Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have created the following in
AppleScript and although it works when I double click the
compiled app, I am left with an empty Terminal window in the
dock which seems to remain until I forcibly quit it. So, how can
I simply run the given command and close the terminal while the
application (vboxmanage) is still running?  tell application
"Terminal"     do script "vboxmanage startvm MyWindows; exit;"
end tell share|improve this question  1 Answer 1  up vote 2 down
vote accepted  You can use the following, if you don't want a
Terminal window involved and the program is able to function
without Terminal:  do shell script "vboxmanage startvm
MyWindows"  The actual AppleScript will wait for the command
line program to quit though. I like it best when used as a
Service via Automator.  share|improve this answer Oh very nice -
thanks very much. :) –  R4D4 Nov 3 '11 at 20:16  Your Answer