Encrypter / Decrypter

Here's a Christmas gift for all OSX users. An AppleScript application which encrypts and decrypts text with a random generated key. I created this encrypter for another project, but since it works independently I made it as a separate program as well. Download here: salaaja v0.2

Create Windows 7 snapping feature with AppleScript

One very handy feature in Windows 7 is the ability to snap application windows left and right side. This is not possible in OSX, so I wrote a script for it. But unfortunately it's only for keyboard, so no mouse dragging.

About GUI scripting

GUI scripting refers to graphical user interface scripting, which basically means making your mouse and keyboard act automatically. This is very handy to know when you find yourself doing repetitive mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes again and again. Why be a machine in front of a machine?

Doing backups and creating disk images

There's a reason why I keep Time Machine's automatic backing up off. Cause it's unreliable and confusing. I had this major problem in Snow Leopard, where Time Machine eventually took 4-6 hours to complete, for whatever reason. I guess it was related to it's incremental features, which kept getting more complex the more your used it. This is more likely fixed in Mavericks, but my trust was yet again broken and not easily fixed so I've kept using my own fix-script that I did for the Snow Leopard.

Launch a script with a keyboard shortcut

To launch an AppleScript application with a keyboard shortcut I used to have such a clean way in Snow Leopard:

Sleep enforcer

I use a script to monitor my computer's sleep state. This derives from a previous situation when my Mac used to randomly wake up by itself to "check the network status" and apparently it was a feature which was connected to a checkbox "Wake for network access".

Why this blog.

When I realized how much I like creating my own tools to help my work, it was a life changing moment. Since then I've created quite many small and a few more complex tools. By tools I mainly refer to AppleScript applications that I've wrote to minimize repetitive actions when using my computer.