Apple Automator with AppleScript Bible

577 Pages·2010·16.31 MB·English

by  Thomas Myer

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Apple® Automator with
AppleScript® Bible

Apple® Automator with
AppleScript® Bible
Thomas Myer
Apple® Automator with AppleScript® Bible
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To my divine spouse Hope, for loving me anyway.
About the Author
Thomas Myer is a consultant, author, and developer who lives in Austin, TX. He founded Triple
Dog Dare Media in 2001, and since then he’s been busy creating applications, training clients,
writing books and articles, and helping clients do more with less. His practice focuses on two
things: making companies more productive with automation solutions, and helping them adopt
social media tools and practices “inside the firewall.”
To find out more about Thomas, you can follow him on Twitter. His handle is @myerman. You
can also visit his Web site at http://www.tripledogs.com.
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