Applescripts For Mac
I'm sure this is somewhere in the forum, but I just can't find it. As a relative newbie to Mac I found some Applescripts for making links between Mail and iCal. Downloaded them, but I can't install them.because I don't really now how! I get two error messages. Error - 1728 occurred: Finder got an error: Can't get owner of alias 'carolhodge: Library:Scripts' report or ok Then. Installation failed The script could not be installed. You may want to check read/write permissions in your Scripts folder.
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Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript? Sure, a stable OS with Unix shell access and a sophisticated UI are nice.
While it's not vital, I kinda like to know how, what where.lol! Carol iMac Intel Core Duo 17' Mac OS X (10.4.7) iPod nano 2Gb, HP PSC 2355, Belkin ADSL Modem + wireless G router. From the wording it sounds like these scripts came with some sort of installation program right? I could be wrong, but I don't think the /Library/Scripts folder exists by default. Maybe the installer is not smart enough to create the 'Scripts' folder if it's not already there. Inside your home folder, open up the 'Library' folder.
Is there a 'Scripts' folder in there? If not, then create a new folder and name it 'Scripts'. Then try re-running the installer.
If there already is a 'Scripts' folder then single click it to select it and then pick 'File - Get Info' from the menu bar. In the 'Info' window look at the Ownership & Permissions and see if it says 'You can Read & Write'. If not see if you can change the pop-up so it reads that way. Then re-run the installer. If neither of the above works then post back and we'll go from there. Apple Footer.
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Advertisement If you’re a heavy iTunes users with a significant size music collection, you definitely should know about Doug’s. Doug Adams has been writing scripts for iTunes ever since Apple’s inception of its popular jukebox.
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As far as I can tell, iTunes seems to be the most scriptable of all the default Mac applications. Last year I talked about and now I want to cover some more useful ones. If you’re not familiar with AppleScripts don’t let the techie name scare you off. Doug‘s site has scripts for managing your music tracks, playlists, album covers, controlling iTunes, networking, managing files and lots more.
Instructions for downloading and installing scripts are very clear and if you become interested in creating your own iTunes scripts, Doug’s get you started in that direction as well. Doug has created several self-contained AppleScript, each for $5 or less. But his free offering, will be very useful to iTunes users who like to use, which are the best way to create smart collections and manage a large selection of music tracks. With Smarts, you can load and save your existing smart playlists as templates for creating similar smart playlists. So for a very simple example, you might have a smart playlist for recently added tracks to your iTunes library. It might be set up like this.
With Smarts, you can load and save that smart list as a template to create new ones that use some similar rules. Using a template saves you the trouble of starting from scratch. You can also use Smarts to access and manage all your smart playlists.
This little tool is great for iTunes users just getting started with iTunes and for those of you who would like to create more smart collections. If you’re new to smart technology in Mac, check out my free for all you need to know to get started using it. Advanced iTunes users and music aficionados know that MP3 files can be encoded into different formats for better quality. The default format for most iTunes tracks is AAC.
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If you want to encode and export tracks into a different format, you have to make the change in General Preferences of iTunes. That’s not a big problem, but if you’re encoding lots of different files, you might want to use. The step-by-step instructions for downloading and installing this and other Doug apps are very easy to follow. If your iTunes library is quite large, the scanning process will take some time. And as Doug notes, use this script “thoughtfully and cautiously”. If you‘re like me, you’ve probably collected lots of single music files, such as the free single offering posted in the iTunes Music Store every Tuesday. If those singles are scattered throughout your library, you can use Doug’s script to have them collected and put into a single new playlist.
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The only drawback to this script is that if you have album collections featuring a compilation of artists, it will read those tracks as singles. So you will need to go through the new playlist, sort it by Album, and delete the tracks you don’t want in the “one hit” playlist. If you haven’t been very good about putting music files in playlists, this can help you manage those files. You can quickly find out if a selected song is in a playlist by right-clicking on it and seeing which playlists, if any, it is located in. In the example above, the selected track is found in a few smart playlists, but there’s no playlist for the album of songs that track belongs to. So I can select the single track and run the script to have it create a new playlist that includes all the tracks for that CD. ITunes, now in its 10th version, constantly grows and improves, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be customized and tweaked.
Doug’s script allows you to make a number of preference changes, including hiding the “Ping” buttons, automatically creating playlists for purchased song collections and adding a “Library” playlist for your collection. I have not scratched the surface of all the for free on Doug’s iTunes site. He and other developers have hundreds of iTunes scripts —some old, for older versions of iTunes, and a few that might not quite work as described. If you’re a dedicated iTunes user, you owe it to yourself to spend some time browsing and downloading scripts.
If you find his scripts useful, drop Doug a line at dougscripts at Mac doc com. If you have currently use iTunes AppleScripts, let us know about your favorite ones. Explore more about:,.
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