Seriously Lazy Software

Seriously Lazy Software is the home of Phil's AppleScripts: the Mac utilities you always wanted but never got around to writing. If there's a script you'd like to see written, please email me at - if I like the idea, I'll get onto it... Meanwhile, for all your other scripting requirements, don't miss MacScripter — more scripts and scripting info than you'll ever know what to do with.

Update — Saturday, March 26, 2005: Appleworks Accelerator
Speeds up Appleworks 6 by removing old Recent Items (Mac OS X only)

IMPORTANT: The scripts below were written for Mac OS 8.5 or earlier. They haven't been tested under OS 9 and haven't been rewritten for Mac OS X. Don't expect to see them developed any further: it just ain't gonna happen.

The Back Door	ClipAlias	DayFinder	eStrainer	Guardian Angel	Phil's Button Maker
Phil's Dialogues	QuitFinder	Read/Write Interchange	Scroll Control	SoundSwitch	Watch this space...

The Back Door

Opens your Mac's normally invisible (and inaccessible) Temporary Items folder, so that you can see what's going on behind the scenes...

ClipAlias

Easy access to your Clipboard

ClipAlias adds an alias to the Clipboard to your Apple Menu.

DayFinder

For when you've lost track of the days...

DayFinder lets you type in a date then tells you which day of the week it is, was or will be. So which day of the week was Christmas in 1066?

eStrainer

eStrainer is to text files what the good old tea strainer was to your favourite hot beverage in the days before they invented teabags: it filters out the lumpy bits. Or, to be more precise, any email or web addresses (URLs)... then goes a step further and filters out any duplicates. It's seriously slow and clunky, but if you're desperate, well, give it a whirl...

Guardian Angel

Simple Password Protection for your Mac!

Fully customisable with your own password, of course. Doesn't allow the use of the word "password" as a password and doesn't hide your password behind a row of bullets!

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Download Guardian Angel 1.5.4
System 7.5 to 8.1 (60K)
Download Guardian Angel 2.2
MacOS 8.5 or higher (60K)

Phil's Button Maker

Generates the HTML code to create buttons like this (best viewed in Netscape - is anyone using Netscape these days? Oh well...) for your website:

Button Maker

Cool or what? The fastest loading buttons on the net because they're pure HTML, no images. If you're in a hurry, just copy & paste the code direct from this page...

Phil's Dialogues

It's your Mac: now they're your messages!

Creates custom Finder dialogue boxes that display your messages, when you want them.

QuitFinder

Does exactly what its name suggests: quits the Finder. Very handy if you want to rebuild your desktop without the inconvenience of a restart (it may not be kosher, but it works!).

Read/Write Interchange

Changes the file-type of text files from read-only to writable, and vice-versa.
Fast & efficient: just drop 'em on it!

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Download RWI 1.1
System 7.5 to 8.1 (8K)
Download RWI 2.1
MacOS 8.5 or higher (8K)

Scroll Control

Fine tunes your scroll bar controls, giving you the arrow & box ('thumb') styles you've always wanted: double arrows at both ends, the single arrows you're used to, fixed size or proportional scroll thumbs - in whatever combination suits you best.

SoundSwitch

Eliminates the Startup Chime by setting your Mac's sound level to zero at shutdown, then resets it to your preferred level after startup.

Perfect for when you want to start work the wrong side of midnight.

Watch This Space...

Sorry, no more scripts under construction at present. Too busy writing book reviews.

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