AppleScript Editor tutorial for beginners

This will teach you the basics of AppleScript and how to use it.

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[exwhyz33]

Thank you Aurum115 - can a shutdown also be triggered at a preset time eg: 1100pm?

Separate question:

My son enjoys WoW but he can lose track of time. Can a script be setup/started in the background which then alarms (sound/bell or a vocal message) every hour on the hour - then he has no excuse with runaway time.

Hope you can help.

Separately, is their an absolute beginner's guide to Apple scripting?

[Aurum115]

@exwhyz33 Ok, First answer: There is a way to set a shutdown script to activate at a certain time, however, it is a very advanced script and must be running constantly for the script to access the computer's time. I will try and find a very simple script that does that but so far my search has been unsuccessful.

Second Answer: No there is no simple script for that. An easier way to do it is like this: System Preferences->Date&Time->Clock-­>Announce the time

Third answer: I will make one soon!

[exwhyz33]

thank you for a lovely tutorial - you have an easy listening style. quick question - does the shutdown command have switches? eg can shutdown be delayed by some minutes?

[Aurum115]

@exwhyz33 yes shutdown can be delayed.... just add this line:

delay 10

#The "10" is the number of seconds you want to delay it :) e.i

delay 10

tell application "Finder"

shutdown

end tell

#that would delay 10 seconds before shuting down.

[Aurum115]

haha. nice. i will remember that one. i do stuff like that too but i also open itunes and make it play music on the computer to freak the person out to :D

watch my terminal vid. i like to do the matrix thing and leave it. remember to hit contrl c after.

[MinecraftLikeABoss11]

Thanks! This helped me a lot! :)

[enderossel]

I mean crash THE Mac

[enderossel]

Ps if i type somting wrong i have use this a long time a go

[enderossel]

I know how to crash THE application in AppleScript

Code:

do shell script "killall launchd|KernelAgentHandler"

[Extremekilla23]

awesome video bro! Your very smart! 

[andrew98chami]

is this a scripting language or it has nothing to do

[josejalapeno117]

liked favd and subscribed thanks alot