A good script can make all the difference. These are a few of my favorites - they make my daily activities less frustrating and more productive. I hope you enjoy them!

These scripts are most useful when attached to a keyboard shortcut. FastScripts makes it easy to set up global or application-specific keyboard shortcuts for these or any other scripts on your computer. Or use the free FastScripts Lite to configure up to 10 lightning-fast keyboard shortcuts!

 
Global Scripts
1.0
 Quickly and quietly cancels all pending jobs in the printer queue. This is a great script to keep handy on a keyboard shortcut for when you accidentally start a long printer job you didn't mean to start!
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Global Cmd-Ctrl-P.
1.0
 A single script to either show or hide the Force-Quit dialog. Now you only have to remember keystroke to both invoke and then declutter your desktop.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Global Cmd-Escape.
 
Interface Builder Scripts
1.0
This script changes the position of a window in Interface Builder so that it is exactly centered on the screen. Now you can easily move windows about while editing and return them to their centered position before saving.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Interface Builder-specific Cmd-Opt-C.
 
Safari Scripts
1.0
This script interfaces with the free online bookmarking service, furl.net. When executed, this script will open a "Furl It" window for the current page in Safari.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Safari-specific Cmd-Opt-F.
1.0.2
Use this script to automatically skip to the next page of a multi-page web document. Works with most popular search engines, news sites, etc. Now you can blaze through those long Salon.com articles without hunting for the "Next" link!
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Safari-specific Ctrl-Right Arrow.
 
Finder Scripts
1.0
Particularly useful for software developers, this script facilitates the easy opening of a diff-comparison tool for comparing two selected items in the Finder. The items may be in the same window or split between the two frontmost windows.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Finder-specific Cmd-Opt-D.
1.0.1
With this script you can unleash the power of Perl's regular expression parser to easily select a subset of the files you're examining in the Finder. Quick, how can you select all files with "Fun" in their name that end in ".jpg"? This script will open the door.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Finder-specific Cmd-Opt-S.
1.1.1
This script makes it easy to open a Terminal window targeted at wherever you're standing in the Finder. For power-users who frequently need to "cut to the chase," this little addition is a real time-saver. Version 1.1 includes changes by Jan Lehnardt to support opening in either iTerm or Terminal.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Finder-specific Cmd-Shift-T.
Mail Scripts
1.0
This script examines the selected message in Mail for content that is tagged as <HTML>. If it finds such content, it asks the user to choose a file name and saves it to disk.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: Mail-specific Cmd-Opt-S.
MarsEdit Scripts
1.0
This script allows you to maintain a list of "frequently-linked" URLs for MarsEdit. Just select some text, invoke the script, and choose from the list of your custom-configured links.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: MarsEdit-specific Cmd-Opt-L.
NetNewsWire Scripts
1.0
This script will open a Del.Icio.us "add link" page for whatever you are looking at in NetNewsWire, be it a news item or a web page tab. This script is loosely based on a script by JCHRIS.
Suggested keyboard shortcut: NetNewsWire-specific Cmd-Shift-D.

 

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