Comments on: AppleScript: A framework to speed up your login time

By: Nathan Greenstein

Nathan Greenstein — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:46:29 +0000

Hey, I didn't know of that app. Very cool, and definitely a more user-friendly way to do this. Thanks for sharing.

By: Nathan Greenstein

Nathan Greenstein — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:45:06 +0000

The main difference between launch and activate is that launch doesn't make the app active and bring it to the front. I like this for startup items, since it's annoying when apps steal focus.

The one-line aspect is made possible by the to. Any time you need to tell an application a one-line statement, you can use tell application "app" to ...

By: TJ Luoma

TJ Luoma — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:02:12 +0000

If you have a Lion-capable Mac, checkout Starupizer and Starupizer Lite which will do a very similar thing without AppleScript

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/startupizer/id412397772?mt=12

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/startupizer-lite/id435115679?mt=12

By: Jason Salaz

Jason Salaz — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:57:32 +0000

Are "launch" and "activate" synonymous?

I remember seeing most scripts do things like:

tell application "Safari" activate end tell

I'm assuming yours is more one-line friendly and doesn't require the 'end tell'?

By: daviesgeek

daviesgeek — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:19 +0000

I had the exact same thing on our PowerMac G5. Good to know that other people are using AppleScript the way I am!