Thanks Alex 
I guess I will need to continue to go to the extras menu for the Time Machine 
and option command l for downloads. Hey, at least I can do it. 

Gigi 

> On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Time Machine is something I looked into, but it turned out that little to no 
> TM information is available to AppleScript, unfortunately. I just had a look 
> in Safari's scripting dictionary, and downloads aren't mentioned once, so it 
> looks like a script couldn't access that information either.
>> On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi guys: 
>> I am beginning to see the advantages of learning Apple script, or, if I find 
>> it too technical for me, cheering on someone else with those skills. I 
>> definitely cheer you on, Alex, for having given me my favorite ones, 
>> checking the time and date and checking battery status. I would like another 
>> one, and I would like to know first, if it would work, and second, how could 
>> I make a copy of and edit a script to do it. When I do my Time Machine 
>> backups, I want to check the status. How can that be done with an Apple 
>> script so it would work like the battery checking one? Checking download 
>> status would be nice, too, but I am doing the other more often lately. 
>> 
>> All this brings another question. Has anybody written instructions as to how 
>> to do this or has the instructions been put into a podcast somewhere or on 
>> iTunes U? 
>> Gigi 
>> 
>>> 
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