AppleScript 1.8.3 manual updates, release notes and bug reports

- The release notes and manual updaters for AppleScript 1.8.3 (OS 9 and OS X) are now available. This message, sent to various AppleScript mailing lists, has all of the relevant URLs as well as notes on issues which have been brought to the attention of Apple since the update was released. In particular, Apple requests that OS X users who experience a crash in the installer while installing AppleScript 1.8.3 send an email with the contents of the Console's Installer Crash Dump and a recent Apple System Profiler report for your system. An email address for these bug reports is included in the message.
11:05:43 PM    

AppleScript 1.8.3 for Mac OS X - Release Notes

- Apple has made the release notes available for AppleScript v1.8.3. So far, only the OS X release notes are available from the Apple web site [PDF]. MacScripter.net has both (OS X - Classic).
4:43:57 PM    

MacFixIt: AppleScript 1.8.3 and crashes on install

- MacFixIt is reporting various problems regarding yesterday's release of AppleScript v1.8.3.
11:18:16 AM    

ListSTAR Bounce v1.0

- Using bounced mail digests generated by ListSTAR, ListSTAR Bounce will help to easily find and remove bad email addresses from your lists. It processes bounced mail and creates pre-formatted files of defunct addresses that you simply send to ListSTAR for removal, or it can be set up to autmatically send Apple Events to ListSTAR to remove bad email addresses.
10:57:58 AM    

pro Fit v5.6.1

- pro Fit is a powerful tool for the analysis, processing, plotting and evaluation of numerical data and mathematical functions. Among the changes in this version: Rows can now be specified as range from AppleScript.
9:27:22 AM    

Kung-Tunes v1.4.6

- Kung-Tunes, an AppleScript Studio project, periodically retrieve the currently playing iTunes track and uploads it to a webserver for display on a web site. Version changes: Recompiled for AppleScript version 1.8.3. More code clean-up.
9:21:16 AM    

Translate Web Page v1.0

- Translate Web Page is an AppleScript that provides a GUI to help translate web pages to many languages.
9:15:09 AM    

DMG Tool v2.6

- DMG Tool is an AppleScript Studio GUI front end for the command line tool hdiutil. The commands used are hdiutil create, hdiutil convert, hdid, mv and rm. This release includes numerous changes (included on the product page).
9:12:07 AM    

cURL GUI v1.0.1

- cURL GUI is an AppleScript Studio GUI front end for the command line tool curl. This release focuses solely on downloading files. It is a very basic tool that assumes a prior knowledge of how to use curl, though short help documentation is included. It supports the special variable URLs used by curl as well as the special naming scheme.
9:04:40 AM    

Moa Tunes v1.0

- Moa Tunes is a GUI shell for a number of scripts that Wooden Brain Concepts and others have written for iTunes. Rather than keeping several stay-open scripts running and taking up space in the dock, Moa Tunes ties them together in an attractive package which was built in AppleScript Studio.
9:00:37 AM    

OmniWeb v4.1

- OmniWeb is a full-featured, scriptable web browser for Mac OS X. Version changes include AppleScript-based support for telnet URL's (hand them off to terminal.app) and a new icon which has some users up in arms. [Mac Net Journal]
8:52:59 AM    

Uptowner

- Uptowner, an AppleScript Studio project by Laine Lee, allows a user with administrative privileges to temporarily become the owner of a file and its enclosing folder. It temporarily promotes the user up to owner.
8:35:49 AM    

ScriptBuilders News

- Updates: Rogue 2.3.1, Export-Import Entourage v1.0.2
7:22:48 AM