10.4: Add unique names to .Mac aliases via AppleScript

If you were looking to add unique names to each of your .Mac aliases, you probably stumbled upon an older hint here. However, directly editing plist files can be a little scary, and can result in corrupting Mail's preference file. The same result can be achieved much easier using this AppleScript -- no need to manually edit any files. The script works for me on 10.4.6 -- you probably should make a backup of ~/Library -> Preferences -> com.apple.mail.plist before running the script nevertheless... [robg adds: This worked for me, too, but only after I quit and relaunched Mail (it was running when I tried the script). The script tells you this isn't required, but I found it didn't work un... view original article
Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:30:01 +0200

more MacOSXHints.com articles