An AppleScript to email Safari URLs with titles via Mail
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Extract name and email from Mail via
AppleScript
Extract name and email from Mail via
AppleScript
05/20/2004 11:45 AMIt seems a lot of Applescripters are not aware of this support offered
by Mail.app. When writing Applescripts for Mail, it's extremely easy
to fetch the name and e-mail address of a sender ...
using terms from application "M...
An AppleScript to batch-redirect email
in Mail.app
An AppleScript to batch-redirect email
in Mail.app
04/27/2004 11:33 AMI've been trying to come up with a way to dump a bunch of email from a
few of my email accounts to my new Gmail beta account. The problem
is, I can't just forward the emails, because then the original headers
(specifically t...
Get mutt to open URLs in Safari
Get mutt to open URLs in Safari
05/10/2004 10:19 AMIf you're a mutt user (a very popular terminal-based email
application) and you would like to open URLs from your emails in
Safari as opposed to viewing them with lynx or elinks (neither is
bundled with OS X), here's what you...
DownloadComment - Track Safari download
URLs
DownloadComment - Track Safari download
URLs
01/03/2005 02:58 PM
The macosxhints Rating:[Score: 10 out of 10]
Developer: Ecamm Network / [Product Page]
Price: Free
A quick and simple PotW this week (got to start slowly and pace myself
into this new year, right?). I download a lot of apps...
Apple: Safari, AppleScript and
JavaScript
Apple: Safari, AppleScript and
JavaScript
10/29/2003 02:19 AMAs noted yesterday, the latest version of Safari includes the 'do
JavaScript' command in its AppleScript dictionary. By using the
command, users can create AppleScript scripts that interact with the
Safari JavaScript DOM (Document Object Model). Apple provides sample
scripts along with links to Safari Developer FAQ, Safari JavaScript
DOM Part 1 and Safari JavaScript DOM Part 2.
An AppleScript to toggle JavaScript in
Safari
An AppleScript to toggle JavaScript in
Safari
05/20/2004 11:45 AMBeing a satisfied Safari user, I've never seen the need to disable
JavaScript in my regular browsing; but this morning I came across a
need to test several sites with JavaScript both enabled and disabled.
Imagine my surprise ...
10.3: AppleScript and Safari clickable
link example
10.3: AppleScript and Safari clickable
link example
10/29/2003 12:32 PMJust noticed this today while perusing the AppleScript area at Apple.
I was looking for GUI Scripting to do download and install, but they
seem to indicate that GUI Scripting is installed by default in
Panther. One thing that...
Open new Safari window with an
AppleScript application
Open new Safari window with an
AppleScript application
12/10/2003 11:28 AMThe Safari dock icon behavior has always annoyed me. If you have no
windows open and click on it, it will open a new Safari window.
Great. However, if you have other windows open or minimized to the
dock, it will just rest...
An improved 'Combine Windows'
AppleScript for Safari
An improved 'Combine Windows'
AppleScript for Safari
04/09/2004 03:59 PMThe "Combine Windows" Safari script (available on the Safari
AppleScript page) takes all the open browser windows and consolidates
them into one tabbed window. The following script gathers up all tabs
in all browser windows and combines them into one window
An AppleScript to launch Safari and open
a given site
An AppleScript to launch Safari and open
a given site
07/23/2004 11:38 AMI have been plagued with a bug, for some time and for many verisons of
Safari, that for one reason or another insists on resetting my Home
Page to the "factory default settings" every so often. Just often
enough to be really ...
An AppleScript to mark Junk mail via
rules in Mail.app
An AppleScript to mark Junk mail via
rules in Mail.app
06/04/2004 10:50 AMSeveral hints have been published, here and elsewhere, detailing
various ways of catching spam in rules from within Apple's Mail. Many
of these are quite clever, but they (and every other such tip I've
seen) all respond to a...
AppleScript: Speak the sender of a mail
item in Mail
AppleScript: Speak the sender of a mail
item in Mail
03/13/2003 10:22 AMHave your computer speak the name of the sender in an arriving e-mail
in Apple's Mail.app
Source:
Studio LogPotential Safari/HelpViewer security
vulnerability; AppleScript fix
Potential Safari/HelpViewer security
vulnerability; AppleScript fix
05/17/2004 08:53 PMThe problem arises when this automatic opening behavior is combined
with Apple HelpViewer's ability to automatically run programs via the
"help:" protocol. A maliciously intended help file could therefore
locate and launch a threatening file from within the mounted disk
image.
Hiding URLs from Outlook and other mail
clients
Hiding URLs from Outlook and other mail
clients
05/11/2004 10:22 PMCarl (May 11 2004)
Notes and Tips: Mail vs. Long URLs
Notes and Tips: Mail vs. Long URLs
04/19/2004 09:43 AMApple Mail has some problems handling long URLs.
AppleScript for removing performance
bottlenecks in Safari (deletes
potentially problematic .plist files)
AppleScript for removing performance
bottlenecks in Safari (deletes
potentially problematic .plist files)
06/22/2005 02:39 AMMacFixIt readers John Boyden and Tom X have put together a small
AppleScript that will delete the QuickTime .plist file in question, as
well as a few other preference files that may cause issues with Safari
from time to time.
Status bar exploit hides spoofed URLs
Eudora, possibly other e-mail clients
Status bar exploit hides spoofed URLs
Eudora, possibly other e-mail clients
05/08/2004 02:35 PMBrett Glass (May 08 2004)
Send detailed email reminders via iCal
and AppleScript
Send detailed email reminders via iCal
and AppleScript
03/22/2005 03:20 PMtocoolcis: "My iCal mail script, called fittingly iCalMail [44KB
download] lets you automatically email people at certain times."
Email Sentinel Pro Protects E-mail
Attachments and Prevents E-mail Viruses
Email Sentinel Pro Protects E-mail
Attachments and Prevents E-mail Viruses
07/15/2004 03:05 AMEmail Sentinel Pro 2.6 prevents users from receiving dangerous
e-mails, by blocking attachments, scripts, images and spamming
techniques before they reach the Inbox folder. Viruses aren't the only
reason to be concerned about HTML email. Spammers use email bugs,
scripts and images hidden in the HTML to track anyone who opens their
email. E-mail Sentinel Pro stops spammers from verifying an address.
[PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]
Announce new Mail messages with
AppleScript
Announce new Mail messages with
AppleScript
01/22/2004 03:25 AMSave the AppleScript as a compiled Script in your "Mail Scripts"
folder as "Announce Steve Mail." The location is ~Library -> Scripts
-> Mail Scripts, where "~" is your user ID.
An AppleScript to control Mail via
speech
An AppleScript to control Mail via
speech
06/03/2004 12:15 PMThe issue of accessibility to sight-challenged Mac users came up on
the OS X hints forum. Since the Mac has had speech recognition built
in for a while and it is AppleScriptable, I took the challenge to
enable mailbox select...
Use AppleScript to synchronize Entourage
mail
Use AppleScript to synchronize Entourage
mail
07/23/2004 11:38 AMI use Entourage as my eMail client. As I take my PowerBook with me to
work almost every day I need to
quit Entourage
mount my PowerBook's HD on my iMac's desktop
kill the Microsoft Database Daemon on the PowerBook
copy the O...
Manage automatic mail checking via
AppleScript
Manage automatic mail checking via
AppleScript
03/19/2005 02:19 AMdavidmorr: "The AppleScript below will tell Eudora (or Apple Mail) to
check for new mail at time intervals you specify. Paste it into a
Script Editor window, then Save As an application. You can either
leave it on your desktop or put it into the Script Menu where it is
convenient but out of the way. Now, mail will not be checked when the
email program is started. When you want it to check for new mail
regularly, run the script. This asks you how often to check for new
mail, then tells the email program to check for new mail at that
interval."
Owners of ActivSoftware and the Email
Application Server, XM Mail Server,
Offer $10,000 Software Challenge to the
Email Industry
Owners of ActivSoftware and the Email
Application Server, XM Mail Server,
Offer $10,000 Software Challenge to the
Email Industry
06/22/2005 01:51 AMFor years, SMTP server software was used to send and receive e-mail
communications. These older servers, usually freeware, have created
many delivery challenges. Most of the time, marketers, CEO’s and even
CMO’s are completely unaware of these issues. The owners of
ActivSoftware, in central New York, introduced a worldwide challenge
to prove their software system (http://www.activsoftware.com/xms) is
one of a kind in the email industry. [PRWEB Jun 19, 2005]
Move Mail messages to named folders via
AppleScript
Move Mail messages to named folders via
AppleScript
05/26/2004 09:05 AMTo sort messages in Mail.app when I want, I wrote this script. It gets
the senders' email address from the sender of each selected message,
matches this to Address Book and looks for a mailbox with the full
name as used in Ad...
10.3: Drag images from Safari to Mail
(and elsewhere)
10.3: Drag images from Safari to Mail
(and elsewhere)
11/19/2003 11:46 AMNew with Panther (or possibly a Safari update) is the ability to drag
images from the browser right into an email to be sent. No temporary
file on the Desktop. Of course you can drag images straight into other
apps (Word, etc...
International character support in
Safari and Mail
International character support in
Safari and Mail
09/17/2004 10:31 AMFor the longest time I had trouble figuring out how to get the Safari
default text encodings to work well with my Hungarian characters. I
was having the following problems:Forms that I submitted had "?" marks
where there wer...
Fix Arabic text in Safari and Mail with
Office 2004
Fix Arabic text in Safari and Mail with
Office 2004
08/16/2004 10:00 AMThis is an issue that has been discussed in some detail on Apple's
forums, but has not been mentioned on Microsoft's own support site for
Office 2004 at all. Office 2004 installs its own versions of Arial
and Times New Roman...
A possible fix for Mail.app not sending
email
A possible fix for Mail.app not sending
email
08/11/2004 11:52 AMMy wife and I (and others) have had an issue with Mail.app where the
message will get to a certain percentage completed sending and then
stop. Eventually it will time out and a message about how the SMTP
server didn't work, ...
Archive Mail.app email with Gmail
Archive Mail.app email with Gmail
04/07/2005 09:19 AMWondering what to do with all those GMail invites? One use I've found
is to archive the four years of email I have accummulated in my Mail
account. This amount of email can take up a lot of space and slow
down Mail, so I'm a...
Mail Email "Signatures" With Images
Mail Email "Signatures" With Images
03/19/2005 02:43 AM"I have a rare corporate client making sense. They are all using Macs
with the latest OS version. Most employees use Mail and some use
Entourage. For some reason, they want to use signatures with their
logo and formatted text." (nice to see you back Mac)
Use Pine to send email without a local
mail server
Use Pine to send email without a local
mail server
03/19/2005 02:40 AMThere are several previous hints about using Pine to access mail that
has been downloaded with Mail.app, but as far as I am aware, there has
not been one about how to use Pine to send mail from a computer that
is not running ...
Web-Mail bridges the gap between
Thunderbird and Web Based Email Services
Web-Mail bridges the gap between
Thunderbird and Web Based Email Services
04/18/2005 10:39 AMA coworker pointed out the Mozilla Web-Mail project: The Web-Mail
extension creates a platform which other extensions use to integrate
web based email accounts into Mozilla Thunderbird. POP is the only
protocol supported, this means Thunderbird can only download emails.
To send emails use your ISP’s SMTP server, Thunderbird will set
the “Return-Path” and “From” email headers
using the web account email address, too the recipient the email will
appear to have come from the web base account. Excellent! It...
Send Mail to each of a user's unique
email addresses
Send Mail to each of a user's unique
email addresses
05/25/2004 10:14 AMI use Address Book group a lot when sending out emails. One thing
that I found frustrating was that I could not send to multiple email
addresses for a single user when using groups, so that they would
receive the email at bo...
"Yahoo! Mail is planning to up its free
email storage from 4MB to 100MB"
"Yahoo! Mail is planning to up its free
email storage from 4MB to 100MB"
05/17/2004 08:54 PMUse Mail.app's Signature function to
send templated email
Use Mail.app's Signature function to
send templated email
01/27/2004 11:31 AMI am a Mac admin in my company with around 150 Macs. With off all
these users, I find that I tend to repeat what I say in my emails
several times a month. For example, we have an online help desk
system that I like to write...
Antivirus Email Offers Free Anti-Virus
Software with Subscription to it's
E-Mail and ISP Services
Antivirus Email Offers Free Anti-Virus
Software with Subscription to it's
E-Mail and ISP Services
06/17/2005 03:43 PMAntivirus Email will now offer anti-virus software as part of its
bundle of online protection software. The entire package, free with
the standard monthly subscription to Antivirus Email, includes spyware
protection, a pop up blocker and internet accelerator software along
with the new anti-virus software. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]
Channel Integration releases PowerSeller
Mail, the first affordable, yet robust,
email solution for eBay sellers.
Channel Integration releases PowerSeller
Mail, the first affordable, yet robust,
email solution for eBay sellers.
06/25/2004 02:08 AMChannel Integration introduces a host of new and unique products
designed to assist the eBay seller, at eBay Live 2004. [PRWEB Jun 25,
2004]
Safari Magic 1.0 adds numerous tools to
Safari
Safari Magic 1.0 adds numerous tools to
Safari
07/20/2004 02:43 AMStephen Becker has announced the release of Safari Magic 1.0, a
utility which adds several tools to Safari...
Grok Description matches for An AppleScript to email Safari URLs with titles via Mail
GrokA matches for An AppleScript to email Safari URLs with titles via Mail
Selectively delete Safari favicons from
the icon cache
Selectively delete Safari favicons from
the icon cache
12/24/2004 12:41 PMd1taylor: "I updated the favorite icon (favicon.ico) on my web site,
just to find that Safari insists the old one is good enough, even
though other browsers are smart enough to show the new one. After some
time spent here at macosxhints and other sites, I learned enough about
how the Safari icon cache works to write this useful little shell
script that works just fine with Safari 1.2.4. Remember to make the
script executable (chmod +x script_name), and quit Safari before
trying to use it. "
Safari 1.3 has a JavaScript Console
Safari 1.3 has a JavaScript Console
04/16/2005 02:12 PMMy single biggest complaint about Safari in the past has been its
terrible support for
JavaScript debugging. Safari 1.3 has just been released, and tucked
away in the
Debug menu is a brand new JavaScript console option. It's not as
good as the Firefox equivalent (it throws up far too many "Undefined
value, line: 0" errors for my liking) but it's a big step in the right
direction.
Safari JavaScript Overflow
Safari JavaScript Overflow
03/08/2004 11:23 PMSafari javascript array overflow
Safari javascript array overflow
03/08/2004 11:20 PMkang (Mar 06 2004)
Other News: Safari JavaScript
Vulnerability
Other News: Safari JavaScript
Vulnerability
03/08/2004 11:09 PMInsecure.ws reports a security vulnerability in Safari's JavaScript.
Ask MacSlash: Debugging JavaScript In
Safari/WebCore
Ask MacSlash: Debugging JavaScript In
Safari/WebCore
04/15/2004 02:25 PMGenerate AppleScript Path for QuickTime
Player
Generate AppleScript Path for QuickTime
Player
04/14/2004 10:26 PMUtility movie for generating 'tell' skeleton paths when scripting
QuickTime Player
Safari Page Monitor
Safari Page Monitor
12/18/2003 01:02 PMThis AppleScript keeps an eye on one or more web pages through Safari,
reloading them at specified intervals and reporting any changes it
detects, both verbally and through a session log file.
Apple: Safari Beta II Script Collection
Apple: Safari Beta II Script Collection
10/29/2003 02:19 AMApple has updated their Safari script collection with scripts that
take advantage of features found in the most recent beta release of
Safari. Some of the scripts also take advantage of Apple's
UI Scripting beta
software. For instance, one of the UI scripts will combine the
open browser windows into a single tabbed window.
A 'Save Tabs as Bookmark Folder' script
for Safari
A 'Save Tabs as Bookmark Folder' script
for Safari
09/22/2004 09:52 AMI've been frustrated with Safari's lack of a "Save tabs" as bookmark
folder method. Combining a couple of posts mainly this one, I wanted
to share a solution. First, download, compile and save this
safari_tabs script in you...
Use Delete to move back a page in Safari
Use Delete to move back a page in Safari
01/22/2004 02:37 AMI tend to google a lot and click through a lot of links in one window.
If the URL window is active and you hit the delete button, it will
bring you back to the last link, this is sort of a last link snapback.
I was used to h...
Stop page loading in Safari by hitting
the Escape key
Stop page loading in Safari by hitting
the Escape key
11/11/2003 11:37 AMIm not sure when it appeared, but you can stop a page from loading by
simply hitting the Escape key in Safari v. 1.1
I have missed this for along time. So long, actually, that I have
learned to live without it ;).
[robg add...
Keep track of page location while
zooming text in Safari
Keep track of page location while
zooming text in Safari
04/28/2004 11:33 AMI love the "enlarge/shrink text" buttons in Safari. The first thing I
do when I use Safari is ensure those bad boys are in the toolbar from
the menu (View -> Text Size).
The trouble is I always seem to ge about two to three ...
Hard disk naming can cause Safari page
load issues
Hard disk naming can cause Safari page
load issues
01/26/2004 11:27 AMI was having trouble with Safari not loading my pages. When I first
ran the browser it would load about five pages normally, then it kept
saying "Contacting http://www.anything.com" (i.e. any site) and never
loaded a thing. S...
An AppleScript to open iTunes videos in
QuickTime
An AppleScript to open iTunes videos in
QuickTime
04/08/2005 11:58 AMAfter having recently upgraded my hard drive, I was finally able to
fit all my music into one location. Since I have the room (for the
moment), I thought about investigating using iTunes to also hold
music-related video mater...
Refresh an already-open tab in Safari
Refresh an already-open tab in Safari
06/02/2004 11:55 AMI use the Safari setting (General prefs) of "Open links from
applications: in a new tab in the current window", and I just
discovered that if you click on a link that is already open, Safari
refreshes the page in it...
No Safari For Windows... Yet
No Safari For Windows... Yet
06/09/2004 05:57 AMDave Hyatt clarifies that iTunes does not use WebKit to render
the music store.
That would probably means that Apple
did
not port the web browser to Windows for its iTunes for Windows.
Use a transparent tab in Safari 1.3 to
see other windows
Use a transparent tab in Safari 1.3 to
see other windows
04/19/2005 11:26 AMI don't have a whole lot of screen real estate, so I like to use
tabbed browsing while keeping a single Safari window open at full
size. The problem is that this makes it difficult to get at documents
behind the browser. Expo...
Open Safari downloads prior to
completion
Open Safari downloads prior to
completion
05/04/2004 12:25 PMYou all know that the latest Safari better supports resuming transfers
and stuff, and you end up with a .download file that shows the
download progress. But did you know that you can control-click this
file to show its conten...
An AppleScript to email Safari URLs with titles via Mail