A guide for Mac users on the features and functions of Automator covers such topics as workflow creation, working with actions, recording manual events, customizing Automator, looping, using variables, and plug-ins.

From newspapers to NASA, Mac users around the world use AppleScript to automate their daily computing routines. Famed for its similarity to English and its ease of integration with other programs, AppleScript is the perfect programming language for time-squeezed Mac fans. As beginners quickly realize, however, AppleScript has one major shortcoming: it comes without a manual. No more. You don't need a degree in computer science, a fancy system administrator...

Exercises; Chapter 7: Working with Files; Path Names: Traditional Mac and POSIX-style; What's in a Name?; The file Class; File Name Aliases; Reading and Writing Files; Enumerating Disks and Folders; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 8: Handlers; Writing a Handler; Passing Parameters to Handlers; Returning Handler Results; Argument Types; Local Variables; Call by Value; Recursive Handlers; Local/Global Variables and Variable Scope; Saving and Loading Handlers;...

Mac users everywhere--even those who know nothing about programming--are discovering the value of the latest version of AppleScript, Apple's vastly improved scripting language for Mac OS X Tiger. And with this new edition of the top-selling AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, anyone, regardless of your level of experience, can learn to use AppleScript to make your Mac time more efficient and more enjoyable by automating repetitive tasks, customizing...