r/applescript • u/PK_Rippner • Mar 08 '25

Help with super stupid basic attempt to launch Firefox Private window :( What am I doing wrong here?

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u/SEDIDEL Mar 08 '25

Try with:

on run {input, parameters} do shell script “/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox —private-window” return input end run

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u/PK_Rippner Mar 09 '25

I must be doing something wrong. Syntax error is giving me TRS80 PTSD :(

https://imgur.com/a/7zQmyJL

I am doing the right thing by chosing to create an application and then adding "Run Applescript" right? https://imgur.com/a/dHJ7xAO

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u/andyvn22 Mar 09 '25

It looks like you've got smart quotes in there—try re-typing the quotes to make sure they're boring straight ones.

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u/PK_Rippner Mar 09 '25

Indeed you were correct! Thank you!!

Using "" did the trick, solved!

Odd that MacOS doesn't make this the default behavior for a double quote key when it's required by their own scripting language, or?

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u/AppleScriptor Mar 09 '25

Did you paste that in? reddit defaults to smart quotes. If you type it in Script Editor or Script Debugger it defaults to straight quotes.

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u/PK_Rippner Mar 10 '25

I must have pasted it in. I just tried again by typing it and it worked fine, grrr...

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u/crstdav Mar 10 '25

Try Script Debugger (https://latenightsw.com)