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 Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Tutorial: Automating terminal commands using AppleScript

- Dr. John Timmer, Contributing Editor at OSXFAQ, offers a tutorial which demonstrates how users and scripters can tap into the combined power of the OS X terminal and AppleScript.
3:22:10 PM    

PowerMail v4.0b5

- PowerMail is a scriptable Macintosh e-mail client. This release includes several changes and extends the beta expiration date to August 15th, 2002.
12:01:22 PM    

Lost and Found (Hopefully) v1.2.1

- This script gathers information about the host computer (IP address and other info) and then emails it to a predetermined email address, allowng the computer to be tracked in case it has been lost or stolen. Version changes: Slight modifications to try to make the SMTP Setup script work better for everyone. The documentation has been improved to help users who couldn't set up the SMTP Server with the SMTP Setup Script. For those who have already set up their SMTP server and have everything working, no upgrade is needed.
8:53:43 AM    

QuickTime 6 released

- QuickTime is Apple's multimedia player and authoring system. Among the numerous changes in this is version is support for MPEG-4 File Format (.mp4) and enhanced AppleScript support. Apple QuickTime Broadcaster 1.0, which provides live encoding for online streaming, is also available.
1:01:23 AM    

Print Center Repair v1.3

- Print Center Repair is designed to rectify situations where Print Center will not open, printers cannot be added, and resolve a majority of -108 and -9621 errors. Version changes: Improved Print Center permissions repairs. Made significant improvements to the error handling system. Optimized the AppleScript and shell commands for better performance. Added the option to rebuild the /private/tmp directory with correct permissions and symbolic links.
12:47:33 AM    

Tex-Edit Plus X v4.3.0b4

- Tex-Edit Plus is a versatile text editor with many advanced features. Among the changes: Added "text only" parameter for the "open" AppleScript command. Added scriptable option in prefs dialog to set the maximum number of documents tracked in the "Open Recent" submenu (0 disables the menu). Fixed script bug involving the "close window saving yes" command.
12:44:35 AM    

DropDMG v1.6

- DropDMG allows users to easily create compressed & encrypted disk images and offers all options via AppleScript. Version changes are listed on the product's home page.
12:39:36 AM