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Hasn't Apple effectively deprecated all of the scripting interfaces? They fired the guy that was in charge of this stuff years ago, and the last updates to the
by yborg 4y ago
Hasn't Apple effectively deprecated all of the scripting interfaces? They fired the guy that was in charge of this stuff years ago, and the last updates to the JSX documentation are for El Capitan. Apps that didn't previously have scripting dictionaries no longer support them. I believe that the issue ultimately is that these scripting interfaces are a security issue since they allow malware to leverage a built-in general programmatic interface without having to load any additional tooling. I'm surprised that Apple hasn't disabled them already.
- chipotle_coyote 4y agoWell, “effectively” in “effectively deprecated” is doing a lot of work there. :) I think one could make a plausible argument that the old Open Scripting Architecture is on its way out, but given that they’ve brought Shortcuts to the Mac, it’s obvious that the idea of having “a built-in general programmatic interface” isn’t being deprecated. Shortcuts will probably replace both Automator and OSA in the long run, but it’s not going to get there for a few years.