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How to record an applescript in Snow Leopard?

I open ScriptEditor, click on Record, click on some icons in the doc, open System Preferences, then click stop in the ScriptEditor and nothing happens, meaning I get no script. Nothing was recorded.

Has anyone being able to record any applescript using Script Editor under Snow Leopard? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

-Sergio

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TraderJoeChicago Avatar asked Oct 09 '09 14:10

TraderJoeChicago


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2 Answers

You can only record applications that are written to be recordable. Try recording some actions in the Finder, and it should work.

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JW. Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 21:09

JW.


There are very few modern recordable AppleScript apps. In addition to Finder, BareBones' excellent free TextWrangler text-editing app is recordable (as is the pro BBEdit editor); Fetch, the FTP client, is recordable.

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Doug Grinbergs Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 21:09

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