Today I'll talk about Applescript, Apple's awesome programming language that can save you a lot of time. But thankfully, you don't have to know how to program to use it.
First off, you'll want to enable the Applescript menu bar icon. So navigate to Applications/AppleScript/"AppleScript Utility.app" and open it up. Now you'll want to check the boxes next to "Show Script menu in menu bar" and "Show Computer scripts." You should see a little curled piece of paper appear in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
If you click on the icon you should get a drop down list; this will contain all the scripts that came with your computer. They're stored in /Library/Scripts if you're interested in editing them. If you want to add your own to the list, you can either put them in there, or go to /Users/PeterStory/Library/Scripts (replacing PeterStory with your name). If there is no scripts folder there, you can make your own (just so long as you name it "Scripts").
A few scripts you should look into are any of the Finder Scripts, which can help you rename a bunch of files at once, and one of my personal favorites, "Download Weather Map" in the URLs folder.
But if you are a person who does want to learn to program AppleScript, I recommend:
AppleScript: The Missing Manual
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