Apple Automator with AppleScript Bible (Paperback)

One-stop reference helps you get the most out of AppleScript and Automator

One of the handiest ways to streamline your workload is to automate some of your most routine computer tasks. Mac users are lucky in that they have AppleScript and Automator automation tools built right in. This comprehensive guide shows you how to tap both these useful Mac features for Mac OS X and regularly perform such tasks as extracting unread e-mails from your Mail, scheduling workflows, and manually recording actions to create new automated routines.

• Brings you up to speed on Apple's built-in automation tools for Mac OS X, including a more thorough look at Automator than in many books, and shows you how you can automate many of your most repetitive or error-prone tasks
• Explains how to automate aspects of some of your favorite Mac features, such as iCal, Mail, iPhoto, iTunes, and iDVD
• Covers how to manipulate files and folders; work with PDFs, emails, and Web pages; schedule workflows; set up watch folders; create and use variables; manually record actions; and create AppleScripts that further automate functions

The instruction in this detailed guide will help you increase your productivity using Automator and AppleScript.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

這本一站式參考書籍將幫助您充分利用AppleScript和Automator。其中一種最方便的方式是自動化一些常規的電腦任務，而Mac用戶很幸運地擁有內建的AppleScript和Automator自動化工具。這本全面的指南將向您展示如何在Mac OS X上充分利用這兩個實用的Mac功能，例如從郵件中提取未讀郵件、安排工作流程以及手動記錄操作以創建新的自動化例程。

本書將使您熟悉Mac OS X內建的自動化工具，包括比其他書籍更詳細的Automator介紹，並向您展示如何自動化許多最重複或容易出錯的任務。它還解釋了如何自動化一些您最喜歡的Mac功能，例如iCal、Mail、iPhoto、iTunes和iDVD。此外，本書還涵蓋了如何操作文件和文件夾；處理PDF、郵件和網頁；安排工作流程；設置監視文件夾；創建和使用變量；手動記錄操作；以及創建進一步自動化功能的AppleScripts。

這本詳細指南中的指示將幫助您通過Automator和AppleScript提高工作效率。

請注意：本電子書不包含CD-ROM/DVD和其他附加材料。