AppleScript can automate monotonous, repetitive tasks, or tasks that need to be performed at a specific time. Mac OS X can (using it’s built-in scheduler via programs such as Apple’s iCal or Embraceware’s Awaken) run any script on the minute you need it to run.
AppleScript makes it easy to “talk” to standard Macintosh applications. It can “glue” applications together so that each application does what it does best.
AppleScript is easy to understand; it’s almost English:
tell application "Safari" to make new document with properties {URL:"http://www.hoboes.com/"}
This is a valid AppleScript statement. If you use it, Safari will create a new document, and inside that document it will open the hoboes.com web site.
