There’s some good stuff in the new AppleScript release notes, most notably better (shorter) application-running calls (without having to resort to System Events) and the new version and name commands for querying applications without having to start them up.
if application “iTunes” is running
tell application “iTunes” to pause
end if
Having just read John Siracusa’s excellent (as always) review of Leopard, I got thinking about one gaping hole in Mac OS X. An uninstall application/framework.
Apple’s Installer application and underlying framework is right up there, it’s easy to use, easy to create installer packages (and metapackages) for, easy to use and parse via the command [...]
Having just moved to London I’m doing a lot of job hunting at the moment. I’m using a range of online job tools, including Monster.co.uk. In the most part I find it very useful (after the painful setting up an online CV part, which I’ve heard from employers in the past is not [...]
