My goal is to launch Mail and minimize window that opens with Applescript
With your help, I got this working:
tell application "Mail"
launch
set miniaturized of every window to true
end tell
It's running perfectly on a 2019 iMac Catalina and an 09 iMac (High Sierra), but on a 2014 MacBook Pro, the script just opens mail and does not minimize window.
Thanks again
MacBook
The issue is likely to be less about the machine and more about the specific OS/Mail.app version number.
The terminology for minimizing a window has changed over time - minimized, miniaturized, etc. and it's likely to be some conflict there.
Open Script Editor on the MacBook Pro and look at Mail.app's dictionary. Under the 'window' definition there should be some indication as to what property to set.
Adjust the script as needed, recompile and save it, and see what happens.
The issue is likely to be less about the machine and more about the specific OS/Mail.app version number.
The terminology for minimizing a window has changed over time - minimized, miniaturized, etc. and it's likely to be some conflict there.
Open Script Editor on the MacBook Pro and look at Mail.app's dictionary. Under the 'window' definition there should be some indication as to what property to set.
Adjust the script as needed, recompile and save it, and see what happens.
Follow up
It seems if the mail window is open and the x (close window) is chosen, then mail is quit, this script will just open mail. No minimization
If the minimize button is chosen and mail is quit, the script will run and have the mail minimized.
In short, the mail seems to remember the last state it was in and will minimize or not depending on which (close, minimize) was chosen previously
FYI this script has the same issues on all macs, just figured it out by chance.
I would like a script to run that will open mail and minimize it regardless of previous state if possible.
Thanks
What are you trying to accomplish. If you want to open Mail at startup and hide it, then do so in User preferences as a login item.
As I said previously, I want an AppleScript that will launch Mail and minimize the Mail window that is opened when mail is launched regardless of the state that Mail was left in previously. So, if Mail is launched without a script and I do not minimize the Mail window manually and then quit Mail, I want the AppleScript to open mail and minimize the window that it opens.
Hi
Dictionaries (Mail Window) on MB Pro and iMac 2019 both Catalina are the same as is iMac 2009 (high Sierra). After much testing it seems that high sierra works, but both catalina machines do not.
I would like a script to run that will open mail and minimize it
If you mean at startup then use Login items:
Minimize Mail Window
