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AppleScript to mount/unmount a drive

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dae

On my Mac Pro I have two internal hard drives I rarely use. Some times they “sleep” and while doing so, every file opening dialog, search in Spotlight or search in Dictionary might wake them up and that takes some … Continue reading →

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Permission error of AppleScript in iTunes

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Dae

I was getting a permission error (code -54) when trying to set an id3 tag of a track using AppleScript. The solution was to add a delay between each operation: delay 1 Note that the track will remain “locked” until … Continue reading →

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Launch character palette using AppleScript in Snow Leopard

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Dae

tell application “CharacterPalette” to activate There is an issue though: the new character palette doesn’t get “bound” to any of the applications, therefore double-clicking a symbol doesn’t paste it automatically to the text field. You’d have to drag-and-drop. I’m posting … Continue reading →

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