Now you have a powerful ally to get and stay in superb “fiscal shape” — Numbers adds AppleScript support. So doing those daily “crunches” just got a whole lot easier.

As anyone who creates or uses spreadsheets for a living can tell you, automation is an absolutely essential tool for maintaining sanity. When processes are automated, you gain:

• Speed. It takes less time to accomplish complex multi-step procedures.
• Accuracy. With automation, the chances of making mistakes because of human error are minimized.
• Consistency. Automation produces data of reliable quality.
• Scalability. If you want to do more, in a shorter time, while maintaining quality, automation is the best way to increase the productivity of your business.

1. Describing AppleScript to a Mac beginner is a bit like three blind men describing an elephant. One man might describe it as the Mac’s built-in automation tool. Another might describe it as an interesting but often-overlooked piece of enabling technology. The third might liken it to a cassette recorder, recording and playing back your actions.
2. 10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac (even more). Fortunately, though, some highly scriptable applications allow you to record activities in the AppleScript editor, very much like a macro.

Using automation frees you from the “drudge work,” to focus on the creative and analytical aspects of what you do — you know, that stuff you were actually hired and like to do! And when it comes to the world of automation, AppleScript is your best friend.

Explore the best AppleScript software for Mac. Browse our catalog of over 50 000 mac apps. MacUpdate is serving app downloads since 1997. The above script causes automator's applescript to hang if a domain is not available. It works fine in AppleScript Editor if you add -t X where X is a number of seconds ping should time out otherwise it'll hang indefinitely as well. AppleScript is one of two technologies offered by OS X Mountain Lion that make it easy to automate repetitive actions on your Mac. AppleScript is “programming for the rest of us.” It can record and play back things that you do (if the application was written to allow the recording — Finder, for example, was), such as opening an application or clicking a button.

So, if you are currently using another spreadsheet application for your work and are interested in seeing what Numbers can do; or are a Numbers user who wants to take the application to the next level of functionality; automating Numbers with AppleScript is something you should explore.

What is covered in this overview of Numbers AppleScript support?

The following pages describe and demonstrate how AppleScript can be used to access, query, control, make, style, and delete the elements of the Numbers application, with specific focus on documents, sheets, and tables.

If you are familiar with AppleScript — great. If not, no problem. You can easily pick up this unique English-like scripting language from the tutorials on this website, or from reading one of the many great AppleScript books on the subject, including Apple’s own AppleScript 1-2-3 (on the '>iBooks Store).

And everything you need to automate Numbers with AppleScript is already installed in OS X. For starters, all of the example scripts on these pages can be viewed in the AppleScript Editor application (which can be found in your Utilities folder) automatically, by just clicking the Open in AppleScript Editor button located above each of the example scripts, that are placed inline throughout the documentation on this site.

So what are you waiting for? Use the purple navigation box on the upper right side of this page to begin the process of becoming an “uber-cruncher!”

The documentation provided in this section concerns the use of the Numbers 2009 Compatibility Suite provided in the Numbers 3.1 release. This scripting suite is a revision based upon the original scripting terminology of the Numbers 2009 release.

Most scripts written to work with Numbers 2009 should work with Numbers 3.1, with the exception of scripts that address features in the older version that are not in the latest version. Likewise, there are a few scripting features in the latest version that are not present in older versions of the application. These few exceptions are noted in the following documentation.

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How to open APPLESCRIPT file?

After double-clicking on the unknown file icon, the system should open it in the default software that supports it. If this does not happen, download and install the AppleScript Editor software and then manually associate the file with it.

Step 1. Download and install AppleScript Editor

If there is no AppleScript Editor or similar software in the system that supports files with the APPLESCRIPT extension, you must first download and install it. Below you will find a list of the most-used applications that work with APPLESCRIPT. After going to the subpage of the program you will find a link to the developer's website, where you can safely download the software installer.

Step 2. Associate AppleScript Editor with the APPLESCRIPT file extension

If the user already has one of the applications installed, the next step will be to associate it with the file extension APPLESCRIPT. This can be done in two ways - one is to manually edit the Windows Registry and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT keys. The second way is simpler and definitely recommended for less advanced users.

• Right click on the unknown APPLESCRIPT file you want to open
• Select 'Open with' from the menu
• Click 'Choose another application'
• Click 'More applications'
• Click 'Find more applications on this PC' and indicate the installation location of the appropriate program
• Finally, select the 'Always use the selected program to open APPLESCRIPT files' option and confirm the whole operation.

Remember! Manually editing the system registry is only recommended for advanced users, and changes made to it without proper knowledge may result in damage to the system.

Step 3. Check out other possible problems related to APPLESCRIPT files.

Sometimes it happens that despite having the right application and the correct configuration, there are still problems with opening the APPLESCRIPT files. You should then find out what is the reason of the problem.

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• Check if the APPLESCRIPT file is not infected - When the file APPLESCRIPT is infected with a virus or malware, it probably will not be able to be opened correctly. In this case, scan the APPLESCRIPT file and take the actions recommended by the antivirus program installed on the system. Most often it is disinfection or deletion of an infected file.
• Check if you, as the operating system user, have appropriate permissions to work with the file APPLESCRIPT
• Check if the icon is an element of the correct file but not only a shortcut to the location where the APPLESCRIPT file no longer exists.
• Check that the system has the necessary resources to run the AppleScript Editor application and open the APPLESCRIPT file.
• Check if the file is complete - Sometimes it happens that the APPLESCRIPT file was not copied completely from the external Flash memory, or downloaded from the Internet. When the file is incomplete, it is not possible to open it correctly. In this case, please download or copy the file APPLESCRIPT again.

Step 4. Contact an IT expert

When all of the above methods have failed, it remains to contact an IT specialist or developers of the APPLESCRIPT EDITOR program.

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