ScriptBuilders News

Updates: Cache Out X 3.0.1, iPod Free File Sync 2.3.3
7:14:27 PM    

MacSlash: Can I Make Money Writing Shareware for Mac?

Anonymous Coward writes "Should I join the ranks of shareware developers?" Opinions range from "Don't quit your day job" to "Yes You Can".
5:28:12 PM    

New 'Maintain' utilities released

The newly updated lineup of 'Maintain' utilities use AppleScript and a simple interface to allow OS X users to run various UNIX maintenance scripts without using the Terminal. New releases today include 'Maintain Your Cron' and 'Maintain Your Cache'.
5:17:32 PM    

Upcoming book: Sams Teach Yourself AppleScript in 24 Hours

By Jesse Feiler | Scheduled release: April 21, 2003 | Paperback

Sams Teach Yourself AppleScript in 24 Hours offers a clearly written, well organized introduction to AppleScript. The book starts with running existing scripts, then teaches the reader to write simple scripts to create shortcuts and increase productivity on the Mac OS, then moves on to working with popular Macintosh applications with scripts.

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4:53:34 PM    

Spring 1.1b2

Spring is a desktop-browser hybrid for people, places, products, etc. Changes in this version include: The dialog "The Spring Object you want to send is no longer available." doesn't appear, due to an AppleScript issue.
2:59:39 PM    

Software Protection and Piracy

Slava Karpenko, lead programmer at Unsanity, offers his views on software protection and piracy. Unsanity is the developer of several popular OS X utilities such as FruitMenu, Labels X, Xounds, WindowShade X and more.
12:56:24 PM    

Mac OS X Hints: Extracting Exchange vCalendars from Mail.app

lx: "When I receive a vCalendar request from someone through Microsoft Exchange, Mail.app doesn't recognize the included vCalendar as an attachment and so it renders the content of the vCalendar instead of giving me an icon to click. I was able to remedy this shortcoming in Mail by setting up a new Mail rule which runs the AppleScript given below." ...
12:10:14 PM