badza.blogg.se - Apple notes vs evernote 2019

For example, “kmtrigger://macro=Open%20Apple%20Note&value=Work%20Ideas” would open my Work Ideas note.īut I don’t do clunky, and typing things out particularly when they involve percent encoding multiple words is one of my least favorite things to do. Now, honestly, at this point we have the base URL, and you could just manually create the links at this point.

Set System Clipboard to Text “TriggerValue”Īlmost There – Generating the actual Note Link.

This means we can use it as a common URL base to run the shortcut above for any note just by changing the URL. Like Shortcuts, Keyboard Maestro can launch automations via URL, but it has one super power over Shortcuts’ URLs – the ability to pass a value through a URL.

Find All Notes where Name contains ClipboardĪdding On – Generating a URL Base to Launch the Open Note Shortcut.

I started by creating a generic “Open Note” shortcut that opens a note based on your clipboard. (By the way, links to everything are included. I, however, like to link to a lot of notes, and I really didn’t want to have to create a new shortcut anytime I wanted to link to a new note. If that sounds good enough for you, you can swap out Clipboard for the actual note title in the following shortcut and call it a day.

Theoretically, if you only link to a few notes, you could just create dedicated shortcuts for each note you want to link to and then link to the shortcut using the format shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Shortcut%20Name. The Starting Point – Opening an Apple Note with a Shortcut My frustration eventually lead me down a rabbit hole that lead to this post – a way to generate a link to a note without sharing it.Īllow me to introduce how I link to notes in Apple Notes using Keyboard Maestro and Shortcuts. Oh, and then it adds a wonderful Shared section to Notes to remind you of all the notes you’ve shared with yourself. If you want a link to a note in Apple Notes, on the other hand, you have to act as though you’re sharing it with someone via phone or email even if the person you’re sharing it with is just yourself. For reasons unknown to me, Apple seems to have no intention of adding linking any time soon despite it being a feature that’s present in almost every other note taking app.Įven Apple’s other apps like Mail have a way to uncover a link using AppleScript at least. There’s really only one thing holding me back – linking. For those of you that have followed my blog for a while, you know I’ve really wanted to use Apple Notes for my personal knowledge management for a while now.