When Apple was touting Automator as part of the OS X 10.4 Tiger upgrade, some people wondered whether AppleScript would be needed anymore. Now that we’ve seen Automator, AppleScript may be needed more ...

As is so often the case in the cyclic world of software development, history repeats itself, but (despite Marx’s dictum) it’s better the second time. A couple of years ago, my TidBITS contributions ...

Debugging isn’t just guessing.

Shortly after the release of macOS 26.4 Tahoe (see “ OS 26.4 Adds AI-Generated Playlist Playground, Separates Family Sharing Purchases,” 25 March 2026), several TidBITS Talk users began reporting ...

Late Night Software has updated Script Debugger, their scripting utility, to version 3.0.1, which addresses minor issues that came to light following the release of Script Debugger 3.0. “While there ...

A recent post about debugging constructs surprised me. There were quite a few comments about how you didn’t need a debugger, as long as you had printf. For that matter, we’ve all debugged systems ...

One of the most difficult things about PowerShell scripting is finding and fixing any bugs that exist within the script. This process isn't usually a big deal for short PowerShell scripts, but it can ...