You can batch process files, rename and resize multiple images, or fetch Web pages and manipulate the results. You can use it to set your system to boot up with certain apps open in a particular way, right down to the size, location and content of each window. Even Microsoft uses it, he says (for work on developing Office for Macintosh).īut AppleScript is also well suited for the desktop. Soghoian estimates that four out of five 'top-tier' Apple customers use AppleScript for serious automation - his examples include The New York Times generating daily stock charts and software developers testing applications.
AppleScript's appeal is that it can control both your operating system and your applications, easily passing information among them.
