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Beginning AppleScript®
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Beginning AppleScript®

by Stephen G. Kochan
December 2004
Beginner
600 pages
13h 42m
English
Wrox
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11.4. Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to write scripts for three of the iLife applications: iTunes, iPhoto, and iDVD. You learned

  • How to read the iTunes dictionary and how to work with sources, playlists, and tracks

  • How to select and play tracks from the iTunes library

  • How to read the iPhoto dictionary and how to work with albums and photos

  • How to create a new iPhoto album and add images to it

  • How to read the iDVD dictionary and how to work with projects, menus, and slide shows

  • How to make a slide show in iDVD from a folder of images

In the next chapter, you learn about script objects and how to define them to group related variables, properties, handlers, and other script objects. Before proceeding, however, try the exercises that follow to test your understanding of the material covered in this chapter. You can find the solutions to these exercises in Appendix A.

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