macOS Applescript - list of running apps?

[dryJ]

Me again

1. How can I go about getting a list of running apps (preferably only the apps that you can see in the Dock, I'm not bothered about background processes)so that I can get a variable to move through this list with a repeat command?

Help much appreciated.

 

[isharan]

[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] launchedApplications]

will return an array with all the running applications. (ones that show up in the dock)

EDIT: If you're looking for just the names of the application, use this instead: (stolen from theocacoa)

NSWorkspace * ws = [NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace];
NSArray * apps;
apps = [ws valueForKeyPath:@"launchedApplications.NSApplicationName"];
NSLog (@"%@", apps);

 

[dryJ]

Sorry, I forgot to add Applescript to the title Is there a way of doing this in Applescript? Thanks for your efforts though

 

[kainjow]

Here's an example

tell application "System Events"
    repeat with p in every process
        if background only of p is false then
            display dialog name of p as string
        end if
    end repeat
end tell

 

[larkost]

or the single-line version:

tell application "System Events" to get the name of every process whose background only is false

 

[mysterytramp]

Finder can do something similar.

tell application "Finder"
	get the name of every process whose visible is true
end tell

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