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Re: AppleScript


  • Subject: Re: AppleScript
  • From: Tommy Bollman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 19:04:11 +0200

On 28. mai 2010, at 18.57, Charlie Dickman wrote:
>
> What is GUI scripting?
>
> On May 27, 2010, at 11:00 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
>> The usual solution for unscriptable applications is GUI scripting..
>>
>> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Charlie Dickman <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Bruce,
>>
>> Thanks for the response and the url. I had already googled all sorts of combinations. Apparently Time Machine is not scriptable. It is not a standard OS X app and is deeply in bed with the Finder.
>>
>> You can tell Finder to activate or open Time Machine and it does, in fact, open but the script returns an error.
>>
>> Specifically, I'm trying to find a way to tell Time Machine to delete a backup.
>>
>> On May 27, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Bruce Brown wrote:
>>
>>> Charlie,
>>>
>>> Check out this thread:
>>>
>>> <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1281312>
>>>
>>> Does that help you with what you're trying to do??
>>>
>>> Found by googling on "applescript time machine" (without the quotes).
>>>
>>> -B.
>>>
>>> Bruce Brown
>>> Mac Computer Consultant
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>>> On May 26, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Charlie Dickman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a way to interface with Time Machine via AppleScript?
>>>>
>>>> Charlie Dickman
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It's like making your mac believe that it is you and not a program that interacts with it Charlie.
Basically you use the script the System events application that can "see" a lot more than you can,
to do stuff like you do. Some googling might be helpful ...

Best regards



Tommy Bollman
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