Jason Snell's Bad AppleScripts deal with helpful subroutines and parsing nasty file paths.

Does anyone have any insight into how to create a note in Notes.app under El Capitan and add an attached file? I have found online that supposedly, Notes interprets a tag as an attachment when ...

I'm trying to extract/get the annotations from a QuickTime file using AppleScript and I'm having a heck of a time doing so. tell application "QuickTime Player 7" set the_movie to document 1 tell ...

Do you launch the same apps every morning and shut them down every night? Glenn Fleishman has an AppleScript that could take care of those repetitive chores for you.

Scripting routine tasks affords powerful time-saving benefits, if you’re willing to learn a little about automation. Jason B. Jones shows a super-easy way to start learning with AppleScript.

If you work like I do, then you have a hierarchy of folders contained in a single folder that allows you to manage project files, notes, etc. Well, when it comes time to chunk those old files ...

Saving the AppleScript You can save this script as an application in order to quickly take screenshots in the file type you want. To save the script as an appliction: Select File > Save As Select ...

If you share files, printers, internet, or other things from your Mac, it can get annoying constantly navigating through System Preferences turning it on and off. Here's an AppleScript that can ...