Resources

Here are a few links to help you wrap your head around rb-appscript. If you’ve got any more you’d like to share, go ahead and email me.

rb-appscript home
This is rb-appscript HQ, where Hamish Sanderson pops the hood and performs inexplicable miracles with Apple Events.
Scripting Mac Applications With Ruby: An AppleScript Alternative.
Matt Neuberg’s very comprehensive introduction to rb-appscript.
dot unplanned
Mike Hall performs all manner of wondrous feats using nothing other than rb-appscript and some chewing gum.
rb-appscript mailing list
It’s not a high volume list, but the people that hang out there are helpful and fiendishly clever.

  • What’s this all about then?

    rb-appscript is a powerful way to automate your Mac. It's similar to Applescript but it's built in Ruby, which means you get to leverage that language's powerful syntax and libraries. Giving you more time to make toasted sandwiches. You want long-winded explanations? We got those.

    Please note that these scripts are by no means bulletproof, and are intended to provide examples of application scripting. I take no resposibility for any loss of data or mishaps; you download and run everything at your own risk. That said, I use all of these scripts in a production environment every day (well – more accurately, I use some of these scripts in a production environment most days).