Hit-and-Run: Launching AppleScripts with Keyboard Shortcuts - O'Reilly Media. By Jochen Wolters 06/08/2007 AppleScript automation is one of OS X's most useful features.
It lets you automate common, repetitive tasks so you can spend your time on more important things. Some AppleScripts would be even more useful, and their usage more seamless, if you could launch them by just hitting a key combination. And you can. Here are three ways to assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript. A Bit of Context: iTunes Fadeout Script As context for this article, I'll be using David Battino's useful (at least to aesthetically demanding music fans) iTunes Fadeout Script as an example: when iTunes is playing, the script smoothly fades the volume to zero before pausing the track; if iTunes is paused, it will smoothly fade in, starting where it left off.
Launch the Script Editor from the /Applications/AppleScript folder, create a new document window, copy and paste the source code from David's blog post into this window, and save the file to the Desktop as "Pause iTunes. " Figure 1. Your Guide to Most Useful Bookmarklets. 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever - lifehack.org. Everybody’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is great right out of the box.
And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better. But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master with the following cool Firefox tricks. 1) More screen space. 2) Smart keywords. 3) Keyboard shortcuts. Spacebar (page down)Shift-Spacebar (page up)Ctrl+F (find)Alt-N (find next)Ctrl+D (bookmark page)Ctrl+T (new tab)Ctrl+K (go to search box)Ctrl+L (go to address bar)Ctrl+= (increase text size)Ctrl+- (decrease text size)Ctrl-W (close tab)F5 (reload)Alt-Home (go to home page) 4) Auto-complete. 5) Tab navigation.
Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab) Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Rock Your Google Calendar in 18 Ways « Google Calendar doesn’t get much love or attention these days.
Some users are wondering if Google’s forgotten about it. Still, it’s a pretty cool web app, especially if you learn the ins and outs and use it collaboratively with colleagues, friends, or family. If you’ve been using it since it was introduced last year, you may know how to do many of these things. Maybe you even have your own tips and tricks for making it really rock. If so, share them in the comments. digg 1. 2. If the standard options for the Custom view still don’t get you the time interval you want, you can always select a custom interval on the mini-calendar on the left-hand side of the page by dragging with your mouse. 3. 4.
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