As you're probably well aware by now, the highly-anticipated Office 2008 is coming with a lot of new features, but it's also shedding a few features along the way. One of the big losses, especially ...

AppleScript is Apple’s system-level programming language for driving and automating applications. It was first made available as an option for the ill-fated System 7 Pro in late 1993; shortly ...

O’Reilly today announced the release of Applescript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition. “I had never seen the AppleScript language taught, explained, and documented in what I would regard as a clear, ...

Back in December, I wrote about Microsoft’s decision to drop support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) from the next version of Office. I had, and still have, many concerns about the switch. The ...

in the April issue of MacTech Magazine. This triple-size issue was sent to subscribers as part of their normal subscription. With overwhelming response, MacTech has now made the guide available for ...

As someone who spent months hand-crafting Visual Basic scripts in Microsoft Office, only to have Microsoft pull the rug out from under me with the release of Office 2008 (they abandoned VB support for ...

Finance your new Mac with the help of other Mac users Ars Technica reports on an Apple user group at Prosper.com that allows individual funds-lending for Mac purchases. "You and other average people ...

Last year when Microsoft quietly revealed that it was eliminating support for Visual Basic from the next version of Office for Macintosh, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth within the Mac ...

My love of AppleScript knows no bounds. I often tell people that they should be using AppleScript to help them automate everything from mass file renaming to making their beds (well, not so much that ...

Technical publisher O’Reilly & Associates has released “AppleScript: The Definitive Guide,” a new book by Matt Neuburg that explains “the how, where and why of using AppleScript.” The book examines ...

Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript? Sure, a stable OS with Unix shell access and a sophisticated UI are nice. But a scripting ...