Automator or Applescript help...

Can a script be written in any of these to clear Safari history or favicons? I'd like to write one so that I can just click it instead of doing this every week.

Try this:
tell application "Finder"
delete file "Library:Safari:History.plist" of home
delete folder "Library:Safari:Icons" of home
empty trash
end tell
The script will need to be saved as as application.
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Hi all,
I'm creating a folder action that, when a file is added to the folder, will search the folder to see if the file is of a certain type (by the extension) and then run an Applescript that will open the file in the appropriate program. The problem is that not all files that go into the folder are of the correct type. Is there any way to tell Automator or Applescript to stop if no file is found (essentially "input" should be empty)?
Thanks,
Stuart

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Hey all,
I would really appreciate any help people could offer. I've looked at a bunch of forums and can't seem to find a solution to this problem though many people have similar problems that haven't been solved. I need to print a set of about 50 documents (mix of pdfs and docs) in a fixed order, multiple times throughout the week. I'd like any of the documents that are multiple pages to be double sided and stapled (we have a Ricoh 6000 that can staple) and for some of the items I need multiple copies (sometimes 4 copies, sometimes 2). I'm comfortable coding but new to automator and applescript so I'm having trouble finding the right combination.
I tried using automator as follows:
*do shell script*
defaults write com.apple.print.custompresets com.apple.print.lastPresetPref 2SidedPacket
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The problem is that while the appropriate number of copies prints, the settings are not used and so i get a bunch of single sided sheets that aren't stapled.
Please help! This will save me quite a bit of time if I can get it to work.
I'm happy to hear any ideas; scrap mine entirely if you want and start from scratch if you think you have a solution that will work. or add to mine. whatever you want.
I appreciate your help.
-Jake

Hey all,
I would really appreciate any help people could offer. I've looked at a bunch of forums and can't seem to find a solution to this problem though many people have similar problems that haven't been solved. I need to print a set of about 50 documents (mix of pdfs and docs) in a fixed order, multiple times throughout the week. I'd like any of the documents that are multiple pages to be double sided and stapled (we have a Ricoh 6000 that can staple) and for some of the items I need multiple copies (sometimes 4 copies, sometimes 2). I'm comfortable coding but new to automator and applescript so I'm having trouble finding the right combination.
I tried using automator as follows:
*do shell script*
defaults write com.apple.print.custompresets com.apple.print.lastPresetPref 2SidedPacket
*get specified finder items*
*print finder items*
with the idea that the shell script would change my printer settings to use the saved preset 2SidedPacket which is double sided and staples. i used get specified finder items and dragged the items that i needed from the finder. for items that i needed multiple copies, i just dropped them in "get specified finder items" the appropriate number of times. then "print finder items" speaks for itself.
The problem is that while the appropriate number of copies prints, the settings are not used and so i get a bunch of single sided sheets that aren't stapled.
Please help! This will save me quite a bit of time if I can get it to work.
I'm happy to hear any ideas; scrap mine entirely if you want and start from scratch if you think you have a solution that will work. or add to mine. whatever you want.
I appreciate your help.
-Jake

Automator or Applescript using png files with alpha channel

I have hundred of png files with alpha channel.
I want to suppress alpha channel.
How can i do it using Automator or Applescript ?
Thank you very much.

You can use the free command line image processing tool ImageMagick in your Applescripts or Automator workflows, as well as from a Terminal shell.
You can download ImageMagick from http://www.imagemagick.org, but Cactuslab has simplified installation by putting together an installer package. It’s available at http://cactuslab.com/imagemagick/. Download the package and double-click on it. Follow the instructions to install. It will install ImageMagick into /opt/ImageMagick and add it to your $PATH by creating a file in /etc/paths.d/. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
The two ImageMagick commands we’re concerned with are “convert” and “mogrify”. Convert is more efficient for multiple and piped operations on the same image file, and mogrify is more efficient for batch processing. Generally speaking, convert will output a file separate from the input file. Unless a path is specified, mogrify will overwrite the input file with the output file. An important distinction.
You can perform various operations on the alpha channel using arguments after either the convert or mogrify command. Two of the available arguments are:
-alpha off - Disables the image's transparency channel. Does not delete or change the existing data, just turns off the use of that data.
-alpha remove - Composite the image over the background color.
Also of use are the -flatten and -background options:
-flatten - overlay all the image layers into a final image and may be used to underlay an opaque color to remove transparency from an image.
-background - sets the background color.
Start off using the convert command with a single image to see the effect and adjust to your liking. Once you’ve achieved the desired outcome, then use the mogrify command to batch process the chosen images.
Before getting into how to use Automator or Applescript in your workflow, use Terminal and the command line to see the effect on a single image. Copy one image to your ~/Desktop. In Terminal change the directory to ~/Desktop by typing the following command and pressing the Enter key:
cd ~/Desktop
Then choose the option you are looking for, -alpha remove for instance, type the following command and press the Enter key:
convert input-photo.png -alpha remove output-photo.png
You can check the alpha channel (transparency) and background in the Preview app, go View > Show Image Background from the menu bar.
Once you’re ready to batch proces, place all the photos you want to convert with the same command into one folder. Copy the folder to your ~/Desktop. Let’s assume you’ve labeled the folder “InPhotos”. It’s prudent to manipulate copies in case something goes amiss. In that event you can copy the folder with the originals again and start over. Create a new empty folder on your ~/Desktop and call it “OutPhotos”. Let’s also assume your home directory is called “Me”. The following command will process the photos from the InPhotos folder and put them in the OutPhotos folder:
mogrify -alpha remove -path /Users/me/Desktop/OutPhotos/ /Users/me/Desktop/InPhotos/*png
According to Apple Technical Note TN2065:
"when you use just a command name instead of a complete path, the shell uses a list of directories (known as your PATH) to try and find the complete path to the command. For security and portability reasons, do shell script ignores the configuration files that an interactive shell would read"
So, you need to use the full path to to ImageMagick commands, unlike in the shell where you can just use the command name.
To batch process using Automator, use the “Run Shell Script” action (note: retain the single space at the beginning of the last line):
/opt/ImageMagick/bin/mogrify \
-alpha remove \
-path /Users/Me/Desktop/OutPhotos/ \
/Users/Me/Desktop/InPhotos/*png
To batch process using Script Editor (Applescript), use the “do shell script” command:
do shell script "/opt/ImageMagick/bin/mogrify -alpha remove -path /Users/pd/Desktop/OutPhotos/ /Users/pd/Desktop/InPhotos/*png"
Further info on ImageMagick:
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#alpha
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/masking/#remove
http://www.imagemagick.org/index.php
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-tools.php
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php
Examples:
The original PNG image:
-alpha off:
-alpha remove:
-background black -flatten:
-background blue -flatten:
-channel alpha -evaluate Divide 2:
-channel alpha -evaluate Divide 2 -background black -flatten:

Using automator or applescript in Preview

Hi All,
I'd like to create a services menu item in Preview which does either of two things:
Open the file I'm currently viewing in Canon DPP raw processing software
OR
Check for a folder called "Keepers" in the same directory as the file I'm currently viewing. If it does not exist, create it, and then save a copy of the file into this folder.
However, I can't seem to find a way to create a services menu item in Preview - can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks

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Use automator or applescript to capture and paste text

Hi,
I have two separate applications that need to share data and the developers are refusing to work with each other.
Many years ago, I worked in QA but in an MS environment and we had tools that could capture images and text and input that back in. I was hoping I could do something similar with either automator or applescript.
More specifically: This is for a dental office. The program that interfaces with the X-ray machine and processes the radiographs has a completely separate database from the patient management system. All of the patient information currently resides in a database within the patient management system so when we go to take an X-ray on a new patient, we have to retype all of the patient's information into the X-ray program. Double entry wastes time and has a higher probability of errors. I was hoping that after the assistant opens the patient's chart, either automator or applescript (or a 3rd party app) would be able to look at that screen, identify a few pieces of text that are always in the same place within the window (name, dob, gender, chart no., etc.) and copy that information and then paste it into the same fields in the X-ray program window.
Any ideas?
This is going to drive me nuts...
Thanks!

The real soluiton is to have a 3rd program that bridges them both.
I've done exactly this for clients. We normaly use Python because its open source and can link into any db out there.
Your talking about "screen scrubbers". I've used them to for software QC and automated testing. They don't work anymore since "data execution protection" and memory protection in general became popular.
You can write an Applescript (not sure Automator can handle it) to select any field of any running application and copy what is there, then paste it somepalce else.
So, in theory, you could make a script you run at the blank screen that goes and copies over the currently selected patient in the other App.
I'd really rather see the "bridge" app I mentioned first though.
Add support for "LDAP" to your software requirements and this problem will go away. I mean really, why let them spend money making a "patient" databse when they can use the services of an off-the-shelf LDAP server!
What is LDAP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP

Automator or Applescript to Rename Subfolders and Files

I have 200 Gigs of files that need to be moved from a Mac's internal drive onto an external non-mac formatted drive for storage (Buffalo TeraStation). Obviously there is an issue with illegal characters in some of my filenames and folder names. I was able to create a workflow in Automator to replace illegal characters in the Filenamnes and nested filenames with the characters of my choice however it did not work for the Sub Folder names. Does anyone know if this is possible in Automator? If not, is there someone out there who can write a script for such a process?
Thank you in advance.

Scott,
Here is an AppleScript which can be placed in an Automator "Run AppleScript" action to do what you are want.
Click on the link to move the script into Script Editor. Then select all, copy and paste into a "Run AppleScript" action in Automator. Make sure to completely replace all of the text in the action i.e., don't just replace the (* Your script goes here *).
The find and replace characters are found in the properties at the top of the script so they can be adjusted to what you need. I also have a routine that will replace multiple illegal characters with a single legal character if you need that type of flexibility.
This action should be proceeded by an action that will supply an alias such as "Get Specified Finder Items".
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">property theIllegalCharacter : "/"
property theReplacementCharacter : "_"
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
set theFinderWindow to make new Finder window
set current view of theFinderWindow to column view
set target of theFinderWindow to item 1 of input
set theIllegallyNamedSubFolders to folders of entire contents of target of theFinderWindow whose name contains theIllegalCharacter
set theIllegallyNamedFiles to files of entire contents of target of theFinderWindow whose name contains theIllegalCharacter
repeat with thisFile in theIllegallyNamedFiles
set (name of thisFile) to my RemoveIllegalNamingCharacters(name of thisFile, theIllegalCharacter, theReplacementCharacter)
end repeat
repeat with thisFolder in theIllegallyNamedSubFolders
set (name of thisFolder) to my RemoveIllegalNamingCharacters(name of thisFolder, theIllegalCharacter, theReplacementCharacter)
end repeat
end tell
return input
end run
to RemoveIllegalNamingCharacters(theName, IllegalCharacter, ReplacementCharacter)
set theNewName to ""
set theCharacterCount to (length of theName)
repeat with i from 1 to (length of theName)
if (character i of theName) is equal to IllegalCharacter then
set theNewName to theNewName & ReplacementCharacter
else
set theNewName to theNewName & character i of theName
end if
end repeat
return theNewName
end RemoveIllegalNamingCharacters
</pre>
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Location of "Oracle Policy Automation Runtime Developer Help"

Good day,
I'm doing some research into some performance issues we are having and am trying to find the location of "Oracle Policy Automation Runtime Developer Help".
Would anyone know where I could locate this file?
Thank you

OPA Developer Help 10.3: http://docs.oracle.com/html/E24274_01/toc.htm
OPA Developer Help 10.2: http://docs.oracle.com/html/E20344_01/toc.htm
The Help files for the latest release of all the OPA products (OPM, OPA, OPA-Siebel Connector, etc.) are always available from the OPA section of the Oracle Technology Network: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/apps-tech/policy-automation/overview/index.html --> Click on the Documentation tab and look through the list.
The OPA Developer Help is also available locally if you've got OPM installed, usually in this location: C:\Program Files\Oracle\Policy Modeling\help\run\Default.htm
Edited by: Jasmine Lee on 01-Feb-2012 07:51

Automator/applescript help needed

Basically I want to use automator and/or applescript to create a script that will add my current MAC address to a text file i specify (in the script) and then have a popup to enter a new one that also gets logged in the text file and then it changes to the new one. I need a way to paste the contents of the clipboard in to a terminal command. How can I do that?

Note that Discussions has dedicated AppleScript & UNIX forums in Support > Discussions > Mac OS X Technologies & an Automator one in Support > Discussions > Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. These would be better places to post if you are looking for detailed help with this.
That said, take a peek at the man page for pbcopy, which provides Terminal access to the Mac clipboard. The "See Also" section has references to developer info for working with the clipboard.
Message was edited by: R C-R

New bee looking for applescript help with text edit app

I have a huge text files (20+) , I want to find a list of words like weather, farmers, ploughing. I want to find these words one at a time, as my text file is 250+ Mb in size.
I want applescript to count the how many times each word appears in the text.
Paste that occurrence of word into an spreadsheet file in a row named after text file , and in a column named weather, farmers, ploughing.
Please help.
Thanks much.
CF
PS so far I can open the text files with applescript, that is about the extent of my ability in programing.
Message was edited by: coldfusions onco

For a file of that size, you would need to use some shell utilities to get decent performance. To count words, the following script breaks up the text into words, then counts the number of times the specified word is found (a dictionary file is used as an example, so the match is equivalent to 'contains'):
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #DAFFB6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
set theFile to "/usr/share/dict/web2" -- a 2.5MB list of words
set someWords to {¬
{theWord:"weather", theCount:0}, ¬
{theWord:"farmers", theCount:0}, ¬
{theWord:"ploughing", theCount:0}}
repeat with anItem in someWords
set aWord to quoted form of theWord of anItem
try -- break up into individual words, then search and count
set theCount of anItem to (do shell script "tr -cs '[:alpha:]' " & quoted form of linefeed & " < " & theFile & " | grep -ic " & aWord) as integer
end try
end repeat
someWords
</pre>
Is this related to your Automator post?

How can I use Automator or AppleScript to get text from a web page and paste it in execl?

I don't know how to make scripts or complexed automator workflows... that's why I'm asking.
I'm trying to make a simple app or script to ask me what text to extract from a web page, like name, address and phone number of a web page and paste each one of these data in the righ cell of excel.
I was thinking to promt a request from automator or an applescript to ask me which text to extract from the page or to look throught the HTML of the page to search for specific html tags, from which extracting text and then importing it, or paste it to the specified execl cell. Name in the name cell, address in the address cell and so on.
Can somebody help me to make this script?
If you know an alternative, like a software that already do this or another language to use, please tell.

Try holding down the alt key as you mark the text to be copied. You can then copy columns to table text.

Automator and applescript to copy new files in a folder with same name as parent folder

I have an iMac with a pictures folder (Finder folder) containing several subfolders with pictures. As per now, all these subfolders are imported into an iPhoto library (and the structure of the Finder pictures folder is thus maintained: The iPhoto events are named the same as the Finder subfolder). I.e. I have not created any albums in iPhoto.
I have also set up a workflow, where new iPhone photos are automatically being synced to specified Finder folders within the iMac pictures folder. So what I want to do is to make a workflow to import potential new photos from week to week into the existing iPhoto structure. I know iPhoto has this Autoimport folder, so this one is unpacked and "mapped". So, this is what I´m hoping to do:
Automator (iCal - want to do this on a weekly basis):
- Get specified Finder items -- set to target folder = iMac pictures folder
- Get folder content (with subfolders)
- Filter Finder items
     - Items from the last 7 days (which then would be any new files created last week)
- Applescript/shell script loop(?)
     - Get folder name for each file´s (from previous step) parent folder
     - Create new folder with same name as the file´s parent folder (if not already existing) under the iPhoto Autoimport folder
     - Copy the given file into the folder from above
- Run iPhoto application (Automator task), which then should just auto import the new photos according to the Finder folder structure
Whith the workflow above, I aim to maintain the existing iPhoto structure, and just import new photos into the existing structure. Creating folder names under the Autoimport, similar as the existing Finder folder names / iPhoto events should make it possible to have the new files imported under the existing event, right?

Anyone?
I have now switched to Aperture (from iPhoto) due to Aperture´s capability to handle Finder folder structure, and due to the possibility of having the pictures within Aperture as referenced files to the pictures within the Finder folders (i.e. possibility to delete pictures from both library and Finder folder at the same time).
So I have a superior Finder folder called "Album". Within "Album" I have several subfolders (sub albums) containing pictures. The "Album" folder with subfolders are imported into Aperture as "Projects and albums", and the pictures are uploaded within the Aperture structure as referenced files. So for now the Aperture structure is more or less a direct mirror of the Finder folder structure, whereas "Album" is the project.
And this is my current workflow in Automator, but I´m searching help with my Applescript:
- Get specified Finder items (target folder = the superior Finder folder "Album")
- Get Folder content
- Filter Finder items (to look for potential new files to import into Aperture)
     - Kind is not folder
     - Date created last X days
The output files from this task enters an Applescript
on run {input, parameters}
       repeat with f in input (**Loop**)
               tell application "Finder"
                      set fileName to name of (f)
                      set parentFolder to name of container of (f)
                      tell application "Aperture"
                             tell library 1
                                    tell project "Album"
                                           if (exists album parentFolder) then
                                             ** I then would like to check if fileName already exist within the existing album**
                                             ** If not existing, I would like to import file f into the existing album as a referenced file**
                                           else if not (exists album parentFolder) then
                                                   make new album with properties {name:parentFolder}
                                            ** I then would like to import file f into the new album as a referenced file**
                                           end if
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                             end tell
                      end tell
               end tell
       end repeat
end run

Applescript Help: Search for text in Safari DOM tree

Im trying to make a script really similar what was asked here: Re: Find text in webpage and email notification applescript/automator Except instead of searching the "source code" of the page, I want the script to search the "DOM tree" for the page.
To summarize, I am trying to make a script that loads a safari page, searches for a particular text in the DOM Tree, and if found will send me an email.
Here is the code from the other thread I referenced:
on idle
          set pagURL to "http://page.url.com?whatever"
          if application "Safari" is not running then
                    quit
                    return
          end if
          tell application "Safari"
                    set URL of document 1 of window 1 to "http://your.web.address/"
                    delay 5
-- delay to let page load.
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                              my sendAMail()
                    end if
                    return 900 --fifteen minutes
          end tell
end idle
on sendAMail()
          tell application "Mail"
                    set theMess to make new outgoing message at end with properties {sender:"your name", subject:"some subject line", content:"The message you want to send to yourself", visible:true}
                    tell theMess
                               make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:"[email protected]"}
                    end tell
-- send theMess
          end tell
end sendAMail
Any help would be appreciated!

For the URL you quote as an example (http://www.sislands.com/coin70/week2/NestedLoops1.htm), using text instead of source worked for me:
if text of document 1 of window 1 contains "1 2 3 4" then
another example:
if text of document 1 of window 1 contains "10 12 14 16" then
Note a double space between single digits (1 2 3 4) and a single space between double digits (10 12 14 16) is required for a match as per the table format:
Any full line:
if text of document 1 of window 1 contains "for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) { // when i = 10" then
or partial line works:
if text of document 1 of window 1 contains "; i++) { // when i = 10" then

Need automator or applescript to change a setting in Safari with a keypress

I'm new to applescripting and automator, so bear with me. I found a .css file that stops annoying ads, flash ads, etc in Safari. It's great and makes the pages load faster and clean. And to implement it, you just have to click on "preferences" (in Safari), then "advanced" and enable or disable custom style sheets. I know from experience with Omniweb and Camino that sometimes when you block all flash and ads that some webpages don't load correctly. Some guys say they just keep two browsers running and when the one that loads clean doesn't bring up things they want, they just open the standard browser and reload the page. That's a lot of work. It would be easier to change the advanced preferences in Safari to either run the .css file or not with the press of a key. Does anyone have a clue how to make, say an Fkey to toggle, or two Fkeys (one turns on style sheet and one turns off) to do this task? Thanks for any help.

I'm new to applescripting and automator, so bear with me. I found a .css file that stops annoying ads, flash ads, etc in Safari. It's great and makes the pages load faster and clean. And to implement it, you just have to click on "preferences" (in Safari), then "advanced" and enable or disable custom style sheets. I know from experience with Omniweb and Camino that sometimes when you block all flash and ads that some webpages don't load correctly. Some guys say they just keep two browsers running and when the one that loads clean doesn't bring up things they want, they just open the standard browser and reload the page. That's a lot of work. It would be easier to change the advanced preferences in Safari to either run the .css file or not with the press of a key. Does anyone have a clue how to make, say an Fkey to toggle, or two Fkeys (one turns on style sheet and one turns off) to do this task? Thanks for any help.

Using Automator and Applescript to search and move files to flash drive

I've used applescript and automator to do simple tasks like watch folders and move files and rename files, but that is about the extent. I am wondering if it is possible to set up a automator service or app that will do several things.
When a flash drive is plugged it, it will ask for a file to be searched for, then it will search a predetermined directory for files with the word or number in them and then it will copy the found files to the mounted flash drive.
Any help would be greatly appriciated!
Thanks!

As a start, you can use launchd to run a script when a volume is mounted:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>com.tonyt.LaunchOnVolMount</string>
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          <key>StartOnMount</key>
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          <key>WatchPaths</key>
          <array/>
</dict>
</plist>
You can then have the LaunchOnVolMount.sh script perform the tasks you need.
You can incorporate Applescript within the Bash script with osascript:
#!/bin/bash
answer=$( osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "What file do you want to search for?" default answer "" ' )
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