When you log in to the computer, if you see a message box with an error message saying “Can not find script file” in Windows 11 and Windows 10, this post may help ...

If you have every used the Command Line, or CMD, interface in Windows, you probably have some idea of the powerful things it can do. Creating your own CMD scripts, you can do even more, but faster. A ...

My new note-taking philosophy was focused on two standards: Plain text and Markdown. After all, they represent true longevity ...

One of the great things about OS X is that it’s like the real world. You store your files in folders; when you don’t want something, you put it in the Trash. But on your Mac, a folder isn’t really ...

I use OmniFocus on a daily basis to keep track of important tasks. On a few occasions, I've entered tasks and assigned notes to them, only to decide later that I'd rather use the note as the task name ...

In an Active Directory environment, you can create a logon script that can be applied to user accounts that automatically goes to work once a user logs in. Logon scripts can be used to assign tasks ...

Folder Actions are one of many hidden gems in macOS. You can set an action to occur whenever the contents of a folder are changed. This can be a simple action drawn from a list that Apple provides ...

Windows only: The latest beta version of Google Chrome adds support for user scripts, but if you want to enable them you'll need to follow a couple of quick steps. The first step is to download and ...

Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript? Sure, a stable OS with Unix shell access and a sophisticated UI are nice. But a scripting ...