of dialing phone numbers stored on the Mac OS X Address Book contacts. With a single click, it can dial the phone, avoiding the user to manually type phone numbers....
- Software downloads 2009-10-10
- MacNote3 2.3.0 (Mac)
- Features of MacNote3 1. SimplicityThe most important feature of MacNote3 is its simplicity. It can be used in a fairly intuitive way, and there is no need to pay any attention to its file structure, or worry about saving data. New data is saved automatically and in a manner compatible...
- Software downloads 2009-10-09
- PageSender 4.5.5 (Mac)
- Fax or E-mail anything you can print, directly from the print dialog. Page Sender can also receive faxes using your fax modem and automate sending & receiving faxes. Page Sender features: Send faxes and PDF E-mails directly from the print dialog Receive faxes using your fax modem ...
- Software downloads 2009-10-08
Neighboring Terms
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
SmartPlanet
- Thought-provoking progressive ideas on diverse topics that intersect with technology, business, and life, and matter to the world at large. Visit SmartPlanet
- More from IBM
-
- Can your business work smarter? Learn more about Lotus Symphony
- Learn how to work smarter and optimize cost using the IBM Smart SOA approach Download the eBook
- Smarter ways to make smarter products Read the brief from IBM
