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Or CMD-F3 if you haven't checked Use all F1, F2 as standard F keys in Keyboard Preferences. If you did, then CMD-Fn-F3. You're looking at an old article, today Assitive Devices can be found in Accessibility. System Preferences has a search box in the upper right, very handy. As a Mac 'newborn' you shouldn't delve into AppleScript from day one, enjoy OS X first, explore it, don't try to transpose your Windows experience on a 1:1 scale, it's not needed and most Windows paradigms don't apply here. Edit: Oh, and Assistive Devices can be many things. From a simple piece of software that flashes the screen on certain events to a external LED billboard showing the menu bar.
It was created to allow pluggable modules helping disabled people, but today it is used for much more than that. From the start, the person writes. I have check 'Enable access for assistive devices' in the “Universal Access” preference pane in System Preferences. I can't find any preference pane when I open up system preferences and searching 'universal access' doesn't show me anything. Also out of curiosity would anyone happen to know what 'assisted device' refers to? EDIT: And if it's just an error of an error message like that person's problem, honestly I don't think I can understand the answer that they got w/o more context. The directions I was following: • • • • •.
If you have the latest version of OSX, this feature has been moved to the Security and Privacy Systems Preference pane. In Security and Privacy, there is an Accessibility item in the left hand column of icons, select that, then click the padlock at the bottom right corner of the window and enter your administrator password as you are making an adjustment that requires administrative access.
Once you've unlocked the padlock, you should be able to drag your applescript file from the Finder into the system preference window / accessibility list and check the checkbox next to it to enable the script as an assistive device. Lastly, click the padlock to re-lock that preference pane. You should now be able to run your applescript / app as needed. An Assistive Device is a term used for any device or app that acts to override or extend the default inputs of the keyboard system-wide. Primarily used for apps and alternative input devices that assist disabled Mac users, but as you'll see in the System Preferences, iTunes and other apps like also utilize the functionality. Something else you might want to check out is an app called KeyRemap4MacBook: It works for any Mac, not just MacBooks, and can change most of the key combinations around to whatever you'd like.