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  • Move Files with Folder Actions and AppleScript

    Move Files with Folder Actions and AppleScript

    Posted on January 22, 2010 | No Comments
    In relation to my article on Combining PDFs in Apple Automator, I needed to automate moving files from one location to another, with the final destination name of the file being different than the original. At first I thought this would be 5 minutes in...

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  • Alert (Display Dialog) in AppleScript

    Alert (Display Dialog) in AppleScript

    Posted on January 22, 2010 | No Comments
    To display an alert or dialog prompt in AppleScript is easy, once you know the command string to use. For simple scripting, such as AppleScript or VBScript, I will frequently use alert dialogs to display the contents of variables. Hmm, any other reasons for a...

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  • Combine PDFs in Apple Automator

    Combine PDFs in Apple Automator

    Posted on January 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
    There is a dream that I will become specialized in one area, with my aspirations pointed towards network engineering. However, until I get there I will be good at everything, a jack-of-all-trades that seemingly cannot understand the meaning of “no”. This type of quality creates...

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  • Mac Mini with Windows XP

    Mac Mini with Windows XP

    Posted on August 5, 2009 | No Comments
    The Intel based Mac really opened up some doors that may not have been supposed to be opened. Installing a rival operating system on a Mac? No way. However, because the system is Intel based, this is possible and it works fairly well. Because of...

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