AppleScript Basics

Getting started: Getting started in AppleScript Basics
Recording Actions: If an application supports it, recording actions allows you to quickly build up a basic AppleScript. For example, if you go into AppleScript Editor and hit the “Record” button before making a new folder, you might end up with something like:
Simple Scripts: Simple Scripts in AppleScript Basics
AppleScript and the Command Line: If you use OS X and you use OS X’s command line or cron scripts, you can combine AppleScript with the command line. If you have no idea what that last sentence means, you can safely skip this chapter. This is not a tutorial on using the command line or on using Unix.
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AppleScript Basics last modified September 15th, 2012.

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