Looking back at previous Alfred releases, it’s amazing to see how the app went from being a simple way to launch apps to a tool tailored to both casual and power users, thanks to the possibility of creating custom searches, shortening links, browsing the filesystem, and more. Alfred hasn’t officially reached the 1.0 status, yet the developers iterated so fast in the past months that Alfred has turned into a powerful application launcher packed with functionalities aimed at getting things done using only the keyboard. The minimal launcher for Mac that was released as an alternative to Launchbar and Spotlight quickly evolved into a full-featured solution to browse files, play music from iTunes, manage your system clipboard and check on dictionary definitions. You can load AppleScript applets (applications) into the Finder's toolbar by drag and drop, or you can "keep" them in the Dock.ĪppleScripting components are automatically installed by OS X, so unless you've gone and done something crazy, AppleScripting under OS X should be all set.We’re huge fans of Alfred here at MacStories. AppleScripting options regarding the global Script menu can be found, perhaps not so obviously, in AppleScript Editor's Preferences. You add scripts to the Scripts Menu by putting them in the Library/Scripts/ folder for all users or the /Library/Scripts/ folder for individual users. OS X has the Script Menu which let's you run scripts system-wide from a drop down menu in the Menu Bar. Users of Mac OS 10.3 and higher can assign keyboard shortcuts to AppleScripts in the iTunes Scripts Menu.įastScripts from Red Sweater Software provides the ability to quickly and simply add and manage AppleScript keyboard shortcuts.Īnother way of accessing scripts is with some sort of launcher. As of this writing, I have 288 that I use regularly or that I am working on (Some other attachable applications let you use sub-folders which create a sub-menu heirarchy- hint hint, Apple!) I am not aware of any maximum limit on the number of scripts you can put in your Scripts folders. This will help you in the Finder but the Scripts will still appear in one long list in iTunes' Scripts Menu. You can organize your scripts to some degree by placing them in folders inside your Scripts folder. To make AppleScripts available to all Users, create a folder called "Scripts" and place it in the /Library/iTunes/ folder of your startup drive (you may have to create the "iTunes" folder as well as the "Scripts" folder I think you can put the "iTunes Plug-Ins" folder here also, although it has nothing to do with AppleScript.). Select "Library" from the drop down menu that appears. To make it temporarily visible, hold the Option key and select the Finder's "Go" menu. As of OS X 10.7 (Lion) the /Library/iTunes/ folder is hidden by default.Put your scripts in the "Scripts" folder and they will appear in iTunes' Scripts Menu. If there is no folder named "Scripts" there, create one. This article refers to Script Editor.app but AppleScript Editor.app also applies.įor single Users: naviagate to the /Library/iTunes/ folder. Gather tracks that do not have lyrics textĬreate a playlist for each entry of a specified tagĪs of Snow Leopard (OS 10.6), Script Editor.app has been renamed AppleScript Editor.app and is located in your /Applications/Utilities/ folder. Perform tasks on a batch of playlists rename, delete, duplicate, merge, moreĬheck all scripts from installed on your computer for updatesĭrop to Add and Give Info v4.1 ĭrag and drop files and enter multi-edit tag info before files are added to MusicĪpply Embedded Artwork v2.1 Īpply extant image metadata from tracks' files as track artworkĮxports and then re-imports selected tracks' artworkĬreate a playlist of random Artists and set number of random songs back-to-backĮxport Files From Playlists v3.5 Įxport files of tracks in two or more playlists to single folder Join Together Create single file from two or more audio filesĬlick on a script's name and go its entry page for information and download link.Dupin New! v3.2 The track duplicates manager.
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