AppleScript/Applescript-Studio: Background Code by B. Boertien
This article was written by Bastiaan Boertien and only posted by ACB, Bastiaan is the only author. Queries should be directed to DJ Bazzie Wazzie (see next post to topic). The Problem: When you...
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Good post … thanks! Here is a forking problem question… When I use the following osascript (in the do shell script) from Terminal command line, it returns immediately, so in theory the process should...
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Hi, I’ve tried it myself and used the same code: tell application "System Events" repeat with appProc in (every application process whose visible is true) set myScriptAsString to "tell application...
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AppleScript/Applescript-Studio: Background Code by B. Boertien
Looking more closely at my script, I can see that it is also ready almost instantly, so “do shell script” is returning instantly and forking properly as it should. And I see that the issue is...
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A quick test of the following script, shows that using the miniaturize property does the same thing … it gets queued up in System Events, so it is also not any faster. --Pick a couple applications,...
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You bring me up to an idea… All first windows of every application will be minimized simultaneous… tell application "System Events" to set processList to (name of every process whose visible is true)...
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It does not work correctly for all applications because the application name and the application process name are sometimes different. For example, application “Thunderbird” has application process...
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If naming is a problem you can try on application ID. tell application "System Events" to set processList to (bundle identifier of every process whose visible is true) as list set blackList to...
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Your awesome!! But now with application id, the problem is that it will not minmize Finder even with: set blacklist to {} I wonder if it is only Finder that has this issue or if there are other...
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jsherk: I wonder if it is only Finder that has this issue or if there are other applications as well? Always some problem! What the Finder does is IMO… well lets say inconvenient. I’ll hope the...
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Yes, I see what you think of Finder window lol Again, you are awesome! I did this (but I like yours better): --set blackList to {"com.apple.Finder", "Finder"} --The processes in this list will be...
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Ok, more problems!! First, your script does not work with Automator or Calculator … I even tried adding them to the UsesStupidCollapseProperty, but they still stay open! Second problem… if I try to...
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Somebody finally figured out how to Show Desktop correctly: http://www.everydaysoftware.net/showdesktop/index.html Read full topic
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I know this is old thread, but I found a better solution for this… Better Touch Tool (it’s free) has a “Hide All Windows” shortcut that works like Windows, where it actually minimizes and hides all...
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