ePub Zip/Unzip AppleScript application for Mac OS X - Page 11

abhijitme · 10-27-2026, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by KevinH

It is an AppleScript and therefore interpreted. It should not need Rosetta2 emulation. Maybe something "compiles" or "jit compiled" it somehow. If so just run from the original script.

Since I don't see a Apple Silicon version coming out soon, this is what I did.

I took 2 files from the .app: main.script, OptionDown
I converted .script to .applescript using osadecompile
Opened the folder in VSCode and used Claude Code to understand the script and rebuild the app adding anything missing.
It will build the app signing it for the host machine only unless you have a Developer certificate.

And it worked for me. Runs much faster without Rosetta.

KevinH · 10-27-2026, 08:16 AM

Since it is a script, there is no Rosetta used at all unless one of the commands in the Applescript runs only on Intel Macs.

That is not the case for this script. It already works well on all my Macs. Not sure why people are having issues or think it requires Intel as it is an interpreted script, unless someone added a compiled resource to the script.

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10-27-2026, 08:16 AM	#152
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 10,152 Karma: 7640000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Since it is a script, there is no Rosetta used at all unless one of the commands in the Applescript runs only on Intel Macs. That is not the case for this script. It already works well on all my Macs. Not sure why people are having issues or think it requires Intel as it is an interpreted script, unless someone added a compiled resource to the script.

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