Posts Tagged ‘applescript

Filed under: Software , Features , How-tos , Tips and tricks , Internet Tools , AppleScript Recently, the question came up of how to automatically “tweet” a birthday message to a friend or loved one on their special day. After thinking on this question for some time I finally came to a solution. As it turns out, intrepid TUAW blogger Dave Caolo wrote a Mac 101 article all about attaching AppleScripts to iCal events.

Filed under: How-tos , iTunes , AppleScript One neat little thing about the iPod and iPhone family of devices is their ability to display lyrics — supported by all iPod nanos as well as the iPhone / iPod touch , and iPod Classic 5th generation and higher. On the iPhone and iPod touch, lyrics show up when a song is loaded (and can be re-displayed by tapping on the screen while a song is playing); while on the iPod nano, pressing the center button several times while a song is playing will cycle you through to display lyrics. But the real issue isn’t so much about displaying lyrics as much as it is obtaining them.

Filed under: Software , How-tos Many years ago I started playing with AppleScript. For some reason, it failed to hold my attention, though I know you can do many cool tricks with it. Perhaps I’d still be at it if I had found an overview like the one posted at AppStorm


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