“I was looking for a better way to store bookmarks while I am researching something without storing the entire web page or a pdf of it. Dragging and dropping the icon from the web page URL into a note leads to a webloc file that has to be double-clicked to open, and does not work on the iPhone client. Copying and pasting the URL into a note leads to a nice link that can be single click accessed, or accessed directly in the EN client on the iPhone, which is a nice touch.

I can’t see any advantage to the webloc file. Can the default behavior of the drag and drop be changed on the desktop client so that it acts like a paste of the URL? It would make much more sense than the webloc, unless I am missing something.

If anyone else has ideas about how they store bookmarks while they are researching so that they can be accessed between the EN desktop and iPhone client I would love to hear it.”

How about an AppleScript to do the job?

Features

• This AppleScript creates a note with a list of the URLs of each open tab in the frontmost window of Safari.
• Efficiency was foremost in my mind when creating this script. As such, the script creates the note in the default notebook and without any tagging. If anyone thinks that notebook selection and tagging should be included, please let me know in the comments below and I’ll consider adding it in!

Current Limitations and Open Issues

(Otherwise known as “Places Where You Could Help Out!”)

• Errors that will undoubtedly arise when you do something that I didn’t think of or test for!

How to Install and Use

Just run the script!

Change Log:

• 1.00 (October 28, 2009) INITIAL RELEASE OF SCRIPT

My fellow AppleScript ninjas — Dive in to the code and, if you have any suggestions or problems, please let me know about them in the comment thread below.

And remember:

1. I am providing these scripts for the benefit of the Mac community. While they work wonderfully for me, I cannot take responsibility for any data you might lose (or if your laptop turns into a pumpkin or something…);
2. “Community” means “participation”. Please share with the rest of us *how* you use these scripts in your workflow, how you think they could be improved (and feel free to help someone if they don’t understand something!)

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Evernote Scripts / API Applications:

Veritrope.com Scripts

• **NEW** RTF/TXT File Imported (To Improve Formatting Over Native Import)
• Safari URLs to Evernote (To Generate A Quick List Of Bookmarks from Your Open Tabs)
• Yojimbo to Evernote Exporter
• Evernote to Yojimbo Exporter
• NetNewsWire to Evernote: Batch Sending (For when you need to do some heavier lifting — slower, but brings over multiple items)
• TWO Scripts Connecting DEVONthink and Evernote!
• Evernote to MacJournal Exporter
• MacJournal to Evernote Batch Exporter
• Apple Mail to Evernote
• Export Evernote Notes to HTML (Legacy Script)
• Export Notes From Evernote to an RTF text file
• Export a List of Titles for Notes In Evernote to a text file
• Microsoft Entourage to Evernote
• NetNewsWire to Evernote: Single Headline or Tab (For the quickest way to get an item into Evernote)

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Are you using Snow Leopard?

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Other Scripts/Extensions/Projects

• **NEW** Import Delicious Bookmarks into Evernote.
  
• **NEW** An Applescript to push all of your LittleSnapper snaps into Evernote, including tags/ratings/title/date!
• **NEW** Toodledo-to-Evernote Workflow
• Automator Actions for Evernote
• Livescribe/Evernote AppleScript
• Import Amazon Kindle clippings into Evernote
• AppleScript to Export entire Evernote notebook in PDF format
• PHP code to send a WordPress post to Evernote
• Ruby Script to import Twitter favorites to Evernote
• Ruby Script to improve import of Delicious bookmarks into Evernote
• Using a Greasemonkey script to speed up import from Google Notebooks to Evernote
• Greasemonkey script to force https: on Evernote websites
• Use the Evernote Bookmarklet via Ubiquity
• AutoHotKey Script for Evernote
• Ubuntu Evernote Clipping Script
• Camino Browser Toolbar Script
• Journler to Evernote AppleScript
• Clip to Evernote via Quicksilver and AppleScript
• Copy title and URL in the front most window of Safari to Evernote with link
• Creating a daily log in Evernote from Quicksilver
• Import Yojimbo items into Evernote
• A Ruby/AppleScript solution to post NetNewsWire Items to Evernote
• Import Evernote ENEX Files into DevonThink as HTML
• A MacFUSE-based file system for accessing the Evernote service. (Under Development — Use with caution!)

Written (or know of) an Evernote Script not listed here? Post it in the comments below and I’ll add it to the list!

Evernote Accessories + Services:

• Pixily is a service that Evernote users can ship their paper documents to — they scan, categorize and upload the documents to a customer’s web account, where they can be transferred into an Evernote account with the push of a button. For a limited time, Pixily is offering Evernote users a $10 discount. To take advantage of the discount, follow this link and type EVERNOTE into the coupon code field during checkout.
  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srR1RUt0U5w&feature=player_embedded
• The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Deluxe Bundle Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner — available for the Mac and also for Windows users — is Fujitsu’s latest, greatest version of their sheet-fed Document Scanner. With the push of a button, you can create a PDF file of up to 50 pages at a time. Just drop those PDFs into Evernote and, voila, you’re paperless. You can even scan your documents directly into Evernote. I own the previous model and have whole-heartedly recommended it to clients who are trying to digitize big piles of paper quickly (BTW — they also love it!):
  
• The Griffin Clarifi with EasyDock(Black) is a case for your iPhone 3G or 3GS that allows you to sharpen the iPhone’s close-up photos of business cards, receipts, or any small portion of text. Once your picture is in Evernote, text inside the image is recognized and available for searching (and easy cut-and-pasting into your favorite contact manager / word processor / etc.)
  Pretty spiffy! Check out this video from the Evernote blog of the Clarifi in action!:
  httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vduAAtinBG0
• Don’t have an iPhone? Maybe you need to capture larger amounts of text (like a whiteboard)? How about the name and location of a store or a restaurant while you’re sight-seeing? Eye-Fi makes a whole series of SD cards aimed at both PC and Mac users, professional photographers, and even video enthusiasts! It works with most digital cameras and even allows you to send geo-tagged photos directly to your Evernote account over its own Wi-Fi connection. Not only is the text in any digital photo automatically recognized and indexed, but the *LOCATION* as well. It’s a perfect way to keep a “virtual travel scrapbook”! I use this one myself — and I couldn’t be more pleased with how easy and well it works.

And again, check out this video from Evernote to see how it works:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzFpQbV5In8&feature=player_embedded

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