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A user managed to do quite a lot of Audacity automation using Apple's "UI scripting": http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 88#p163988.


Gale

I wouldn't be caught stating that it's easy, as Apple is very slowly moving away from Applescript. In Snow Leopard era, almost all major apps were scriptable. These days, I'm amazed if it turns out that fi Skype is scriptable. Makes it easy to call someone from your own database in fi Filemaker, or HTML. Just one command: callto:555-xxx-xxxxx...

There is no Applescript, nor Automator for iOS. In defense of Apple's slow drop, most users aren't very interested in these either. And certainly on iOS, there's no market for scripting. Apple is pushing toward Swift too. And they prefer to push talent in that direction...

I'm seeing ARM powered Macbooks arriving any day now. And that will be the demise of the Mini and the Mac Pro. With an OS that is a mix of OSX and iOS. Sierra does get a new filesystem, so OSX isn't dead, but iOS and OSX are closer with every release. And that will end Applescript and Automator, replacing these with Siri, messaging and the cloud. I only wish Apple imagined the cloud with something new. So far, it's only shopping, backup, anti-theft and sharing your stuff over multiple devices. Nothing new. And the only new thing in the near future, is Apple payments. Not exciting.