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I up voted this on its merits of how you gather AppleScript code from a Watch Me Do action however you said "You can also simply Copy the action you want, switch over to AppleScript Editor, and paste to get the same code." and while this might be true in some cases nonetheless it's not true in some cases as the AppleScript Code cannot always be copied exactly from Automator in this manner to AppleScript Editor and run successfully without modifying the code.

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– user3439894

2017-01-12 11:56:42 +00:00
Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 11:56

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