scpt file itself (sans needing to 'launch' the app). AppleScript applets are slower to execute than directly running the same code in the. But, even with the aid of a stack (or the dock) to obviate finding the object. Why are folks still enamored of double-clicking stuff in Finder? Stacks can conveniently house such items (to preclude us from having to go fish around in Finder windows). bglnelissen:You can save shell scripts with the '.command' extension to execute them with a doubleclick. Now I just have to double-click and QuickTime Player starts playing the stream. Lsequeir:I saved this script as an application to my Desktop.