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Comment on Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver. by Apple Mac and iPhone Apps for Spotify | Pansentient League - a Spotify Blog

Apple Mac and iPhone Apps for Spotify | Pansentient League - a Spotify Blog — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:57:05 +0000

[...] Spotify Controller using Applescript & Quicksilver – Jack Tams has put together a short tutorial on how to use Applescript and Quicksilver to trigger shortcuts to control Spotify. This is handy when use a different keyboard or dock you Macbook. [...]

Comment on Spotify Applescripts – Updated by Resources Roundup: 25 Links to the Best AppleScripts Tutorials and Examples

Resources Roundup: 25 Links to the Best AppleScripts Tutorials and Examples — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:32:42 +0000

[...] Spotify Applescripts [...]

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Comment on Spotify Applescripts – Updated by Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver.

Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:42:33 +0000

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Comment on Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver. by Spotify Applescripts – Updated

Spotify Applescripts – Updated — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:39:59 +0000

[...] refresh is needed. Sometime ago a released several little Applescript helpers that let you control spotify through Quicksilver triggers. However they had a little tendency to make spotify the front and therefore active app when you [...]

Comment on Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver. by Blind Rocket

Blind Rocket — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:59:29 +0000

I’ve written a tip how to search on Spotify with Quicksilver:
http://blindrocket.blogspot.com/2009/09/searching-spotify-with-quicksilver.html

Comment on Spotify & Apple Remote by Roraigh Price

Roraigh Price — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:29:51 +0000

There is it’s an addon
http://themacbox.co.uk/smr/
hear u go.

Comment on Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver. by Peck

Peck — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:15:17 +0000

Thanks for the script and all the additions. I combined tim’s and ivan’s script to make this which should be easier for newbies at applescript (like me!) to just copy and paste.

tell application “System Events”
set MyList to (name of every process)
end tell

tell application “System Events” to set appList to ¬
name of application processes whose frontmost is true

set activeApp to item 1 of appList

if (MyList contains “Spotify”) is true then
tell application “Spotify” to activate
tell application “System Events”
tell process “Spotify”
click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 5 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
tell application “System Events”
set visible of process “Spotify” to false
end tell
end if

tell application activeApp to activate

Comment on Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver. by Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:06:12 +0000

Hi!
Very good scripts.
I have the same keys for iTunes and Spotify, so when I’m using iTunes, and I press F8 (forward), Spotify starts even if it wasn’t opened. That’s is very annoying, so I search for a simple applescript command.
If Spotify is opened, then go to the next song in Spotify.
That I have get it work with the following Script:

tell application “System Events”
set MyList to (name of every process)
end tell
if (MyList contains “Spotify”) is true then
tell application “Spotify” to activate
tell application “System Events”
tell process “Spotify”
click menu item 3 of menu 1 of menu bar item 5 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
end if

Is for forward, but can be right for the other scripts.

I hope this helps

Comment on Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver. by Tim Jones

Tim Jones — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Parker,

Try storing the name of the active application before activating spotify thus:

tell application “System Events” to set appList to ¬
name of application processes whose frontmost is true

set activeApp to item 1 of appList

tell application “Spotify” to activate
tell application “System Events”
tell process “Spotify”
click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 5 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell

tell application activeApp to activate

Regards,

Tim