
Apple Automator with AppleScript Bible
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One of the handiest ways to streamline your workload is toautomate some of your most routine computer tasks. Mac users arelucky in that they have AppleScript and Automator automation toolsbuilt right in. This comprehensive guide shows you how to tapboth these useful Mac features for Mac OS X and regularlyperform such tasks as extracting unread e-mails from your Mail,scheduling workflows, and manually recording actions to create newautomated routines.
* Brings you up to speed on Apple's built-in automation tools forMac OS X, including a more thorough look at Automator than in manybooks, and shows you how you can automate many of your mostrepetitive or error-prone tasks
* Explains how to automate aspects of some of your favorite Macfeatures, such as iCal, Mail, iPhoto, iTunes, and iDVD
* Covers how to manipulate files and folders; work with PDFs,emails, and Web pages; schedule workflows; set up watch folders;create and use variables; manually record actions; and createAppleScripts that further automate functions
The instruction in this detailed guide will help you increaseyour productivity using Automator and AppleScript.
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Quick Start: Dive into Automator and AppleScript.
Part I: The Fundamentals of Automation.
Chapter 1: What Is Automation?
Chapter 2: Automation from a User's Perspective.
Chapter 3: Automator Basics.
Chapter 4: Advanced Automator Topics.
Part II: A Detailed Look at AppleScript.
Chapter 5: AppleScript Basics.
Chapter 6: AppleScript Objects and Dictionaries.
Chapter 7: Working with Variables and Properties.
Chapter 8: Operators, Expressions, and Statements.
Chapter 9: Conditionals and Loops.
Chapter 10: Handling User Input.
Chapter 11: AppleScript Subroutines.
Chapter 12: Applets and Droplets.
Chapter 13: Folder Actions.
Chapter 14: AppleScript Studio.
Part III: Automation Projects.
Chapter 15: Ten Automation Projects for Files and Folders.
Chapter 16: Ten Automation Projects for Music and AudioFiles.
Chapter 17: Ten Automation Projects for Photos and Images.
Chapter 18: Ten Automation Projects for Text Files.
Chapter 19: Ten Custom Automation Projects.
Part IV: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Automator Resources.
Appendix B: AppleScript Resources.
Appendix C: AppleScript Reference.
Appendix D: Automator Actions and Variables.
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