Welcome to MacTech's Guide to Making the Transition from VBA to AppleScript. In this guide, we'll show you how to get started with your transition, help you through some of the challenges, and speak ...

Back in December, I wrote about Microsoft’s decision to drop support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) from the next version of Office. I had, and still have, many concerns about the switch. The ...

As you're probably well aware by now, the highly-anticipated Office 2008 is coming with a lot of new features, but it's also shedding a few features along the way. One of the big losses, especially ...

O’Reilly today announced the release of Applescript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition. “I had never seen the AppleScript language taught, explained, and documented in what I would regard as a clear, ...

My love of AppleScript knows no bounds. I often tell people that they should be using AppleScript to help them automate everything from mass file renaming to making their beds (well, not so much that ...

Many people have criticized Apple for not updating their AppleScript language documentation regularly (myself included). Scoff no more, because Apple updated their documentation yesterday. The last ...