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Re: Scripting "Startup Disk" revisited
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Re: Scripting "Startup Disk" revisited


  • Subject: Re: Scripting "Startup Disk" revisited
  • From: Mr Tea <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 01:14:41 +0000

This from David Glass - dated 16-11-02 4.46 pm:

> Also, I just told the Finder to restart; I think the Apple folks frown on
> scripting System Events as it may not always be available.

That was the position pre-Jaguar, but...

This from Paul Berkowitz - dated 26-9-02 2.43 am:

> No, Chris [Espinosa] specifically announced in person on the AppleScript Users
> list at the time that Jaguar was released that he had changed his mind and his
> advice. First of all, System Events will be sticking around for the
> foreseeable future. Secondly, they've now started adding new commands to
> System Events, which will never be added to the Finder: "Legacy" items and
> commands in the Finder are just legacy. Thirdly, it's faster sending the
> commands to System Events. So you've got the all-clear to use it.

Regards,

Nick
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