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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	46056	September 10, 2023
PDF Shortcut Examples Shortcuts Finder	24	30138	April 12, 2026
SKProgressBar 1.0, a fully scriptable progress bar Code Exchange macscripter-v1 , SKProgressBar	78	14001	December 31, 2024
Dates & Times in AppleScripts unScripted macscripter-v1 , iCal	42	31405	November 2, 2021
[Tutorial] Scripting Libraries unScripted macscripter-v1 , Script Libraries	50	15368	December 28, 2019
Changes to the Shortcuts App in Tahoe Shortcuts	25	35972	May 11, 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	4157	April 12, 2025
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Script Code Exchange ventura	29	9457	December 17, 2023
Scripting Changes (or lack thereof) in macOS Tahoe AppleScript \| Mac OS X	41	13328	May 15, 2026
Running a Shell Script in a Shortcut Shortcuts safari	24	28483	February 28, 2026
Saving Persistent Values Code Exchange	13	2059	March 2, 2025
Format Telephone Number in Numbers AppleScript \| Mac OS X	123	12090	July 8, 2023
Scripting the macOS Stickies app Code Exchange macscripter-v1	13	5649	March 13, 2024
Using AppleScript's Text Item Delimiters unScripted macscripter-v1	27	20875	October 29, 2015
AppleScriptObjC in Xcode Part 1 unScripted macscripter-v1 , NSString , NSTextView	56	14600	June 1, 2011
Loading file list from a folder AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , list	80	11469	September 15, 2019
Image Handling Shortcuts Shortcuts Finder	46	14918	April 25, 2026
Cleaning data out of a text file? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	130	8761	April 30, 2024
Learning Shortcuts Shortcuts	22	19921	March 17, 2026
Convert XLS files into CSV preserving UTF-8 encoding AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	102	9045	September 10, 2012
Base64 Image not displaying as an image AppleScript \| Mac OS X notes	23	17650	September 12, 2023
Change file encoding of TextEdit by Applescript AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , TextEdit , utf-16	53	11312	March 19, 2017
Scriptable Timer / Stopwatch AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , TimerManager , StopWatch	107	7923	April 23, 2015
simulating mouse clicks macos AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	17	19276	May 4, 2019
AppleScript to create list of Events over a specified date range AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	33	13985	December 5, 2024
Identifying Microsoft 365 accounts AppleScript \| Mac OS X	35	7393	January 15, 2026
Parsing JSON files AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , JSON	38	12176	August 25, 2019
Custom Dialogs with swiftDialog Shortcuts	14	6048	April 2, 2026
Run Automator .workflow file from AppleScript AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , Finder	28	13732	June 22, 2017
SwitchAudio, a command line tool to change the Audio input and output device Code Exchange catalina	13	11050	May 18, 2024
get all combinations AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , combinations , permutations	56	9490	August 21, 2018
Getting names and serial numbers from USB devices AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	35	11682	December 19, 2016
Coerce GUI scripting information into string? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , UIScripting	38	11194	April 10, 2023
How Do I Combine Multiple Numbers Sheets Into Existing One? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	46	10019	April 16, 2017
Applescript to read mp3 metatags and sort file into folder AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , Applescript mp3	81	7557	May 11, 2017
Automating Changing a Folder Icon Color AppleScript \| Mac OS X monterey , icons	20	14838	April 27, 2023
Copy 2FA code from received iMessage/Text on MacOS AppleScript \| Mac OS X	31	12001	November 18, 2025
Merge PDF contents thru apple script AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , Finder	33	11482	February 19, 2025
Save Apple Mail And Attachments As PDF AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	33	11270	August 1, 2024
Apple Music: Export playlist? AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , apple-music	21	13256	June 30, 2023
time to gmt AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , TimetoGmt , Latitude	72	7268	October 29, 2013
AppleScript app Assistive access trouble AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	15	15262	July 24, 2025
I have a script to shrink pictures that stopped working under 10.15. AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	90	6102	May 30, 2020
Scripting System Settings under Ventura AppleScript \| Mac OS X ventura	15	14308	January 17, 2025
Export selected notes from Notes.app w/ attachments, import to EN AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , tates :	29	10447	December 2, 2017
Talkin' The Talk with Apple's Speech Tools unScripted macscripter-v1	17	7521	August 25, 2013
repair broken Finder aliases AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	63	7051	November 19, 2020
increment a string that has leading zeros AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1	68	6646	November 10, 2014
Backup and Restore Shortcuts Shortcuts	12	8417	March 13, 2026
read command and bom AppleScript \| Mac OS X macscripter-v1 , BOM , launchctl , tidy , asobjc , asobj	77	6084	June 12, 2013