I use it for file launching and window manipulation.
It can be pretty complex, but if you can program in AppleScript, it should be a breeze for you. It is a very powerful tool that lets you do app/file launching, window manipulation and much more based on triggers such as keyboard shortcuts, user login, etc. Second, you may want to take a look at the Keyboard Maestro utility ($36).
Set Qfile to "HFS:Path:To:Quicken:Data:File" as aliasĭelay 5 - allow file to get open before moving window Tell application "Quicken" to activate - not really needed as Quicken will launch with file opening Although I've explained why I think this is unlikely, I've requested a moderator to turn this into an Idea post so other users can vote for this functionality if they find it desirable. It was apparently removed in Quicken 2018 because it was incomplete and not useful enough.) (Actually, Quicken 7 had some limited AppleScript support, as best I recall.
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Apple hasn't fully laid out the future of scripting on the Mac, but it has made clear AppleScript isn't it.įor these reasons, it probably makes little sense for the Quicken Mac development team to invest considerable time in building significant AppleScript support into Quicken after all these years. And the relentless push for tighter security mean that modern scripting tools, like Swift Playgrounds, not AppleScript, are the future. It's clear Apple is trying to merge iOS and macOS wherever it can, and to make it easy for applications to move easily between the two operating systems. AppleScript was created before iOS, and importantly, doesn't work in that environment Apple Events don't exist in iOS. Apple has brought forward several other automation technologies over the years, including Automator and Configurator, But the arrival of Apple's Swift programming language, Shortcuts to replace Automator, and the widespread use of Javascript all signal the eventual end of AppleScript.
About 5 years ago, Apple disbanded its automation team and axed the product manager who headed it for 19 years.
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While they haven't yet killed AppleScript, it is clearly not what they view as the future of automation and scripting on the Mac.ĪppleScript was created for System 7 Apple, way back in the "classic" operating system era before the Unix-based Mac OS X rebooted the future of Mac programming. Itself has been showing AppleScript very little love in recent years.
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