MacOS – Selecting Random File in AppleScript

Here is the solution. The script that generates the link, generats a url that starts with a custom googledrive:// and then the path to the file in the Google Drive folder.

I then set lincastor to trigger the following script for urls beginning with googledrive://

on handle_url(args)
    set theUnixPath to |URL_PATH| of args
    set theUnixPath to (POSIX path of (path to home folder)) & "Google Drive" & theUnixPath
    set theMacPath to (POSIX file theUnixPath)

    #display dialog "handle url: " & theMacPath 

    tell application "Finder"
        set theItem to item theMacPath
        if (class of theItem) is folder then activate
        reveal theItem
    end tell
    activate application "Finder"

    return 1
end handle_url

The script is super easy, it takes the url, attaches the path to the user homes folder and /Google Drive/, then uses this generated path to open the Finder and reveal the item

This works for me to sync my iPhone in iTunes:

tell application "iTunes"
    activate
    delay 1
    tell application "System Events"
        click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu item "Devices" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1 of application process "iTunes"
    end tell
end tell

• click menu item 1 can also be e.g., click menu item "Sync “Iam’s iPhone”"

• Note that the value of the delay command(s) may need to be adjusted for your system, and or additional delay commands may or may not be needed. Adjust values of and or add/remove the delay commands as appropriate.

Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not employ any error handling and is meant only to show one of many ways accomplish a task. The onus is always upon the User to add/use appropriate error handling as needed/wanted.