Try this:

Applescript:

use AppleScript version "2.5" -- macOS 10.11 or later
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

set theURL to current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()'s URLForApplicationToOpenURL:(current application's NSURL's URLWithString:"http://")
return theURL's |path|() as string

AsObjC solution works fine on my Mac and is about 7 times faster than following plain AppleScript solution I found on the net:

Applescript:

do shell script "defaults read ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure | awk -F'\"' '/http;/{print window[(NR)-1]}{window[NR]=$2}'"

@Shane,
I apologize for my omission. My system is running macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) and yes, I have satimage.osax installed in

(root lib)

But there are also Fits.osax, numerics.osax and xmllib.osax, these plugins were installed together with Satimage.osax if i remember well.

However, these osax were already there before, so I wonder what may have caused the moody change of my scripts right now ? If it wouldn't be this annoyance I'd laugh about

I tried with pipe, the error dialog didn't change. I removed the satimage.osax, I can restart my computer later. Let's try again

@KniazidisR
I will test it later today, thanks

It may be installed in other locations too (and forgotten there ). The following script helps to check if some certain scripting addition is installed on your Mac.

Applescript:

on scriptingAdditionExists(_name)
   set locScptAddFldr to path to scripting additions from local domain as text
   set sysScptAddFldr to path to scripting additions from system domain as text
   set usrScptAddFldr to path to scripting additions from user domain as text
   set saLocList to {locScptAddFldr, sysScptAddFldr, usrScptAddFldr}
   repeat with i in saLocList
       try
           alias (i & _name)
           return true
       end try
   end repeat
   return false
end scriptingAdditionExists

my scriptingAdditionExists("Satimage.osax")

Note: you can check other scripting additions as well (by its names)

Last edited by KniazidisR (2021-01-12 08:57:13 am)

@KniazidisR
thanks, I removed all scripting extensions.
Your shell does a nice job. Still, I'm puzzled why AsObjC doesn't work as expected

I tried to run again the original script from Shane, then adding the pipe as suggested.. Hmm, no change.
I must have a strange macpro, everything is from Apple except the mouse and the screen. I didn't expect those machines to be able to learn stubbornness from their users..