[X4U] AppleScripts that I have come to love no longer work

[John Baltutis]

On 2/21/14,  lalicata at alum.rpi.edu wrote:
>
> I became addicted to the AppleScripts that Apple provided in some update a
>long time and now, in version 10.9.1, some of them no longer work.
>
> The scripts that I use frequently and no longer work include ?Trim File
>Names? and ?Add to File Names? among others.
>
> (Both of these have options to perform their intended actions on either the
>end or the beginning of the file name)
>
> I am also not smart enough to write new scripts.
>
> I have tried to write an automated program to do like they do, and ? taadaa!
>failed miserably.
>
> I do NOT know enough about AppleScripts on how to fix them, and I was hoping
>someone has already fixed these and is will to share, or knows how to fix
>them, or (I am told) still has a version of 10.6 around and supposedly, the
>scripts in that version work with 10.9.1.
>
> Maybe someone knows where there are working scripts I can get from the
>internet? (I did google these but came up empty.

Ask at <https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users>. Simplest
thing to do is launch AppleScript Editor, open one of those, and compile it. If
that works, then try running it and see what kind of error you're getting.