Macintosh AppleScripts
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Desktop Icon Manager 2.0:
Desktop Icon Manager (DIM) is an AppleScript which saves and restores the icon positions on the desktop. There are applications and other scripts that do the same thing, so why is this one different?
DIM doesn't get confused when you store the icon positions at one screen resolution and then restore them at a different screen resolution. In other words, if an icon is at the bottom right corner of the display when the icon positions are stored then that icon will always be placed at the bottom right corner regardless of the screen resolution. There's only one application that I know of which does that, but they want money to do it. Other applications/scripts allow you to save multiple icon positions at different screen resolutions. That's fine if you want to adjust your icon positions for each screen resolution you use. My question is why? You got a Mac sitting in front of you, let her do it.
Desktop Icon Manager 2.0 only works for Mac OS 10.4 and later. For MacOS 7.x through 9.x, one can use Desktop Icon Manager 1.3.1 (see below). There is no version of Desktop Icon Manager that works for Mac OS 10.0 through 10.3.9!
Download DesktopIconManager2.0.zip (218,228 bytes).
Version 1.3.1 is mainly for MacOS 9 users. Due to changes in the Finder, sometimes DIM v1.3 failed to restore the icon positions. This version fixes that problem. There is no new functionality in the script. MacOS 8.6 and earlier users can use either this or DIM v1.3.
Download DesktopIconManager1.3.1.sit (26,532 bytes).
Version 1.3 does exactly the same thing as v1.1, but now you can tell DIM not to prompt you when its executed. Instead it will simply restore the icon positions on the desktop and quit. This is great for putting DIM in the Startup Items folder to insure all your icons are precisely where you want them when you turn on your Mac!
Download DesktopIconManager1.3.sit (23,234 bytes).
Version 1.2 was never released to the general public.
Version 1.1 does exactly the same thing as the original v1.0, except considerably faster! (thanks to Stùphane Madrau)
Clean Shutdown v1.1:
Clean Shutdown (CS) is an AppleScript which moves user specified files and folders to the trash, empties the trash and shutdown the Mac. Why would one want such a script?
A common problem in web browsing is that the browser's disk cache gets too large which can result in slow browsing and a huge waste in hard disk space. Furthermore, cookies, which might contain personal information, can reveal their contents to anyone. Temporary files/folders which should be deleted on a regular basis. Ridding MacOS 8.x of the ObjectSupportLib extension or even avoiding the known variants of the AutoStart worm. These are examples of what CS was written to automate.
Version 1.1 does exactly the same thing as the original v1.0, except for support for international and more robust folder handling. (thanks to Alain P. Tytgadt)
Clean Shutdown only works for pre-Mac OS 10.0. There are no versions that work for Mac OS 10.0 and later!
Download CleanShutdown1.1.sit (46,286 bytes).
Do you have an idea/suggestion about a useful AppleScript? If so, I would like to hear about it and possibly implement it. Since I do these scripts when I get bored in my regular work, there are no promises.
