Robin2

Yes - I noticed those problems too. However, the PhantomJSCloud PDFs are actually pretty good, and retain most or all the the graphics and formatting from the original page (unlike Safari's PDF exports) I'm not keen on using screenshots, as all the links are lost. Re: web archive. Have you scripted it so that it can be completely automated?

I experimented scripting Safari's Export as PDF, but found that Safari applied a different stylesheet, often lost much of the content and broke URLs into multi-page PDFs. I also tried scripting it with the app Paparazzi but ran into related problems, and found that I couldn't get it all to work reliably. Additionally, Applescripting the creation of the new note (rather than using Zapier) would pop Evernote into the foreground each time, rather than completing it in the background. I would like to get it all done via a single AppleScript because the solution I posted above involves chaining together so many different tools and apps. However, I've been unable to figure out how to do it all with AppleScript. I'm hoping more experienced AppleScript hands might be able to suggest a better approach?

I frequently use the Evernote webclipper on my Mac but wanted something which: A. Would work instantly i.e. eliminate the wait for the webclipper to capture, upload and sync the page B. Could be triggered faster with less interaction / fewer mouse clicks than the webclipper So I’ve strung together an alternative solution which instantly clips the full contents of the current browser tab as a long single-page PDF and automatically saves it to the relevant Evernote notebook in the background. There’s no need to wait for clipping or syncing: the browser tab can be closed immediately. I want to explain my solution here, and throw it open to improvements from the community: I’m sure it could be improved! There are really two parts to this solution 1. The ‘trigger’ i.e. how the workflow is activated My approach could be entirely customised or replaced in order to broaden compatibility to Macs without touchbars. There’s probably a way of creating an equivalent trigger for Windows too - if the Windows users on this forum have got suggestions? My approach requires BetterTouchTool (for the Touchbar integration) and Alfred, but could be implemented as a keyboard shortcut or Alfred command, without using BetterTouchTool 2. The automated page capture and upload to Evernote This users Zapier (at least a Starter account), PhantomJSCloud (free for up to 500 pages per day) and a Dropbox account. How the trigger works 1. User taps ‘Evernote elephant’ button on the touchbar 2. User selects destination notebook on the touchbar ("Web Clips") in this example 3. BetterTouchTool runs the following AppleScript tell application "Safari" set _pageURL to the URL of front document as string set _noteTitle to the name of front document as string set _pageTitle to the name of front document as string end tell tell application "Alfred 3" run trigger "webclips" in workflow "com.zapier.alfredbasic" with argument _pageURL tell application "System Events" to key code 36 end tell 4. The AppleScript activates an Alfred Workflow which triggers a Zapier web hook (instructions here on how to set up Alfred with Zapier webhooks How the page capture and upload works 1. The trigger has now activated the Zapier webhook. Your zap should look something like this its fully set up 2. In the Zapier zap, the webhook trigger should be configured as “Catch Hook”, with “Silent Mode” left unticked, and the “Pick off a child key” field left empty 3. The second stage of the Zap is a “Custom Request” for “Webhooks by Zapier”. This will use PhantomJS to capture the page as a PDF. The custom request template should be as follows: Method: POST URL: https://PhantomJsCloud.com/api/browser/v2/Your_PhantomJS_API_Key_Here/ Data Pass Through: No Data: {"url":"ZAPIER_STEP1_QUERY_STRING_NOTE","renderType":"pdf","renderSettings":{"pdfOptions":{"format":"onepage"}},"outputAsJson":false} Unflatten: yes Basic Auth: leave empty Headers: Leave empty 4. The third stage of the zap is to upload the resulting PDF to dropbox. The Zapier template should be: Folder: [your_choice_of_dropbox_folder] File: Select “Step 2, Exists but not shown’ from the dropdown Overwrite: yes Specify File Name: Select ‘Step 1 Querystring Keywords” Specify File Extension: .pdf 5. The final stage is to create a new Evernote note and upload the PDF from Dropbox to Evernote. The Evernote action is ‘Create Note’. The template is: Notebook: select the relevant notebook from the dropdown Title: select `Step 1, Catch Hook, Querystring Note` from the dropdown Content: `Step 1, Catch Hook, Querystring Note` Tags: whatever you want Reminder time: leave blank Reminder Done time: leave blank Attachment: select: Step 3 > Upload File > Direct Media Link Limitations of this solution 1. This solution won’t work with any pages which require a login 2. It requires a separate Alfred workflow and separate Zapier zap for each destination notebook which you want to make available to the TouchBar trigger Obvious room for improvement 1. The current trigger mechanism is pretty inelegant in the way it uses Alfred as a ‘middleman’ to trigger the web hook. I’d prefer to trigger the web hook directly from BetterTouchTool - but couldn’t figure out how to do it. 2. Capture the name of the page, and use that to name the Evernote note and the PDF.

Are there any plans to enable screenshots 'below the fold' in Skitch? I frequently need to make screenshots of long webpages - which Skitch is unable to do. I currently have to use the AwesomeScreenshot Chrome extension - which gets the job done - but is an inefficient workflow for getting the screenshot into Skitch/Evernote. This would be be the single most important improvement to Skitch for me. Any plans? Alternatively, does anyone have recommendations for other (Mac) apps which play nicely with Skitch/Evernote and can do below-the-fold screenshots? Robin.

Thanks Brent. So, any scanner recommendations for home-use? I've heard the Doxie Go can do it, but it lacks a sheet-feeder, and manually feeding sheets 1-by-1 is way too painful.

I want to go paperless, and buy a scanner that will enable scanning direct to Evernote. I'd strongly prefer to scan 'direct to the cloud' rather than having the scans go through my laptop each time. Which scanner should I buy? The ScanSnap S1300i looks good - but it seems to require connection to a laptop for all scans? Are there any duplex scanners which can send direct to Evernote without requiring a laptop? I assume that this is possible with any scanner which scan direct to an email address? Thanks Robin.