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 ...

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 ...

Technical publisher O’Reilly & Associates has released “AppleScript: The Definitive Guide,” a new book by Matt Neuburg that explains “the how, where and why of using AppleScript.” The book examines ...

AppleScript is Apple’s system-level programming language for driving and automating applications. It was first made available as an option for the ill-fated System 7 Pro in late 1993; shortly ...

Last year when Microsoft quietly revealed that it was eliminating support for Visual Basic from the next version of Office for Macintosh, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth within the Mac ...

As someone who spent months hand-crafting Visual Basic scripts in Microsoft Office, only to have Microsoft pull the rug out from under me with the release of Office 2008 (they abandoned VB support for ...

MacTech Magazine is once again accepting votes for the 2007 MacTech 25, a roundup of the people who contribute the most technical assistance to the Macintosh community through their writing, speaking, ...

Applescript, that amazing resource many Mac users ignore because they think it’s too complex. Guys, Applescript is an amazing tool to get things done automatically, though I recognize many of you just ...

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, ...

Finance your new Mac with the help of other Mac users Ars Technica reports on an Apple user group at Prosper.com that allows individual funds-lending for Mac purchases. "You and other average people ...

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 ...