Using applescript droplets – Apple Compressor 3 User Manual
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Navigate to the relevant AppleScript file and click Open.
The path to the AppleScript file appears below the Choose button. Make sure the checkbox
is selected; otherwise, the script won’t be applied to the setting.
See
for more details.
Using AppleScript Droplets
Follow these steps to ensure that your script will successfully process Compressor output
media files.
To create an AppleScript Droplet application to process files created by Compressor
1
In Script Editor, Choose File > Save As.
2
In the Save Dialog:
a
Choose Application from the File Format pop-up menu.
b
Disable the Run Only, Startup Screen, and Stay Open options.
c
Click Save.
The script is saved as a script application. Because the script contains an “on open” handler,
the script application is saved as an application Droplet, indicated by the arrow in the
script application’s icon.
More information about writing scripts to use with Compressor is available on the web.
For information about AppleScript that is geared toward Apple developers, go to
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