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 Thursday, January 2, 2003
Spindown fix 1.1

This AppleScript script runs a Unix command (sudo pmset -a spindown 0) to prevent non-boot hard drives from spinning down unnecessarily. Changes in this version: Removed the need to use the Terminal to run the command.
10:31:33 PM    

NetNewsWire Pro 1.0b5

NetNewsWire Pro is a scriptable, customizable RSS news reader that can also be used to post entries to many popular weblog systems. This release fixes several crashes when editing Movable Type sites.
8:10:46 PM    

iCan 1.0b8

iCan is a scriptable, customizable desktop trashcan with a long list of features. Changes in this version: Added a new theme and fixed the Show Info option which broke in version 1.0b7. [d/l]
8:03:20 PM    

iCal Script Integrator 1.1

iCal Script Integrator allows iCal to run AppleScript code which is included in the Subject field of an iCal event, providing scheduled execution of scriptable tasks. Changes in this version: Fixed a bug which caused Mail.app to launch unnecessarily. Installer optimized
6:56:52 PM    

OscarScript 6.7b

OscarScript is a complete scripting suite for ircle 3.1 and later. This version includes various bug fixes and several new features. [release notes]
3:16:07 PM    

Essential Script Menu Scripts for Web Developers

These scripts by Dan Pouliot have been posted ready to copy from a web browser into Script Editor, offering some handy utilities for html publishing. They include Fix file names for web, HTML Scrubber, Open web page in BBEdit, Resize Images, and RTF to HTML trick (a.k.a. Scrub Entourage HTML). Dan also offers a Cool Subroutines page containing many subroutines from the Apple Guidebook modules, plus explanation of how to make them into a library, and then load and call the routines in other scripts. [via MacScripter.net]
7:41:39 AM    

PreFab Software announces 'UI Browser'

"PreFab Software, Inc. is pleased to announce UI Browser, a utility to help scripters write user interface scripts using Apple's new "GUI Scripting" technology for Mac OS X version 10.2.3. PreFab has unrivaled experience in scripting the GUI, shipping PreFab Player since 1994. For this OS X product, PreFab joined forces with well-known AppleScript and Cocoa guru Bill Cheeseman to bring you a utility that makes GUI Scripting easy." Follow the title link for the complete announcement.
6:48:32 AM