AppleScripts

A Growing Collection of AppleScripts

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Mac OS X Scripts

 Wipe Creator

Drop files onto this script to make sure they open in the appropriate default OS X application when double-clicked. For example, if your default JPEG viewing application in OS X is Preview, but your JPEGs open in GraphicConverter when you double-click them, just drop them onto this script to solve the problem.

 BBEditifier

Drop files onto this script to make them open in BBEdit. Edit the script to choose what file-extensions to match, what app to make the files open in, and much more.

BBEdit Scripts

 BBBreadcrumbs

Use this script with BBEdit 5.0 or later to automatically create "breadcrumbs" to show visitors where they are in your site. Open the script in Script Editor to find out more. (The breadcrumbs on all the pages of this site were created using BBBreadcrumbs).

Microsoft Entourage 2001 Scripts

 Duplicate Event

Displays a list of your events to choose from, and duplicates whatever event you selected.

You can edit the four properties at the top of this script to customize how it works:

• Optionally displays a dialog after successfully duplicating an event (default is not displaying the dialog).
• Optionally appends "copy" to the subject of the new duplicate event (default is appending "copy").
• Optionally does not list events whose only category is "Holiday" (default is not listing "Holiday" events).
• Optionally opens the new duplicate event (default is not opening the duplicate).

 Carry Tasks Over

Carries over tasks which are uncompleted and overdue. Because Entourage doesn't currently let you set due dates for Tasks via AppleScript, the script doesn't set new due dates. It does however open the Tasks and ask you to manually set the new due dates. Once Entourage is (hopefully) updated to allow setting due dates via AppleScript, this script will work as intended without any modifications.

 Dial Phone for Selected Contact by David Cortright
(Modifications by and Matt Gemmell)

Dials the phone number of the selected contact. If the contact has more than one number, it asks you to select the one you want to dial. Note that this script uses and requires the shareware ($15) application Acid Jazz, available from here.

 New Message with VCF Attached

Makes a new message and attaches a chosen VCF (contact) file to it.

 Attach VCF to Current Message

Attaches a chosen VCF (contact) file to the current message.

 Export Signatures to Text

Exports all your Signatures (both name and content) to a text file.

 Delete

Moves all selected messages (or the currently open message) to the Deleted Items folder.
Default keyboard-shortcut is control-D.

 Delete Unflagged

Moves all selected unflagged messages to the Deleted Items folder.

 Nuke Unflagged with Warning

Permanently deletes all selected unflagged messages (gives a warning first).

 Delete Thread

Deletes all messages in the thread of the currently selected message. This function is now natively possible in Entourage (it wasn't in OE5), but I've left this script up here for others to learn from.

 Super Location Check/Send

Sort of like a "wizard" for configuring location-sensitive checking and sending of email; lets you set up multiple actions for each account in each Location Manager location.

 Toggle Flag

Toggles the flag status of the currently selected messages.

 Go to VersionTracker

Launches Internet Explorer and goes to versiontracker.com. Not really an Entourage script, but useful for launching the browser without having to click a link first.

 New Message non-default Account

Makes a new message from an account other than your default account.

 Insert HTML for Selected URL

Replaces the selected URL (in a message) with the HTML to make a link to that URL.

 Search Inbox and make Word file

Searches the Inbox messages (subject and body) for the specified phrase, then makes a Microsoft Word file containing the matching messages.

 Search Inbox and make text file

Same as above, but makes a plain text file (SimpleText).

Outlook Express 5 Scripts

 Delete Unflagged

Moves all selected unflagged messages to the Deleted Items folder.

 Nuke Unflagged with Warning

Permanently deletes all selected unflagged messages (gives a warning first).

 Delete Thread

Deletes all messages in the thread of the currently selected message.

 Super Location Check/Send

Sort of like a "wizard" for configuring location-sensitive checking and sending of email; lets you set up multiple actions for each account in each Location Manager location.

 Toggle Flag

Toggles the flag status of the currently selected messages.

 Go to VersionTracker

Launches Internet Explorer and goes to versiontracker.com.

 New Msg non-default Account

Makes a new message from an account other than your default account.

 Insert HTML for Selected URL

Replaces the selected URL (in a message) with the HTML to make a link to that URL.

 Search Inbox and make Word file

Searches the Inbox messages (subject and body) for the specified phrase, then makes a Microsoft Word file containing the matching messages.

 Search Inbox and make text file

Same as above, but makes a plain text file (SimpleText).

Speech Recognition Scripts

 What's the date?

A better version of the "What date is it?" script included with Speakable Items. This version speaks the full date properly ("Tuesday the ninth of May, two-thousand"), whereas the script included with Speakable Items just says "Tuesday May nine".

TCP/IP & Networking Scripts

 TCPIP Test

Shows a dialog with the name of your current TCP/IP configuration and your current IP address.

Location Manager Scripts

 Get Location

Shows a dialog with the name of the current Location Manager location.

 Change Location

Changes the Location Manager location to one you specify.

Folder Actions Scripts

 Open - trash "Old ..." items

Trashes files whose names begin with "Old " when the attached folder is opened.

 Open - delete "Old ..." items

As above, but also empties the trash afterwards.

 Open - open file

Opens a given file when the attached folder is opened.

Appearance Scripts (require Mac OS 8.5 or later)

 Double Scroll-Arrows

Enables having both scrollbar arrows at both sides of scrollbars.

 Scrollbar Arrows Style

Lets you choose one of the three scrollbar arrow styles.

Miscellaneous Scripts

 Loading Other Scripts

Two scripts, showing how to load one script into another, and call subroutines from other scripts.

 Launch Clipboard Text as File

Assumes that the clipboard text is a file-path, and launches that file.

 Launch Application by Creator-Code

Launches an application by its creator-code, avoiding having to locate it first.