User Contributed Scripts
Please use this page as a table of contents for your scripts. In addition to linking to your script, you should also give a short description. If you haven't yet seen the Things AppleScript guide, please click the link below:
Installing and running scripts
The Things AppleScript Guide doesn't currently contain information about how to write, install, or run a script. Until that's added, here's a brief description:
To enable the system Script menu:
1. Launch /Applications/AppleScript/AppleScript Utility.
2. Select "Show Script menu in menu bar" if it's not already selected.
3. Quit AppleScript Utility.
A scroll icon appears in your menu bar (if it wasn't there already); that's the script menu.
To use a script from this wiki page:
1. Click the Download link to download the script to your Mac. (If there's no download link, then click the View Source link, copy the source code, and follow the "To write your own script" instructions below.)
If the download doesn't start automatically Ctrl-Click the download link and choose Download Linked File As... In your download folder select the file and remove the ".html" ending leaving only the ".scpt" ending if needed.
2. In the Finder, double-click the newly downloaded script. The Script Editor application opens.
3. To run the script, click the Run button.
To write your own script:
1. In /Applications/AppleScript on your Mac, launch the Script Editor application.
2. Type a script, or paste in source code that you've copied from elsewhere.
3. Run the script by clicking the Run button. Correct any errors.
4. Repeat step 3 until the script works.
To run a script from using a keyboard shortcut (from within Things or elsewhere):
1. Download or write a script.
2. Use a keyboard shortcut utility to assign a keyboard shortcut to running the script.
To install a script in the system Scripts menu:
1. Save the script if you haven't already done so.
2. Copy the .scpt file to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Mail (or other folder as appropriate for the application where you want the script to appear).
3. In Mail (or other application), open the Scripts menu and select the new script.
AppleScript: Import Scripts
Scripts to import data from third-party applications or other data sources
AppleScript: Export Scripts
Scripts to export data from Things' Library
AppleScript: Integration Scripts
Scripts to integrate other applications into Things
AppleScript: Utility Scripts
Little helper scripts for various tasks
