AppleScript Examples
The following scripts, widgets, and applications, are AppleScript-based solutions for creativly solving common problems and tasks, and are posted as editable examples of AppleScript's many abilities and uses.
Dashboard Widget
The QwikFolder Dashboard widget uses AppleScript to quickly open many of the special folders in Mac OS X, such as the Shared Items folder.
Mighty Mouse Script Menu
The Mighty Mouse Script Menu utility will present a list of the items in the user's Scripts folder for the frontmost application, when a pre-assigned mouse control is activated.
Browse Full Screen Script
A toolbar script that instantly zooms the current Finder window to display full-screen, in Flow View mode, and with the Dock hidden. Click the toolbar script again to return to normal.
Launch Scripts from Links
Create AppleScript applets that respond to links embedded in webpages displayed on the user's computer.
Applet Bundle Tools
A set of scripts for setting application parameters for AppleScript bundle applications.
Database Publishing Demo
Ad Builder is an application that demostrates how to automate the transfering of images and text from databases to tagged page layout templates.
Account Switcher
The Account Switcher applet provides an easy one-click method for qucikly switching between user accounts.
Quick Look Tools
The Quick Viewer applet and the Quick Look Droplet are easy-to-use presentation tools that use the new Quick Look feature in Mac OS X to display items.
Self-Presenting Presentation
The Self-Presenting Presentation uses AppleScript and the built-in Speech technology of Mac OS X to automatically present Keynote slideshows while speaking the presenter notes and performing slide builds and advances.
Publish for Approval
Finally, a no-hassle, easy way to for customers to approve images remotely over the internet. With a single button-click, you can web-publish selected Aperture images and know exactly which ones the customer wants to use — with their choices automatically displayed for you in Aperture!
Aperture-InDesign Integration
Enhanced AppleScript support in Aperture 2.0.1 combines with Mac OS X functionality to provide a new level of interactivity with page-layout applications such as Adobe InDesign CS3. For the first time, Aperture preview images can be easily placed into another application's document while maintaining direct links to the related master images in the Aperture library. Placed previews can be updated as needed and even replaced with high-resolution exports in preparation for offset or direct-to-plate printing.
Aperture Caption Palette
The Aperture Caption Palette is a resizable window that floats over the full-screen display of your selected images, allowing instant access and input to both the displayed image's caption and ratings data. Simply select the images to process, launch the Caption Palette application and you're ready to go!
