Some sample Applescripts are missing from Script menu.

Question

I am a new to AppleScript and I have just started reading A Beginner's Guide to Apple Script (by Guy Hart-Davis). The book makes numerous references to the default example scripts that are created during OS X install. I have added the script menu to to the menu bar and when I open the script menu - I only see about half of the default scripts that are shown in the book. I did some browsing and found other examples of the script menu which shows fewer scripts than the example in the book - but still shows a few more than what I am seeing on my system. On my system I do not see the following scripts (Address Book Scripts, Basics, Finder Scripts, Info Scripts, Internet Services, Navigation Scripts, URL's or Virtual PC Scripts). I am on SL 10.6.2. The book is written for SL 10.6 - but also makes references to Leopard 10.5. Is there something wrong with my system or were some of these default scripts eliminated in 10.6.2. My iMac came with 10.6.1 initially - so I have no prior OS version as a point of reference. My concern is that I progress with the lessons and exercises in the book - that there will be continued references to these missing scripts - as I suspect that the missing scripts may be used as a starting point for creating new scripts. Any idea where I can find the scripts that I listed as missing?

Answer 1

Thanks. The book I am using appears to be a brand new book just released a month ago (or so). It appears the book may have been written for Leopard and tweaked for Snow Leopard (but under the guise of being the other way around) - without actually verifying that the examples for Snow Leopard actually work. The website for the book (McGraw Hill) does not seem to provide a mechanism for providing feedback or errata info. So far these missing scripts have not hampered my progress - except on the initial example. I was more concerned that something was missing from my iMac.