The State of Mac Automation
When I updated this book to its third edition in 2019, I wrote about huge changes that had taken place in the world of Mac automation in the previous few years. Remarkably, even more changed since then, so it’s time once again to report and reflect on the good, the bad, and the unknowns of the Mac’s automation present and future.
In 2014, when this book’s first edition appeared, I thought Apple was likely heading in a direction towards more and better automation capabilities. Various Apple teams seemed to be paying greater attention to automation. Since then, signals have become decidedly mixed.
For starters, Apple laid off their key person behind automation for 20 years, Sal Soghoian, in 2016. Apple didn’t replace ...
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