MacOS – Applescript, quit app if other app is quit

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I have a (very basic) apple script that I use as a trigger to start and hijack Plex, using Audio Hijack Pro.

tell application "Audio Hijack Pro"
start hijacking session named "Plex"
end tell
tell application "Plex"
    activate
end tell

Where the last three lines just ensure Plex is in the foreground.

Here is where my question comes in. If possible, I would like to extend my script a little; it should keep running while Hijack Audio Pro is hijacking Plex, and quit Hijack Audio Pro if Plex is quit. Does anyone know how to achieve this?

Best Answer

I've only dabbled in Applescript, but would you be able to create a second script that is basically reversed? In English it would look like:

tell Plex to quit
then
tell Audio Hijack Pro to quit

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When you create a script in AppleScript Editor and then save it as an Application, there is an option to show a Startup Screen, as shown in the image below:

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When that option is enabled, when you launch the script in the Finder, it will first show that initial dialog before continuing.

As long as the AppleScript script-application in question wasn't saved with the Run Only option (see the image above), you should be able to open the script in AppleScript Editor by dragging the script-application's icon onto AppleScript Editor's icon. (When a script is saved as Run Only, AppleScript Editor won't allow you to open it to see the source code). So, if you are able to open it OK, then you could Save a copy of it and make sure the Startup Screen option is disabled.

As for why this suddenly started happening when yesterday it didn't, I'm not sure. What version of OS X are you using?

Applescript to quit all active browser processes

tell application "System Events"
    set ProcessList to name of every process
    if "Safari" is in ProcessList then
        tell application "Safari"
            quit
        end tell
    end if
end tell

Repeat as needed

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