AppleScripts

Quicksilver AppleScripts

AppleScripts can be run from within Quicksilver, and are useful when creating triggers. This page contains a list of useful AppleScripts that users have created in the past.

Pane 1 AppleScripts

These Applescripts are selected in Quicksilver's first pane and used with the 'Run' action. You can browse to the Applescript as you would with any normal file, or add it to your Catalog.

Show Date and Time with Growl (AppleScript)

Pane 2 (Action) AppleScripts

Action Applescripts are selected in Quicksilver's second pane, with text or files selected in the first pane. Save them in

~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions/My Action Name.scpt

(~ is the Home folder) and relaunch Quicksilver. Create the Actions folder if it doesn't exist.

You can then search for 'My Action Name' (or whatever you named your script) in the 2nd pane of Quicksilver.

Text Action AppleScripts

QuickSparrow (AppleScript) - send emails directly from Quicksilver using Sparrow

SuperTweet (AppleScript) - send tweets directly from Quicksilver using SuperTweet and twitter.

File Action AppleScripts

Dropbox public link (AppleScript) - gets the Dropbox public link URLs for files in your Dropbox Public folder

Quick Look (AppleScript) - for multiple files in the same Finder folder

Quick Quick Look (AppleScript) - for multiple files in different Finder folders, although the mouse is needed to navigate the Quick Look window

Paste file path (AppleScript) - of the file in the first pane

Bitly (AppleScript) - makes a bit.ly link from a URL in the first pane, then puts it on the Clipboard and in pane 1.

Write your own

AppleScript Action template

Application AppleScripts

These should be saved as 'Application' in AppleScript Editor's Save As… window, and run from the first pane using the 'Open' action.

Color Picker (AppleScript) - displays the color picker from any app