New Automation Features in OS X Mavericks
Great overview on new scripting features in OSX 10.9 Mavericks:
Service to “Make Protected Zip” files
AppleScript XML-RPC
I have used this for few things:
Alerts to Notification Center in Mountain Lion
This could come in useful in many situations.
Enhancing Reminders with AppleScript and Macros
Nice use of AppleScript to enhance Reminders: Enhancing Reminders with AppleScript and Macros.
Opening Finder windows from the Terminal
The open command in Terminal is very powerful.
Opening Finder windows from the Terminal | Der Flounder.
You cant just open files and folders in Finder. You can type
open https://scriptingosx.com
to open a webpage in your default browser. Or
open vnc://hostname
To open a Screen Sharing session to a remote computer.
Use Automator to extract text from PDFs
Simple and (should have been obvious):
Mac 101: Use Automator to extract text from PDFs | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
Exporting Images With Usuable Names From Evernote
Running remote commands via SSH
I have been using this in some cases but I did not know about the -t option.