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  • Move Files with Folder Actions and AppleScript

    Move Files with Folder Actions and AppleScript

    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

    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

    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

    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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