Re: AppleScript
Re: AppleScript
- Subject: Re: AppleScript
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 13:55:42 -0400
Regular scripting requires that the app be scriptable. GUI scripting
doesn't - it fakes mouse clicks and keypresses so the app thinks a
human is driving it.
On Friday, May 28, 2010, Charlie Dickman <email@hidden> 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..
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> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Charlie Dickman <email@hidden> wrote:
> Bruce,
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> 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.
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> On May 27, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Bruce Brown wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On May 26, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Charlie Dickman wrote:
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>>> Does anyone know of a way to interface with Time Machine via AppleScript?
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