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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Word Association AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , Miniature , Words , Existence , tall Hi All … Welcome to our little Word Association Thread. The general idea is to ehance the post count.:smiley: i invite everyone to take a short time and post your entry! Simply Post a Word which is in some way relate…	1178	42675	September 10, 2023
PDF Shortcut Examples Shortcuts Finder	24	25783	April 12, 2026
SKProgressBar 1.0, a fully scriptable progress bar Code Exchange macscripter-v1 , SKProgressBar	78	12941	December 31, 2024
Dates & Times in AppleScripts unScripted macscripter-v1 , iCal	42	29113	November 2, 2021
[Tutorial] Scripting Libraries unScripted macscripter-v1 , Script Libraries	50	13863	December 28, 2019
Changes to the Shortcuts App in Tahoe Shortcuts	24	30909	March 27, 2026
Farewell to All AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 At the time I started MacScripter, I never thought that I would be the one writing my own retirement speech. But the time has come. I will be transferring MacScripter to Mark Alldritt, CEO of Late Night Software, and t…	15	3874	April 12, 2025
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Script Code Exchange ventura	29	8745	December 17, 2023
Saving Persistent Values Code Exchange	13	1940	March 2, 2025
Scripting Changes (or lack thereof) in macOS Tahoe AppleScript \| Mac OS X	39	11096	February 11, 2026
Running a Shell Script in a Shortcut Shortcuts safari	24	22226	February 28, 2026
Format Telephone Number in Numbers AppleScript \| Mac OS X	123	9456	July 8, 2023
Scripting the macOS Stickies app Code Exchange macscripter-v1	13	4982	March 13, 2024
Using AppleScript's Text Item Delimiters unScripted macscripter-v1	27	19084	October 29, 2015
AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 1 unScripted macscripter-v1 , NSString , NSTextView	56	12915	June 1, 2011
Cleaning data out of a text file? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	130	8181	April 30, 2024
Loading file list from a folder AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , list	80	10367	September 15, 2019
Learning Shortcuts Shortcuts	22	17889	March 17, 2026
Base64 Image not displaying as an image AppleScript \| Mac OS X notes	23	16536	September 12, 2023
Convert XLS files into CSV preserving UTF-8 encoding AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	102	7983	September 10, 2012
Image Handling Shortcuts Shortcuts Finder	45	11329	June 15, 2025
Scriptable Timer / Stopwatch AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , TimerManager , StopWatch	107	7340	April 23, 2015
Change file encoding of TextEdit by Applescript AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , TextEdit , utf-16	53	10279	March 19, 2017
simulating mouse clicks macos AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	17	17704	May 4, 2019
AppleScript to create list of Events over a specified date range AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	33	12354	December 5, 2024
Identifying Microsoft 365 accounts AppleScript \| Mac OS X	35	6553	January 15, 2026
Parsing JSON files AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , JSON	38	11168	August 25, 2019
Custom Dialogs with swiftDialog Shortcuts	14	5582	April 2, 2026
Applescript to read mp3 metatags and sort file into folder AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , Applescript mp3	81	7143	May 11, 2017
get all combinations AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , combinations , permutations	56	8517	August 21, 2018
Run Automator .workflow file from AppleScript AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , Finder	28	11820	June 22, 2017
Copy 2FA code from received iMessage/Text on MacOS AppleScript \| Mac OS X	31	11220	November 18, 2025
Automating Changing a Folder Icon Color AppleScript \| Mac OS X monterey , icons	20	13816	April 27, 2023
Coerce GUI scripting information into string? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , UIScripting	38	10127	April 10, 2023
How Do I Combine Multiple Numbers Sheets Into Existing One? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	46	9142	April 16, 2017
SwitchAudio, a command line tool to change the Audio input and output device Code Exchange catalina	13	9320	May 18, 2024
Merge PDF contents thru apple script AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , Finder	33	10601	February 19, 2025
Getting names and serial numbers from USB devices AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	35	10205	December 19, 2016
Save Apple Mail And Attachments As PDF AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	33	10011	August 1, 2024
time to gmt AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , TimetoGmt , Latitude	72	6632	October 29, 2013
I have a script to shrink pictures that stopped working under 10.15. AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	90	5778	May 30, 2020
Apple Music: Export playlist? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , apple-music	21	11626	June 30, 2023
Scripting System Settings under Ventura AppleScript \| Mac OS X ventura	15	13561	January 17, 2025
AppleScript app Assistive access trouble AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	15	13500	July 24, 2025
Export selected notes from Notes.app w/ attachments, import to EN AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , tates :	29	9396	December 2, 2017
Talkin' The Talk with Apple's Speech Tools unScripted macscripter-v1	17	6792	August 25, 2013
repair broken Finder aliases AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	63	6401	November 19, 2020
Make a tiny url (or shorten url) of theResult AppleScript \| Mac OS X Finder	12	13881	February 1, 2023
increment a string that has leading zeros AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	68	5951	November 10, 2014
Show differences in two AppleScript files with TextWrangler Code Exchange macscripter-v1 , differences , AppleScript diff , diferences , path to folder , codes , coercing , path to , filereferences , lore , creator type	28	5154	May 29, 2025