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Part One of a short tutorial on how AppleScript can streamline your work, make you more productive, and save you time!


Here’s something for both new and experienced Mac users — Part One of a short tutorial on how AppleScript can streamline your work, make you more productive, and save you time!

What Exactly is AppleScript?

AppleScript is an English-like language used to write programs that control applications on your computer. The “English-like” part is important — it means that you don’t need to have a computer science degree to use it.

Simply put, it’s programming for regular people who want to get things done faster.


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An AppleScript to Export Selected Apple Mail Messages and Notes to Individual Text Files.

I saw a Tweet from Scott Paterson, asking if there was an AppleScript to quickly batch export Notes from Apple Mail into individual text file.

Well Scott — If there wasn’t one before, there is now!

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An Applescript to Archive Apple Mail Emails into Evernote

Looking for ways to get Apple Mail messages into Evernote?

Here are a few options for you…

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Email Them In

One fast way to get items into Evernote is simply to email them. Brett Kelly’s eBook, “Evernote Essentials” provides a solid guide to how this works (See the chapter called “Evernote, Email and You”) along with some other great email-related tips.1

Use AppleScript

If you’re moving a lot of emails at once (or just want more control while you move them), you can set up an Mail/Evernote AppleScript which allows you to archive items directly between the apps with a keystroke. Version 2.0 of the Apple Mail to Evernote AppleScript is now available: It includes support for HTML messages and also more configurable settings to customize it to your workflow. Click here to check it out!

Drag-and-Drop

You can drag-and drop a message into Evernote if you’re okay with it being an .eml attachment to your note and not the actual message text.

  1. Note: This requires your information to pass through email servers which, depending on what it is, you might not want to do. [↩]