In 1992 Apple Computer began incorporating AppleScript as part of System 7.1, a version of the Classic Macintosh Operating System that predated Mac OS X. This plain-speech scripting language enables ...

I am trying to schedule a refresh of a YouTube Stream Now stream, and the only way I've figured to do it is via reloading a particular YouTube URL*. I have an always-on Mac mini, so I wrote an ...

We've all been there before. You've prepared a Keynote presentation on the Internet phenomenon of cat videos for your local Mac user group. You've finished editing your slides. You've added presenter ...

Mac OS offers AppleScript as a powerful automation tool you can use to share data among applications and turn complex file-management tasks into single-click programs. First implemented in 1992, when ...

If you’ve kicked around with a Mac for more than a few years and you read Macworld, you almost certainly have an AppleScript or seven that you rely on for certain custom features. I wrote a very ...

Apple on Friday issued a preview release of Script Editor, the authoring application for the company’s AppleScript language. Script editor 2.0 includes many enhancements and features for new scripters ...

Select a message or two in Outlook. Then, return to AppleScript Editor and click Run in the script document's window. 3. Make any adjustments to the properties at the top of the script to customize ...

We share a lot of scripts with you Mac junkies here at Lifehacker, which requires a lot of copying and pasting. By checking one box in System Preferences, however, you can send that code to ...

If you edit HTML code on your Mac, you might find that Apple's text-handling programs like TextEdit may not suffice, especially since as a basic text editor it does not provide syntax-aware coloring, ...

Ever wanted to quit every single open application? Perhaps you want to free up memory for the launch of another app. Here’s one way of doing it quickly and cleanly. You can create an app using ...

I have been using Mavericks for a little while now and I have to admit that I was a little slow to get excited about this release of OS X. Once I started to sink my teeth into some of the power-user ...

If you're confused by AppleScript, wish you could use something else to make OS X applications jump through hoops, or just aren't a fan of it for whatever reason (and I can think of a few), don't ...