Posts catagorized 'MacMembrane AppleScripts'

Hide Desktop Items With an AppleScript

Very quickly hide desktop items and bring them back with a command.

A Faster Way to Open a MarsEdit Post Window

MarsEdit’s blog selector and post manager is one of the things that makes the application such a joy to use. Here’s an AppleScript to bypass it altogether.

A Side-by-Each AppleScript for Safari’s Tabs

The following AppleScript with take the current Safari tab and the tab to the immediate right and open them up ‘side by each’ for you to compare. Vive le Québec libre!

Get the Word Count of a TextEdit Document in Growl

Add a simple feature to TextEdit via AppleScript and Growl.

Distraction Free Writing with TextEdit and BackDrop

TUAW has a neat little write up on using TextEdit plus BackDrop to make a minimalist, distraction free writing environment. I quite like the idea, so I wrote up an AppleScript to automate the process.

Quickly Extract a Shortened URL for Anything on the iTunes App Store

I download and try lots of apps from the App Store. When I like one enough that I want to broadcast my find to the world, my first stop is Twitter. Here is the fastest way I know of to get App Store links onto the clipboard in a Twitter ready format.

Scripts and Tricks for Twitterrific

While we wait for a power user release of Twitterrific, here are a few of my own tricks and scripts that make the little app more usable for me.

Find Out Who’s Replying to Anyone on Twitter with AppleScript

Someone ask a question on Twitter and you’d like to see the answers they get? Search for replies to the Tweeter with AppleScript.

Search CompFight From MarsEdit with AppleScript

CompFight is the best way to quickly find Creative Commons images for use on your blog. Use this script to search CompFight right from MarsEdit.

An AppleScript to Launch Backdrop Behind Your Current Application

Backdrop overlays a picture or solid color on your desktop and hides all any files that may have accumulated there. Here is an AppleScript to toggle Backdrop on and off behind your active application.