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Find bluetooth connected devices battery level through Apple Script
I'm making a swift app that shows the battery level of all connected bluetooth devices.
I've got three devices connected: Mysz(name surname), Magic Keyboard (name), i12; where Mysz is just Magic Mouse....
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How can I open a Mail Attachment on macOS 15.5 Sequoia?
I am looking for a script to open the (pdf) attachment of a (new) eMail using Mail 16.0.
I tried this AppleScript and hoped it would open the attachment, but nothing happens:
tell application "...
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Copy and rename a file with AppleScript without changing its extension
This applescript allows me to extract the text I'm interested in from a .gcode file but actually creates a copy of the file before modifying the original file. I would like to save the file without ...
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Select all lines starting with ";" with Applescript
I'm trying to create an applescript that would allow me to clean up a .gcode file by removing all lines that don't begin with a semicolon ";"
Here's a small example of the gcode file:
; ...
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Apple script looping gives invalid index
I have an fairly simple apple script. I get some random number of windows so I loop through all the windows to find the window I am looking for, then do some stuff on the window. The first three ...
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AppleScript - open Screenshot app and start recording screen (Mac mini M4)
I need to record the screen using the Screenshot application. This script launches the Screenshot app, but it does not start recording:
tell application "Screenshot"
activate
end tell
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AppleScript - open Screenshots app (Mac mini M4)
I need to open the Screenshots application using AppleScript. I have an Apple Mac mini M4.
My code does nothing. No error.
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "5" using {...
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Adding multiple images and text to Pages via Applescript
I need to automate adding multiple images with title text to an Apple Pages document. My assumption is that I need to use AppleScript to do this.
So far I've tried things like the following:
tell ...
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JQ not recognized by AppleScript
I have a daily journal I create in Devonthink3, and as part of the note creation, I add that day's weather and the forecast. I ran this fine for about 90 days, but had to wipe the computer and reload ...
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AppleScript - Deleting selected files and folders whose filename contain a certain string
we work with template files (generally psds), all saved together in folders, that have a generic name.
We copy them and remove the ones not needed for the project, and mass rename the generic string, ...
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Embedding AppleScript in Bash Script
I have a working AppleScript for pinning a given app the dock:
set theAppPath to "/Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader.app"
try
set theShellScript to "defaults write com.apple.dock ...
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Fetching contact's birthday in Apple Script
I am trying to fetch the birthday of a contact in the contacts list, on Mac.
tell application "Contacts"
set firstContact to first person
set contactName to name of firstContact
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Generating new mail message with specified sender leaves wrong BCC recipient
I try to automate composing a mail with specified "to:" address, sender account and content including an attachment. I found the following AppleScript snippet I use from within a Bash script:...
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Hot folder on file add copy to folder on shared drive with AppleScript
I am trying to write a script I can attach to any folder that when I copy or save an item into it, it will make a copy into a separate folder. Both of these folders exist on a NAS. This script seems ...
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applescript - processing Chrome windows
I've written an AppleScript containing 2 parts:
part1 cycles through all Chrome windows and sets the given name - this works as expected
part 2 wraps tries to do a similar thing but processes windows ...
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