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Move and resize app windows via AppleScript
Authored by: taozhyn on Fri, May 30 2008 at 11:55PM PDT

I was having problems with running the scripts, until I found some similar scripts (spooky).
In their setup script they test if "access for assistive devices" is enabled in Universal Access.

Once I enabled this your scripts started to work.

Thanks.

Move and resize app windows via AppleScript
Authored by: PhilHints on Sat, May 31 2008 at 4:27AM PDT

You're right - I turned off 'Enable access for assistive devices' and the scripts stopped working. Anybody know why?

The reasons I wrote these scripts are because: I couldn't find anything similar; I thought someone might find them useful; It's great to get input on how to make scripts better. If you've found something better (i.e. a script that checks for assistive devices) the can you please post a link so I can see for myself. (Also I love ghost stories...)