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:

Things AppleScript Guide

Contents 1 Installing and running scripts 1.1 Enabling the Script menu 1.2 Using scripts from this wiki 1.3 Writing your own script 1.4 Using keyboard shortcuts for scripts 1.5 Installing a script in the Scripts menu 2 See Also

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:

Enabling the 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 paper-scroll icon will appear in your menu bar. This is the script menu.

Using scripts from this wiki

1. Click the Download link to download the script to your Mac.
   1. 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.)
   2. 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, open the newly downloaded script. The Script Editor application will launch.
3. To run the script, click the Run button.

Writing 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.

Using keyboard shortcuts for scripts

1. Download or write a script.
2. Use a keyboard shortcut utility to assign a keyboard shortcut to running the script.

Now you can use a keyboard shortcut to run a script—from Things or elsewhere.

Installing a script in the 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.

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See Also

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