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[chicleeblair]

I teach myself the weirdest shit for fandom.

[oldmanyaoi-jpeg]

if i have to stare at applescript for one more second i'm fucking digging up steve jobs

[bynkii]

Get-ChooseFile and Get-ChooseFolder posted at the PowerShell Gallery!

Both modules are finally published so they can be installed the “right” way! Get-ChooseFile Get-ChooseFolder Get-Help is your friend and there’s documentation on their respective Github repo pages, available via the “Project Site” links for the respective projects

[luizsiqueiraneto]

The Limbo of Advanced Users and Amateur Developers in Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365, the successor to the iconic Office suite, has transformed how millions of people work, collaborate, and manage their daily tasks. However, this transformation has not been equal for everyone. While businesses and corporations have access to a myriad of powerful tools through robust subscriptions, advanced users — those enthusiasts who have historically driven innovation through customization and automation — are left in limbo. This article argues that Microsoft, by prioritizing service-based and enterprise-focused models, has abandoned beginner developers and advanced users, once the cornerstone of its tools’ success.

The Golden Age of Customization

In the past, Microsoft Office allowed rich customization and automation through Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and integration with technologies like COM (Component Object Model). These features enabled individuals, even without corporate tools, to create scripts to automate tasks, customize interfaces, and connect applications in innovative ways. With VBA, a user could generate automated reports in Excel or build macros to streamline repetitive processes in Word. This turned Office into not only a productivity tool but also a learning platform for budding developers.

However, with the migration to Microsoft 365, this flexibility has been significantly reduced. VBA remains available in a limited capacity, but its usage is increasingly marginalized, and many new features of Microsoft 365 are inaccessible through it. Furthermore, VBA has no support in the web environment, which is becoming increasingly central to modern workflows.

A Service, Not a Tool

Microsoft 365 represents a fundamental shift: from locally installed software to a cloud-based service. While this approach offers benefits like real-time collaboration and automatic updates, it has severely limited advanced users. Local automation has taken a back seat, and the focus has shifted to tools like Power Automate — a powerful platform, but largely inaccessible to personal users.

Power Automate is clearly designed for the corporate environment. Many of its most compelling features are locked behind business-specific subscriptions, leaving individual users without practical alternatives. For users seeking advanced and customized solutions, Microsoft 365 is no longer a viable option.

Apple’s Counterpoint

While Microsoft appears to be moving away from advanced users, Apple is taking the opposite direction. Tools like Shortcuts, AppleScript, and Automator make Apple’s applications highly customizable, even for personal users. Tasks can be automated in Pages, Numbers, Reminders, and Calendar without relying on corporate services. This approach not only empowers users but also fosters curiosity and learning among new developers.

This contrast highlights the central issue: Apple values tech enthusiasts and amateur developers, while Microsoft seems to have relegated them to a secondary role, if not excluded them entirely.

The Impact on the Future of Technology

Microsoft’s abandonment of advanced users has broader implications beyond daily workflows. For many developers, tools like VBA served as an entry point to programming. Removing these opportunities makes practical learning more difficult and stifles grassroots innovation. At a time when the market needs more developers and creative thinkers, this decision is particularly troubling.

Moreover, this exclusion risks alienating a community that has historically been crucial to Office’s success. Advanced users are often technology “evangelists” within their circles, promoting tools and influencing purchasing decisions. Ignoring them poses a significant strategic risk for Microsoft.

Conclusion: What Should Microsoft Do?

If Microsoft wants to regain the trust and engagement of advanced users, several actions are essential:

1. Revitalize VBA and Similar Technologies: Ensure that local automations are not only supported but encouraged, including integration with new Microsoft 365 features.

2. Expand Access to Power Automate: Offer more platform functionalities to individual users without requiring corporate subscriptions.

3. Acknowledge the Value of Advanced Users: Develop tools and initiatives aimed at educating and empowering amateur developers and tech enthusiasts.

In a world increasingly dominated by cloud-based services, striking a balance between innovation and accessibility is crucial. Microsoft has an opportunity to correct its course and reaffirm its commitment to the community that helped it succeed. If it fails to do so, it risks losing a vital segment of its user base to more inclusive alternatives.

[retrocompmx]

Historia del Mac OS X 10.1 "Puma"

Hoy en Retro Computing MX recordamos el lanzamiento del Mac OS X v10.1 "Puma", un paso importante en la evolución de los sistemas operativos de Apple.

Este 25 de septiembre se cumplen 23 años desde que esta versión mejorada, lanzada en 2001, introdujo características clave como grabación de discos, reproducción de DVD, soporte para más impresoras, y un notable aumento en el rendimiento gráfico gracias a mejoras en OpenGL. También fue la primera vez que AppleScript Studio vio la luz, permitiendo crear aplicaciones completas de forma sencilla.

Aunque conocido como "Puma" por los fans, Apple nunca usó oficialmente este nombre en su web, ya que liberó esta versión de forma urgente para suplir las fallas que presentaba la versión anterior.

#apple #macosx #puma #retrocomputingmx #tecnologíaretro #historiadelacomputación

[krjpalmer]

MacAddict August 1999

The then-familiar “wait” indicator of the Macintosh operating system was challenged in this issue with an assortment of speed-up tips from “simple software adjustments” to “spending money on upgrade hardware��� (with the feature article also including “freakish” upgraded Macs in sideshow sidebars). A “get started with programming” article suggested using AppleScript, RealBasic, and MacPerl.

[brian-webster]

How to make a global keyboard shortcut to toggle your Mac Mastodon app’s visibility

I was a happy user of both Twitteriffic and Tweetbot on both Mac and iOS for many years, until of course Elon burned everything to the ground and kicked out all the third party Twitter clients. 

I’ve moved over to Mastodon now, and while there are several decent Mastodon apps on the Mac, most of them are designed for iOS first and lack one of my favorite features from both Twitteriffic and Tweetbot: a global keyboard shortcut that will bring your timeline window forward to read, then hide it again when you’re done.

Until my favorite feature gets implemented by the apps, in the meantime I’ve come up with a solution using AppleScript to get the same effect. I thought others might find it useful, so here’s how to do it if you want.

1. First you’ll need something to handle the global keyboard shortcut. My tool of choice is FastScripts, but any app that lets you trigger an AppleScript with a global keyboard shortcut will suffice.

2. Open Script Editor, paste in the following script, and save it in ~/Library/Scripts so FastScripts will include it in its script menu. The following script is using the app Ivory, but you can replace the “Ivory” name with whatever Mastodon app you’re using.

tell application "System Events"   if exists process "Ivory" then     tell process "Ivory"       if visible then         set visible to false       else         tell application "Ivory" to activate       end if     end tell   end if end tell

3. Use the FastScripts preferences window to assign your preferred keyboard shortcut to run this script.

Now, whenever you press your shortcut, if your app is not in front then it will be brought to the front. If the app window is already in the front, then the script will hide the app for you. Enjoy!

[cdevroe]

How I hide all but the active window on macOS

My default web browser is set to Switcheroo – a custom-made macOS app by Zhenyi Tan (with some feedback and guidance from me). Whenever I click on a link a modal of sorts appears letting me choose which Safari profile I’d like to load the link within.

Here is what that looks like.

When that tab loads the window it is in comes to the front. Actually, sometimes it does. Since I have so many profiles and more than a few tab groups in each, Switcheroo sometimes has trouble doing so. We’re still working on it. Feel free to lend a hand.

But, let’s imagine it worked.

Pretend I have an active Safari window, with my personal profile loaded, and the newly clicked link within it. And if I want to focus specifically on that one tab, I can use macOS’s “Hide Others” command (Command+Option+H) to hide all other apps except Safari. But that still leaves open the 3 other Safari profile windows I have loaded.

So I created a Shortcut that sort of works for this.

Using some AppleScript, I tell the current application (in this case Safari) to set all of its windows invisible except the frontmost one.

This works. All of my other Safari profile windows disappear and I’m able to focus on the active window. However, there is one caveat. All of the other windows aren’t “hidden” in macOS terms, they are actually invisible. They are no longer available to me even from Safari’s window list.

To rectify that, I have another Shortcut to restore all of the current application’s windows. Effectively, reversing what I’ve done.

I invoke both of these via the Menu Bar. Though I’ll likely set a keyboard shortcut for them soon.

This method could be much better. Here are just some random thoughts about how it can be improved.

I currently use my Logitech MX Master 2S’s “middle click” button to invoke macOS’s “Hide Others” command. I wish I could call these Shortcuts with it as well. Can I?

Setting “visible” to false isn’t exactly what I want. I’d like to hide the windows rather than make them disappear (a macOS nuance no doubt). But, I don’t think there is a way to do that with any application in macOS.

I could see using some logic to combine these two Shortcuts into one.

Feel free to offer suggestions or code.

[australiajobstoday]

Lead Engineer - Backend

. Desired experience: Good experience in at least one scripting language: Ruby, Nodejs, Python, AppleScript, Unix shell… Apply Now

[aitoolswhitehattoolbox]

Lead Engineer - Backend

. Desired experience: Good experience in at least one scripting language: Ruby, Nodejs, Python, AppleScript, Unix shell… Apply Now

[nonjo]

OmniFocus, ChatGPT, and AppleScript

I was looking at my Forecast view in OmniFocus this morning, and the list was fully expanded. Because I use defer dates a lot, the expanded Forecast can look pretty intimidating. I can never remember the key command to collapse and expand, so I end up manually doing it in the GUI. I thought this might be a good use of AppleScript, especially since OmniFocus has a scripts folder that you can use…

[weatrablog]

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[oldmanyaoi-jpeg]

macos admin will have you googling "does applescript run as root ask for password" and "applescript with administrator privileges no password" and getting results like "here's how to put your password in the script in plain text" and "manually edit the sudoers file on 3k computers + then shit yorself and die"

[bynkii]

Sometimes optimization is good

As some of you may know, I’ve been working on bridging PowerShell to AppleScript’s Choose File command. For the most part, it’s been pretty straightforward, most of it works like display dialog. However, there’s been one huge pain point the “of type” parameter: of type list of text  Which is explained as: of typeoptionallist of texta list of file types or type identifiers. Only files of the…

[nick-momrik]

Making Things in 2023

There were more posts for 2023 than I remembered. January Set Sound Output via AppleScript A Full Bathroom Remodel Electric Toothbrush Shelf Miter Saw Cart Workshop Dust Collection 2.0 Part 2 February Stand for Bench Grinders RasP.iO Breadboard Pi Bridge Tool Pegboard Reorganization Milwaukee M12 Heated Jacket Failures Ryobi Tool Storage March Origami More Shop Updates Update on…

[coolcatteacher]

How I Created 3 Awesome Automations with AI

How I wrote an AppleScript to help me print my tasks, project list, and calendar on a routine basis using AI and a custom GPT.

The ChatGPT Tech Support Advisor Custom GPT is stellar. Because it can write the code for you and also because I have specific things about my own personal setup that shouldn’t be shared for protective reasons, I’ve summarized what I’ve done with it. ⚠️A Caveat: Be warned that you can mess up your computer if you don’t somewhat understand tech-speak and how your computer works. But if you’re…