Heikos Little Helpers

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About

Heiko's Little Helpers are a bunch of AppleScripts I wrote to do frequently needed jobs for me...
Originally I programmed an application named Sake to do that, but it became more complex than I anticipated...that's why I decided to discontinue Sake and switch to FastScripts.

What?

There are some things I often to by hand - this really bothered me. Therefore I sought a way to do this more efficiently.

System Requirements

Download

Media:HeikosLittleHelpers20100823.zip

Setup

  • Install FastScripts
  • Download this scripts (link below), unpack and move them either into...
    • ~/Library/Scripts (usable for your own user only)
    • /Library/Scripts (usable for all users of your Mac)

Usage

  • Example: Archive Selected File/Folder.scpt
    • Select the files you want to archive, in this case "Miscellaneous Scripts", and select Archive this! in FastScripts menu...
      Heikoslittlehelpers20091222a1.png
    • ...and you get this:
      Heikoslittlehelpers20091222b1.png

What it can do for you!

Script Function
Paste Timestamp.scpt Pastes a timestamp like "2009-12-22 16:29" into the current text editor.
Paste Log Timestamp.scpt Pastes timestamp like this: "2009-12-22, 16:32, hk: ". This is my favourite. I don't remember what it was like before I used this!
Archive Selected File/Folder.scpt You'll gonna love this: Creates an archive from your selected file/folder and adds an timestamp to the filename. That's sooo handy for my source backups.
Leo Selected Text.scpt Looks up selected text in http://www.leo.org .
Look Up Selected Text In Dictionary.scpt Looks up selected text in MacOS X's Dictionary.
Google Selected Text.scpt Looks up selected text in Google
Google Selected Text For Images.scpt Looks up selected text in Google Image search
Dial Selected Number.scpt Dials selected number with iLink Direct
Decrease Volume.scpt Decreases system volume
Increase Volume.scpt Decreases system volume
Mute Volume.scpt Mutes system volume
Toggle Mute.scpt Toggles muting of system volume
iTunes Rating Scripts.scpt Rates selected or current tracks
Google Album Artwork Of Current Track.scpt Guess what.
Google Album Artwork Of Selected Track.scpt Guess what.
Google Lyrics Of Current Track.scpt Guess what.
Google Lyrics Of Selected Track.scpt Guess what.
Paste iTunes Current Track.scpt Pastes the current iTunes track like this: "The Beez - Die Warteschleife - Die Warteschleife (Radio Edit)".
Create Checksum File.scpt Creates checksum files for the selected file(s).
Compare Checksum File.scpt Checks whether the checksum files exist and match, or not.

(...and much more...)

Sources

You might be interested in how that stuff works. Take a look: