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Monday, February 24, 2003
ScriptBuilders News
New: Send pdf via Entourage 1.0, Updates: AcidJazz 1.3
6:02:20 PM
FruitMenu 3.0
FruitMenu gives users the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus. Among the many new features and fixes in this release, a compatibility issue with Ranchero's Big Cat contextual menu plugin has been fixed. Big Cat adds a Scripts menu to contextual menus, allowing users to easily run shell and AppleScript scripts. When coupled with FruitMenu's new "Click and Hold Mouse Button to Access Contextual Menu In Finder" option, it's a snap (actually a single click) to run scripts via contextual menus in the Finder.
2:24:06 PM
Keychain: Lock/Unlock via AppleScript
Someone recently searched for a script to lock a keychain. Here's the code to lock and unlock keychains.
2:00:56 PM
MacMP3Gain 1.4
MacMP3Gain is an AppleScript Studio application which provides a GUI for the command line version of MP3Gain. MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MacMP3Gain is free and open source. Release notes: Added "Target MP3 Gain Value" option. Added preferences file to save previous dialog settings.
12:04:05 PM
New Trick for Script Menu
A neat new feature in Jaguar's Script Menu lets you put applicatation-specific scripts at the top level of the menu... [Daring Fireball]
11:29:01 AM
MacInTouch: iPhoto Extractor
MacInTouch reader Sean Butler has created an AppleScript utility to help work around some problems with iPhoto file/library management. iPhoto Extractor extracts (duplicates) all files outside the iPhoto library so that iPhoto can be repopulated. [d/l]
10:44:10 AM
Sony Ericsson Clicker 0.99
Clicker lets users remotely control their Macintosh via Bluetooth from a compatible Sony Ericsson phone. Possible uses include control of PowerPoint or Keynote when giving presentations, remote control of DVD Player or iTunes, and the execution of AppleScript scripts to control anything that can be scripted. Clicker's built in "proximity sensor" can be used to trigger actions when the phone leaves or comes back into Bluetooth range. No info is currently available on the developer's web site so the title link leads to Version Tracker's more info page. [via Macinblog]
10:12:54 AM
New: Send pdf via Entourage 1.0, Updates: AcidJazz 1.3
6:02:20 PM
FruitMenu 3.0
FruitMenu gives users the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus. Among the many new features and fixes in this release, a compatibility issue with Ranchero's Big Cat contextual menu plugin has been fixed. Big Cat adds a Scripts menu to contextual menus, allowing users to easily run shell and AppleScript scripts. When coupled with FruitMenu's new "Click and Hold Mouse Button to Access Contextual Menu In Finder" option, it's a snap (actually a single click) to run scripts via contextual menus in the Finder.
2:24:06 PM
Keychain: Lock/Unlock via AppleScript
Someone recently searched for a script to lock a keychain. Here's the code to lock and unlock keychains.
LockThese were tested in OS X 10.2 but they might work in previous versions of OS X - I don't recall. Watch for line wrapping if you copy and paste the examples from your browser - they're all one-liners. Warning regarding passwords in scripts: I don't recommend storing passwords in AppleScript scripts due to the ease with which they can be compromised.
tell application "Keychain Scripting" to lock keychain "your keychain name" -- lock specific keychain
tell application "Keychain Scripting" to lock -- locks all keychains
Unlock
tell application "Keychain Scripting" to unlock keychain "keychain name" -- asks for password
tell application "Keychain Scripting" to unlock keychain "your keychain name" with password "your password"
2:00:56 PM
MacMP3Gain 1.4
MacMP3Gain is an AppleScript Studio application which provides a GUI for the command line version of MP3Gain. MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MacMP3Gain is free and open source. Release notes: Added "Target MP3 Gain Value" option. Added preferences file to save previous dialog settings.
12:04:05 PM
New Trick for Script Menu
A neat new feature in Jaguar's Script Menu lets you put applicatation-specific scripts at the top level of the menu... [Daring Fireball]
11:29:01 AM
MacInTouch: iPhoto Extractor
MacInTouch reader Sean Butler has created an AppleScript utility to help work around some problems with iPhoto file/library management. iPhoto Extractor extracts (duplicates) all files outside the iPhoto library so that iPhoto can be repopulated. [d/l]
10:44:10 AM
Sony Ericsson Clicker 0.99
Clicker lets users remotely control their Macintosh via Bluetooth from a compatible Sony Ericsson phone. Possible uses include control of PowerPoint or Keynote when giving presentations, remote control of DVD Player or iTunes, and the execution of AppleScript scripts to control anything that can be scripted. Clicker's built in "proximity sensor" can be used to trigger actions when the phone leaves or comes back into Bluetooth range. No info is currently available on the developer's web site so the title link leads to Version Tracker's more info page. [via Macinblog]
10:12:54 AM