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Scripting OS X – #! is not a curse word
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Scripting OS X – #! is not a curse word
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The site for macOS and iOS automation, scripting, and administration.
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| type | website |
| title | Scripting OS X |
| description | The site for macOS and iOS automation, scripting, and administration. |
| url | https://scriptingosx.com/ |
| site_name | Scripting OS X |
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| image:width | 248 |
| image:height | 248 |
| locale | en_US |
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- [H1] Scripting OS X
- [H1] Going forward
- [H1] Pro apps
- [H2] Social
- [H2] Books
- [H2] Presentations
- [H2] MacAdmins.news 2026-03-37
- [H2] Apple 26.4 Platform Updates — March 2026
- [H2] macOS 26.4 brings more default app confirmation prompts
- [H2] What happened so far
- [H2] What changes in macOS 26.4
- [H2] Swift re-write for QuickPkg and some thoughts on LLM aided coding
- [H2] Why quickpkg?
- [H2] How it went: the translation
- [H2] Success?
- [H2] Technical and cognitive debt
- [H2] Packaging the tool
- [H2] Efficiency?
- [H2] A comparison
- [H2] The upside
- [H2] Conclusion
- [H2] Apple 26.3 Platform Updates – February 2026
- [H2] Managing iWork in 2026, the Creator Studio update
- [H2] The update from 14.x to 15.1
- [H2] Differences between the apps
- [H2] Why?
- [H2] The Upsell
- [H2] The Solution that misses
- [H2] Where was the beta?
- [H2] What should Mac Admins do?
- [H2] Swift Argument Parser: Exiting and Errors
- [H2] Our example
- [H2] Just throw it
- [H2] Custom errors and messages
- [H2] Clean exits
- [H2] Custom Exit Codes
- [H2] Apple Platform Updates: 26.2
- [H2] Fifteen years of Scripting OS X
- [H2] Apple Platform updates for September 2025
- [H2] Posts pagination
- [H3] macOS
- [H3] iOS and iPadOS
- [H3] Other Platforms
- [H3] Applications
- [H3] Guides
- [H3] This is really annoying when you want to pre-set default apps in a managed environment
- [H3] What can we do?
- [H3] Use the User Template
- [H3] Work with the user: Setup Checklist
- [H3] Please file feedback
- [H3] macOS
- [H3] iOS and iPadOS
- [H3] Other Platforms
- [H3] Deployment Guides
- [H3] Applications
- [H3] macOS
- [H3] iOS and iPadOS
- [H3] Other Platforms
- [H3] macOS
- [H3] iOS and iPadOS
- [H3] Other Platforms
- [H3] Applications
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| Christopher Smith shared an approach on Mac Admins Slack | External | Passing Juice |
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| Swift Argument Parser: Exiting and Errors | Internal | Passing Juice |
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