In 1992 Apple Computer began incorporating AppleScript as part of System 7.1, a version of the Classic Macintosh Operating System that predated Mac OS X. This plain-speech scripting language enables ...

In a survey, Adobe asks its developers about scripting support in Creative Suite. But it sure looks as if coders are being asked to choose between AppleScript and something else. A note posted Friday ...

Apple acquired NeXT at the end of 1996, with the plan of using that company’s OpenStep operating system as the foundation for the future of Mac OS. The first plan for that OS was called Rhapsody, and ...

Mac power users love to play with scripting and automation. If there's something that's repetitive that needs to be done, it's a lot easier just to either use Automator to automate the process or ...

AppleScript is one of those technologies that has amazing potential, but seems to be “not quite there yet” in many ways. The basic problem is that supporting AppleScript is up to the application’s ...

AppleScript has been around for nearly 20 years, and although in that time it has doubtless succeeded in inviting many non-programmers to try their hands at writing scripts to automate applications, ...

AppleScript is Apple's powerful automation language for macOS. Here's how to use it to speed up your workflow when using your Mac. AppleScript was born in the early 1990's at Apple in an attempt to ...

I have been using Mavericks for a little while now and I have to admit that I was a little slow to get excited about this release of OS X. Once I started to sink my teeth into some of the power-user ...

Users of Mac OS X, when Apple releases version 10.2, will find a little something extra in their holiday stocking – AppleScript Studio. Since its announcement in September, though it immediately won a ...

The Script Debugger software for the Mac served a niche – but apparently did so very successfully for decades. The tool for development with AppleScript will be discontinued in mid-2025, as the ...

While we unfortunately won't have anyone liveblogging Steve Jobs' WWDC '07 keynote tomorrow morning, that doesn't mean we won't help you track down who will. Nik Fletcher has created an AppleScript ...