OS X Technologies :: How To Select Merge With GUI Scripting
Jun 12, 2012
I have been "experimenting" with GUI Scripting and have now got stuck trying to select Mail Merge in a Pages document. I have managed to select the menu item that calls the merge menu but cannot figure out how to now select "Merge".
The following code is as far as I have reached.
tell application "Pages" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Pages"
tell menu 1 of menu bar item "Edit" of menu bar 1 click menu item 20
end tell end tell end tell
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
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Jun 16, 2012
I have created a simple apple script (my vary first one) in which I wanted the script, when run, to open a random image from a folder that had images within it. I did it using this code: tell application "Finder" (* get a random image file from a desktop folder *) set randomImage to some file of folder "Pictures" open randomImage end tellÂ
That worked well and good when the folder containing the images was on the desktop. However, the folder I really want to use is on a USB stick. How can I tell the script that the folder I want it to run with is on the USB Stick? I know I could easily copy the folder from the stick to the desktop, but I'd rather keep the folder on the stick.Â
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Mac OS X (10.7.4), 8GB RAM
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May 6, 2012
I am exploring the possibility of scripting the creation of smart playlists in iTunes. As I understand it this can only be achieved with GUI scripting. I have come across a couple of threads which suggest this can be achieved:Â
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however both generate an error for me. The problem appears to be around the line "tell scroll area 1 of group 1 of window 1". I get the error: System Events got an error: Can't get group 1 of window 1 of process "iTunes". Invalid index.Â
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Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 8GB RAM
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Mar 21, 2010
I am new to GeekTool and am trying to get a handle on what the components of the scripts mean.
Does anyone know of a scripting diagram that shows what the different parts of the scripts do?
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May 17, 2010
I just got a new macbook pro 13" for my birthday and I was wondering how would I achieve something like this: This is something I just quickly edited in photoshop to show what I would like. I know that I have to use geektool. But I am completely lost. If there any good tutorials you can send me a link to or even if you could teach that would be awesome. To be clear I would like to learn how to add weather icon, weather info, date, time and a cool transparent bar. I would also like to know how to change the font.
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Feb 18, 2010
We are looking for a script for iTunes on windows XP.
Something that will allow us to rename the media files on disk from the info in iTunes. And if possible the Artist and Album names aswell.
Since we choose for .wav files we don't have an option for metadata included in the file. Now, we were wondering if we would use the Broadcast Wave format that includes metadata in the file. My guess is that iTunes doesn't support BWF?
On the mac side i suppose there is something like this from [URL]
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Feb 14, 2012
I have been unable to find any references on how to best automate certain "tasks" in Lion so that I can do the following:Â
create predefined DNS names based upon the clients domain name
create predefnined web address based upon the just created DNSÂ
For example.... We have the customer "Sammy's Flower Garden" and his domain is "sammysflowergarden.com". At the command line, I would type:
$ clientsetup sammysflowergarden.com This would then create a base folder structure (this part has already been written)ClientDomains    -    S         -    sammysflowergarden.com              -    production              -    staging              -    archive              -    design                   -    template    Â
[code]....
From what I have read, alot of modifications outside of the Lion serveradmin tooling can result in some rather unusual if not nasty behaviour. If this is true, then I would assume that I could not just write out to a file in /var/named/ and have it automaticly picked up by the server? The same for the apache instance? I still want to be able to use the GUI interface when needed. Â
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Dec 15, 2009
I'm making the transition over to Apple.. I'm considering either the new 21.5" iMac or a refurbished 24". I'll be using this for photography and will need to use the built-in screen until I allocate funds for a better monitor like the NEC LCD2690WUXI2. I recently found this article http://www.fireandknowledge.org/arch...en-glare-free/ Can someone (who has tested this) confirm if this same technique will work on the new 21.5" iMac?
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Jul 23, 2007
What's the easiest way to merge together two fairly large AVI files, into one. Is this possible with any freeware?
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Jan 14, 2009
i need to merge partitions on external drive. one is empty, one is not. i tried with ipartition demo, but demo to them means you can just take a look at options and not actually demo them.
i do not want to pay for software since i will only be using it once FFS.any recommendations please?
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Feb 23, 2009
I finally ripped my music into digital format. It is a very large library so I performed the rips in four segments creating four folders of music. The highest level folders are Music1, Music2, Music3, Music4. The next layer folder is the artists name, then album name, then the actual MP3S. How do I merge the folders? If I perform a copy the first artist name is sees that already is exists, the finder wants me to skip the copy or replace the folder that is there. I simply want to add the folder or merge it. Is there a "merge" function in OSX? I tried Carbon Copy but it will not copy or sync fils on the same disk.
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Apr 4, 2009
How can I merge a couple of songs (that form a mixtape) into one long song/file?
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Oct 12, 2008
How do you merge images in MAC OS X? Like, taking a pic, and placing it behind another picture. Like making a transparent background for a picture from another picture. Idk, like randomly putting Michel Jackson (he's awesome!) behind a window in a picture. Something like that. Plz tell me the program the the necessary steps to do it.
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Mar 5, 2012
I bought a new Macbook Pro and my data did not get migrated over from my old Macbook. I now have 2 accounts on my new macbook because I tried to migrate my data over after creating a new acct. The 2nd acct has all my data on it! Can I merge the two accounts into one?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Apple loyal since 1988
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Apr 8, 2012
I used the migration assistance program to obtain all my music and photos from an old PC. Now I have two user accounts on my Mac, one contains my old PC stuff and the other is the main Mac id. How do I combine the two?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 3, 2012
How do I merge two calendars from the two id's that I have?
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May 3, 2012
How do I go about merging 2 apple id's - have one for my mac and another that I used on iTunes now need to merge the two without losing product info that is already in the one id
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Apple ID
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May 24, 2012
I have 2 different accounts / Names on my Macbook Pro. every one of these has its own special definitions I want to keep. How can I megre these 2 accounts into one?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 14, 2012
How do I merge two iCloud accounts into one? One account is on my mac and ipad, the other on my iphone.
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Jun 25, 2012
I have two [URL] accounts. One fairly old me.com account where most of my addresses and stuff are. The other account recently got moved to iCloud (it's part of a me.com family acocunt). I wish to remove the account currently on iCloud and merge it's data back into the [URL]account. But I'm unsure about how to proceed best. I have been burned in the past with this kind of activity, specifically with apple services.Is there a safe way of merging data back and forth between the accounts?
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Several Macs, several PCs, one XServe
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Jul 1, 2012
I started my Apple ID with a gmail account years ago. When iCloud came out I made a new me.com email address under my original Apple ID. It won't let me switch it in iTunes. It says their two different Apple ID's. So I can change my email address in any other services except Apple's. I'm stuck using my gmail until I can switch that.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7), Mid 2010
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Sep 11, 2014
I'm trying to copy folders from my Macbook Air's hard drive to my Google Drive app. The folders are newer versions of what's on Google Drive - ie it contains much the same stuff but some extra files and maybe some updated files.Â
However, the only options it gives me when copying are "Replace," "Don't Replace" or "Stop" (and from what I can tell, those latter two do exactly the same thing - or should I say, don't do the same thing... I mean they both just cancel the copy).Â
I was sure there used to be an option "Merge" which skips anything identical and replaces only new or edited files. This is the exact thing I want to do! But is that option gone? Or is there a way I can get it back? (I can't find any way to bring it back in the system preferences).
I could just hit "Replace" (and I will in the meantime), but there are two problems with that: 1) that will get annoying when files and folders are large; 2) more pressingly, that will muck up the sharing permissions. There's a particular sub-folder that I currently have shared on Google Drive with specific people, and I don't want to override that folder with one that's identical in everything except the all-important sharing settings.Â
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MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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Aug 7, 2008
When, oh when is Apple going to include a comprehensive merge feature in Pages. Yeah, I know we can merge Address Book fields into Pages docs, and that's cool and works flawlessly. But I've got literally 100s of WriteNow template docs and data docs that I created back in the mid-1980s to use in my estate planning practice - wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care surrogates and tons of forms letters we use every day.
But the era of OS 9 applications like WriteNow and INControl which have been orphaned and un-supported for at least 12 years and Classic mode is soon to end. And here I am tied to the proverbial wagon wheel unless Apple completes Pages as a comprehensive office word processor by adding a full featured merge function. With the release of Bento, I thought it would be the companion data base for mergeable template documents in Pages, but I can haven't seen anything that looks like it. Please Apple, get on the stick and get a release of Pages out with a full featured merge function in it to save us long time, loyal Apple fans from the horror of having to use MS Word as a primary word processing application.
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Jan 27, 2007
let's say i have two folders named the same thing, and i want to merge their contents together, but not replace. if i try to merge these folders together in mac os X, it asks if i want to replace the entire contents, vs. windows, which will merge the contents of the folders, replacing duplicate files if they exist in the destination folder, but otherwise the contents of the destination folder remain unchanged. any way to make os X behave like windows in this particular case?
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Mar 20, 2009
I have one official iTunes library with music files on my Mac and then I have a folder on my backup drive with iTunes music files. These two directories are mostly the same but they each have a few differences. I want to backup my iTunes music onto that backup drive but I need to make sure that I get all the music from my Mac and the backup drive. The folders are slightly different and I don't want to lose any music.Should I just run an rsync command to merge the two folders together into a third folder and then use that as my backup?
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Apr 21, 2009
I have some songs that have specific intros that are seperate tracks, but when I play in shuffle mode, it may play the song or the intro all by its self but not together.how to merge 2 songs to always play together?
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May 25, 2009
I am trying to make a backup copy of a DVD I own so that I can watch the movie in iTunes or on my iPhone when I'm on the go. The movie is on a two-part DVD; how can I combine the resulting rip so that I have one movie file in iTunes (rather than a "Part A" and "Part B" file)?
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Sep 5, 2009
In leopard you can pick one PDF with 12pages for example, open another with only one page, drag and drop this page to the first PDF, click CMD+S and voila! the first PDF is now 13 pages.
Now, if I try this on Snow Leopard it doesn't allow me to click Save or Save as.
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Jan 26, 2010
I am attempting to do a mail merge between word and spreadsheet, and would like some pointers.
I have written a cover letter and would like to import my addresses from a spreadsheet file so that when I print I can insert the different names/addresses into the cover letter & save time.
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Mar 20, 2010
I've been using Submerge for a while to merge subtitles to some movies. It's been working fine. But today I got a problem. I tried several times, with different movies, to merge subtitles, but it wouldn't work. The software renders the subtitles, I can watch it with Submerge, but when I try to export it as a flatten movie or mpeg4, the subtitles are not there when I use the file in my DivX Compatible DVD Player. It was working until yesterday. In VLC they appear, but in a separated window. I've installed PEnGUIn Encoder MP4 this morning (and updated its binaries).
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