In many occasions I have to scan a document and, unfortunately, I have to manually create a note in Evernote with that file as an attachment.
I know that with Evernote for Mac OS X cannot define a folder to automatically import newly created files from (this instead is possible with Evernote for MS-windows).
I've just finished writing an applescript code (called "EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt"; see attachment) acting as an "Action Folder Script" that is it automatically starts as soon as a new file is created/moved into a specific folder.
When this script is fired it creates a new note with a title, one (and only one) tag and attaches the file in the "automatic" folder to the note.
When the script starts it asks the user only for a title and one (and only one) tag and automatically attaches the folder-newly-added file to the new EN note.
To use this script you should:
1) Create the (not-yet automatic) folder
2) Copy EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt into your home Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts (to go to Library click on Go in the Finder menu while pressing the Option/Alt key);
3) Open with the applescript editor EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt and only modify the line:
setMyNotebookto "Vittorio"
with your notebook name. Save and close;
4) In Finder go to the not-yet automatic folder you've just created, right-click on it, and from the menu choose "Services->Folder Actions Setup" and combine the folder with EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt.
Now, your folder is an automatic folder that fires the script when a new file is added.
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In many occasions I have to scan a document and, unfortunately, I have to manually create a note in Evernote with that file as an attachment.
I know that with Evernote for Mac OS X cannot define a folder to automatically import newly created files from (this instead is possible with Evernote for MS-windows).
I've just finished writing an applescript code (called "EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt"; see attachment) acting as an "Action Folder Script" that is it automatically starts as soon as a new file is created/moved into a specific folder.
When this script is fired it creates a new note with a title, one (and only one) tag and attaches the file in the "automatic" folder to the note.
When the script starts it asks the user only for a title and one (and only one) tag and automatically attaches the folder-newly-added file to the new EN note.
To use this script you should:
1) Create the (not-yet automatic) folder
2) Copy EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt into your home Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts (to go to Library click on Go in the Finder menu while pressing the Option/Alt key);
3) Open with the applescript editor EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt and only modify the line:
set MyNotebook to "Vittorio"
with your notebook name. Save and close;
4) In Finder go to the not-yet automatic folder you've just created, right-click on it, and from the menu choose "Services->Folder Actions Setup" and combine the folder with EvernoteNewNoteFromFile.scpt.
Now, your folder is an automatic folder that fires the script when a new file is added.
That's all folk
Ciao from Rome, Vittorio
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