What can you do with apple script?

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Published on 2010-04-01T04:11:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 4:13 UTC
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Everything I know about apple script I taught myself and was wondering if I missed any cool features. I know you can make the computer talk and control applications but is there anything else it can do or is it time to move on to a new language?

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