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Expand flat pkgs from the finder

Nice tool with an honorable mention of yours truly…

Stop worrying and… at least like the bomb.

Posted on 2012-12-182012-12-18Categories Links, Tools1 Comment on Expand flat pkgs from the finder

Where Automator Actions and Workflows Live

This is a wonderful overview over where workflows and scripts have to be to be found by their respective applications and tools.

Where Automator Actions and Workflows Live | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

Posted on 2012-12-172012-12-17Categories Links

JSON Helper for AppleScript

Looks like an interesting tool to enhance AppleScript functionality. I also like the way they distribute it as an App through the App Store.

JSON Helper for AppleScript.

Posted on 2012-12-142012-12-14Categories Links, Tools

John Gruber: The unlikely persistence of AppleScript

I’d be totally remiss not to mention this, just go and read it:

The unlikely persistence of AppleScript

Posted on 2012-12-132012-12-13Categories Links

Control the Finder with the Terminal

Interesting approach to connecting the Finder more with the Terminal.

Control the Finder with the Terminal – Mac OS X Hints.

Personally I am satisfied with just using “open .” from the Terminal and dragging a folder from the Finder to the Terminal icon to open a Terminal window and cd there right away.

Posted on 2012-12-132012-12-13Categories Links, Tools

Automatic screen shot sharing with Dropbox and Automator

Automatic screen shot sharing with Dropbox and Automator – Matteo Agosti.

Posted on 2012-10-312012-10-31Categories Links

Assign keyboard shortcuts to Mail outgoing accounts

Mountain Lion 101: Assign keyboard shortcuts to Mail outgoing accounts | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

I have used this setting for Mail in the past and am really glad that Mountain Lion makes it work again.

Posted on 2012-10-112012-10-10Categories Links

Add URLs to Reading List automatically from e-mails

Add URLs to Reading List automatically from e-mails – Mac OS X Hints.

Posted on 2012-10-102012-10-10Categories Links

Script to Delete ‘Where From’ Metadata

Delete ‘Where From’ metadata from files – Mac OS X Hints.

I knew I would have to do this often, so instead of running a shell script every time I wanted to strip the Where From, I wrote an AppleScript

This is why and how you write scripts. 🙂

Posted on 2010-12-092010-12-08Categories LinksTags AppleScript, extended attributes, files, script, xattr

Ten Simple Automator Workflows

This article includes ten more little known Automator hacks, not included in the guide, that you can create in a few easy steps.

on makeuseof.com. (Thanks to @marrathon.)

Posted on 2010-12-082010-12-08Categories LinksTags Automator, workflow

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