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Sun - September 17, 2006 Neowayland dot Net Mac 10.4 UpdateNothing much new functionally with this minor
update, just a couple of changes so it works with the pathnames in 10.4. It
tests to see if the iDisk is mounted, deletes an existing file from the iDisk,
and replaces it with a file from the computer. It still makes the call to an
alias to avoid embedding the iDisk password in the script. Otherwise it is a
simple script.
www.teknopagan.com Sat - September 9, 2006 Updated weather scriptThis version of my weather script is no longer
dependent on my specific computers to run. It also checks for the Konfabulator
widget folder before trying to launch those widgets. It pops up the weather
maps, then shortly after moves the maps to the Users:Shared folder and quits
Preview.
www.teknopagan.com Wed - September 6, 2006 Macintosh OS 10.4 version of backup and restore - RevisedWell, I took the plunge, got a decent backup of
my iBook and iMac, and upgraded from Mac OS 10.39 to Mac OS
10.47.
Then I discovered that my old backup and restore scripts didn't work. These are going to get changed anyway, I am going to be migrating from Palm Desktop to Address Book, iCal, and the Memos application of The Missing Sync. I just haven't done it yet and I want things on my two computers to match. I am still wondering why Dot Mac Sync can't include other files.
www.teknopagan.com Fri - January 13, 2006 Revised Timefolder backup and restore - UPDATEDI recently learned the OS X version of the
replacing command. Under OS 9, you could copy or duplicate and end the command
"with replacing" which would save a couple of lines to delete the previous file.
Under OS X the command is "replacing yes."
This new version eliminates quite a bit of code, and since the script doesn't have to check to see if the previous files exist, it speeds up the process quite a bit.
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Weather MapsThe original version of this script is in
YOURDISC/Library/Scripts/URLs. It's a nice piece of work, but it does have one
flaw. The original holds the codes for both a temperature and an isobar map,
but it can only display one at a time. I want both, even if I only look at them
for about thirty seconds a day.
So of course I had to modify a bit and then experiment to see what tweaks worked best.
www.teknopagan.com Mon - November 28, 2005 NeoWayland dot NetI use NeoWayland dot Net as sort of a central
directory. I use a redirect service to direct people to the actual page which
lives on my iDisk.
This script puts an updated page in the right place on my iDisk. It's nothing spectacular, but it does illustrate a couple of things that I think are important. First I like my scripts to be editable so I can change them and tweak them as I like. And that raises the second issue, how do you get around embedding your username and password in an open script?
www.teknopagan.com Sun - November 13, 2005 Time folder restoreHere is the sibling script to the backup time
folder. It is not totally automated, you have to drag the xfer folder created
by the other script to the desktop. Since I usually work from a disk image or
an archive, it works for me.
After you run this script, you should log out and log back in so the applications don't try to use the trashed files.
www.teknopagan.com Fri - November 11, 2005 Time folder backupI work with two main computers and use a thumb
drive to transfer files. This Applescript backs up my current files into a
time-stamped folder on the desktop, ready to make into a disk image and to
archive. Because I work with multiple Palm Desktop identities, there is a fair
amount of extra stuff here. Green words are variables, bold blue words are
commands. I'll go through and explain as we go along. The complete script is
at the bottom of the entry.
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