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"Clipboard Scripts" are a group of AppleScripts designed to provide users with a quick and easy way to become more efficient in their everyday routines. By automating small tasks that users perform frequently, these scripts will help to reduce common repetition in an average user's day. This generates more time for focusing on other important tasks. "Clipboard Scripts" are accessed through Apple's "Script Menu", which is installed with Mac OS X 10.2 and later. By integrating these AppleScripts with the "Script Menu", they may be triggered at any time, from within any application to do things like adding prefixes and suffixes to paragraphs, sorting paragraphs, extracting URLs, removing HTML tags, and more. "Clipboard Scripts" use the clipboard as the basis for the tasks they perform. The clipboard is a part of the Mac OS which holds data when copying and pasting in different applications. When you select text in a document, and choose "Copy" from the "Edit" menu, the text is copied to the clipboard. The AppleScripts that make up "Clipboard Scripts" are built to perform various tasks to text data on the clipboard. "Clipboard Scripts" are intended to be triggered from the Apple Script Menu, which is included with Mac OS X. You may need to "activate" the script menu, if you haven't done so already. To activate the "Script Menu", locate the "Applications > AppleScript >" folder on your computer. Inside of this folder is a component called "Script Menu.menu". Double click on this component to activate the "Script Menu". Once it's been activated, you will see a small AppleScript icon in the menu bar at the top of your screen. 
Once the Script Menu is activated, running the Clipboard Scripts installer will add the suite of Clipboard Scripts to the fairly wide range of scripts are installed by default. "Clipboard Scripts" help to extend that base set by providing additional useful functionality. 
"Clipboard Scripts" are available in the following packages:
"Clipboard Scripts" Lite (freeware)
"Clipboard Scripts" Full Version
Available Scripts The following scripts are included in the full version of "Clipboard Scripts". Once installed, they may be triggered at any time, from within any application:
• Add Prefix - When triggered, this script will prompt you to enter a prefix. Next, it will add that prefix to the beginning of each paragraph on the clipboard. The modified text will then be placed back on the clipboard for you to paste into the desired location. For example, you could use this script to add a bullet to the beginning of 100 paragraphs of text, i.e.
• Add Suffix - When triggered, this script will prompt you to enter a suffix. Next, it will add that suffix to the end of each paragraph on the clipboard. The modified text will then be placed back on the clipboard for you to paste into the desired location. For example, you could use this script to add a suffix of ".00" to the end of 100 paragraphs of numbers, i.e.
• Convert to Lowercase - When triggered, this script will convert the text on the clipboard to lowercase format. The converted text will then be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. For example, the text "THIS IS CLIPBOARD DATA" would be converted to "this is clipboard data". • Convert to Sentence Case - When triggered, this script will convert the text on the clipboard to sentence case format. The converted text will then be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. For example, the text "THIS IS A SENTENCE FROM THE CLIPBOARD" would be converted to "This is a sentence from the clipboard". • Convert to Title Case - When triggered, this script will convert the text on the clipboard to title case format. The converted text will then be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. For example, the text "THIS IS CLIPBOARD DATA" would be converted to "This Is Clipboard Data". • Convert to Uppercase - When triggered, this script will convert the text on the clipboard to uppercase format. The converted text will then be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. For example, the text "This is clipboard data" would be converted to "THIS IS CLIPBOARD DATA". • Display Length - This script can be used to count the characters or paragraphs of the text on the clipboard. It will then display this information to the user. For example, someone may want to know how many characters exist in a text frame in an Adobe InDesign document. They could simply copy the text from this frame to the clipboard, and then trigger this script. • Extract URLs - This script will attempt to extract any URLs from the text on the clipboard, including URLs beginning with "www", "http://", "ftp", as well as email addresses. The list of URLs will then be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. • Format Number - This script will format a number on the clipboard in a specified manner, adding a prefix, commas or other delimiters, and more. The formatted number will then be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. For example, this script could be used for format the number "1995.75" as "$1,995.75". • Record Path - This script will copy paths to selected files or folders in the Finder to the clipboard. You might use this script to record a path to a folder on your company server. Then, you could email this folder path to your boss, who can trigger the "Open Path" script to automatically navigate to it. • Open Path - This script will open file or folder paths that have been copied to the clipboard. This script could be used if someone emailed you to path to a file or folder on your company server. Simply copy the path from the email, and trigger this script to navigate to it instantly. • Open URL - This script can be used to open URLs that have been copied to the clipboard. For example, let's say you're reading a document that contains a URL as text, but not as an active link. Simply copy the URL to the clipboard, and trigger this script. This woks on email addresses too! • Record Date - This script can be used to copy the current date to the clipboard, in virtually any format you might need. I.e., "01.01.2003... 01.01.03... Jan 1, 2003... January 1, 2003... etc." For example, you might use this script to quickly generate a date to paste into an email, a Word document, and more. • Remove HTML Tags - This script can be used to remove HTML tags from text on the clipboard, leaving only the actual text. The cleaned up text is then placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. • Remove Prefix - This script can be used to remove the prefix from each paragraph of text on the clipboard. For example, someone may want to remove a bullet "•" from the beginning of 100 paragraphs of text. • Remove Suffix - This script can be used to remove the suffix from each paragraph of text on the clipboard. For example, someone may want to remove the text ".txt" from the end of 100 paragraphs of text. • Replace Text - This script will perform a find and replace in the text on the clipboard. First, the script will prompt you to enter the text you want to find. Next, it will prompt you to enter the replacement text. The script will then perform the find and replace, and the updated text will be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. • Sort Paragraphs - This script can be used to sort all of the paragraphs on the clipboard alphabetically. For example, someone may want to sort a list of names or keywords to paste into an email or other document. • Trim Text - This script will trim the text on the clipboard to a specified length. The trimmed text will then be placed back onto the clipboard for you to past into the desired location. For example, the text "THIS IS CLIPBOARD DATA" could be trimmed to 10 characters, i.e. "THIS IS CL". • Write To File - This script will save the text on the clipboard to a file you specify. When triggered, the script will prompt you to select where you would like to save the file containing the clipboard data.
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Spatial Finder solution Spatial Finder Article Defrag From Cameron Romeril Hi Charles, I just want to bring up a passage in the OS X spatial finder article. In particular the following quote: "I have a hunch that the non-spatial way of doing things appeals much more strongly to those who have a strong aptitude for math and sweating the details." I would have to strongly question that relationship. I'm in the geospatial science industry- currently working as a surveyor on high-rise buildings. Being in this industry, there is a fair amount of maths, in particular geometry and trigonometry. We also have to "sweat the details" to the enth degree when the task requires it. But my main point is that I am in the geospatial industry, and I have a very strong spatially-related mind, AND I like my operating system to have a strong spatial interface. Just wondering about your thoughts on this issue. Cameron Romeril
Hi Cameron;
Well, it was as I said, "a hunch." Obviously in your case at least, an inaccurate one. Maybe an aptitude for "math and sweating the details" isn't the temperametal distinction. As I noted, I'm a math dunce and tend to be a big picture generalist rather than a detail-sweater, and I'm very spatially oriented, so I wondered if that was it.
Charles From anonymous Charles, I have three items on my Dock. The Finder, QuickerPicker, and the Trash. You ask QuickerPicker, what's that? It is a nice free software that once it scans your hard drive, it will locate all the applications on your hard drive with missing beat. Yes, one central location to find all your applications. Sure there are other launchers, but none IMHO so fast as QuickerPicker. http://www.360works.com/filemaker/quickerpicker.html
Sincerely,
Hi A.
I'll have to check it out. I find Tigerlaunch pretty good.
Charles From Judson This how I taught begining Mac classes. Folder inside folder etc and is indeed a masterfull way of organizing. I went into OSX expecting a new way. I was at first confused and frustrated but, in a sense , let the OS take me over. Now I no longer even think 'Desktop'. In fact I almost never look at or use the Desktop. That's the revolution and will be very important for future computer users. Already I need less and less metaphors. The 'recent items' selection becomes my point of reference. I don't know why exactly, but I'm much less 'lost' than I used to be pre OSX. ps: I'm looking for some kind of switch window key command utility. Any Ideas?
thanks,
Hi Judson;
Glad to hear that OS X works for you. However, I still prefer the Desktop metaphor, such as I've been able to cobble together in OS X.
Hmmm. Nothing comes immediately to mind in terms of the sort of utility you're looking for, but I'll keep it in mind. Perhaps our readers can help with that one.
Charles iBook boots into system 9 From Steve Chavez Today I purchased a new 12" iBook 800 from the local Applestore and it does boot into system 9 no problem.
Hi Steve;
Cool! You didn't happen to notice the manufacture date? It can be found in the serial number. For example, my Pismo's serial number begins: QT039..., which means that it was built by Quanta in Taiwan in the 39th week of 2000.
Charles From Travis Smith Charles, Hi again! I run both a Powerbook G4/800 and an iMac G4/800. I have never run any disk defragmentor tool on either machine. What do you recommend? I prefer ONLY to use OS10.2. What is available to me? Any freeware / shareware? I use carboncopycloner & chronosync for backups. I run diskutility regulary & also run fsck - y from reboot with apple-s held down. I am worried about the fact that I never defrag my machine. What are your thoughts please. thanks for in advance for your help! Travis BTW - I got carboncopycloner & chronosync both based on your reviews.
Hi Travis;
Not to worry. I went nearly a year in OS X without defragging my Pismo's drive, and haven't done it in six months or so. My OS X partition was pretty badly fragged, but I didn't notice any really significant speed increase after defragging. I used a Classic version of Nortoin Speed Disk. I don't have the OS X version, but I expect it would work as well.
Charles
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