I have some thoughts on Apple Intelligence’s delay, and why I think people are missing the point entirely.
Wednesday, March 19
Thursday, January 30
Why I ditched Omnifocus for Reminders
Why I ditched Omnifocus for Reminders....
I've talked about both many times on this blog, but I've made the switch, wrote it down:
https://medium.com/@zkmtxvfh/why-i-ditched-omnifocus-for-reminders-34bd9e0feaf0
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Tuesday, January 28
What I really want out of Apple Intelligence
A blog post I wrote over on Medium:
https://medium.com/@zkmtxvfh/what-i-really-want-out-of-apple-intelligence-81ea134b43c5
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Monday, January 27
My Morning Workflow with my iPad, Apple Notes, Reminders, and Shortcuts
Experimenting with posting over on Medium. Seems to be easier, and has some very interesting features.
Anyway, my first post is up over there:
Since I have lots of readers here, I figured they might be interested.
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Monday, December 9
Auto Creating Reminders from Email Messages
In my constant state of trying to make things a bit more efficient for myself. (I'm a big believer in automation, ask anyone that has ever worked with me.) We have computers! Make the computers do work instead of us manually doing things on the computer.
I wanted to find a way to auto-create a reminder from an email. I assume you can figure out how to create a rule to match an email in Mail.app, but one of the actions you can take on a mail rule is "Run AppleScript".
This AppleScript, given the email match, will create a reminder that links back to the email for you:
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using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages selectedMessages
try
log "Starting script execution"
tell application "Reminders"
repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages
try
tell application "Mail"
-- Fetch subject and message ID
set emailSubject to subject of theMessage
set messageID to message id of theMessage
-- Mark email as read
set read status of theMessage to true
-- Change email color to blue
set background color of theMessage to blue
end tell
-- Log values for debugging
log "Email Subject: " & emailSubject
log "Message ID: " & messageID
-- Construct reminder properties
set reminderText to emailSubject
set emailLink to "message://%3C" & messageID & "%3E"
set reminderNotes to "Link to the email: " & emailLink
-- Create reminder in default list
tell list "Reminders" -- Change "Reminders" to your desired list name
make new reminder with properties {name:reminderText, body:reminderNotes}
end tell
on error errMsg
log "Error processing message: " & errMsg
end try
end repeat
end tell
on error errMsg
log "Script execution error: " & errMsg
end try
log "Script finished execution"
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
You need to change the "list" (see "tell list") you want the reminder to go into.
This will take an email, mark it as read, change the background color of the email to blue, create the reminder, and then exit.
You can't put the "message://" link in the URL field directly with AppleScript, as there is no method within the AppleScript reminders dictionary to access "URL". Shortcuts.app can, but AppleScript can't. (I know, right?)
But I have a Shortcut that I execute from the end of this AppleScript that moves it for me. You can execute the shortcut from the AppleScript by putting this after the last "end tell”.
do shell script "shortcuts run \"URL Mover for Reminders message\""
log "Shortcut executed successfully"
There's the shortcut. It'll handle both "message://" and "<message:" links (the latter created by OmniFocus if you moved from OmniFocus to Reminders).
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Wednesday, July 10
Apple's AI Challenges in the EU: A Casual Take
So, Apple has stated that it is uncertain if it is bringing some of its AI features to the EU -- there’s a lot to unpack here. They say they're unsure if their AI can meet the EU's strict regulations. Considering how tightly Apple's ecosystem is knit together, it's a valid concern.
Apple has had to make some significant changes to comply with EU rules—allowing other browsers, mail clients, and even alternative app stores on their devices. But it's interesting that the EU hasn't touched Apple's Weather app or other basic utilities. This shows the focus is more on certain competition and user choice where other companies have complained (Spotify, Epic Games). (Engadget) (MacRumors).
During WWDC, Apple said they want to let other AI and machine learning models onto their devices. There are several presentations about this subject that happened during WWDC, and you can watch the videos on line. They even rolled out a dev kit for it. This means not just Apple's AI but also others can run on iPhones and iPads. Still, whether this will satisfy EU regulations is a big question mark. The EU's rules are pretty strict, especially regarding privacy and security, and Apple's AI is deeply woven into their hardware and cloud services (Engadget).
Some EU regulators have accused Apple of "malicious compliance," suggesting they're not allowing AI in the EU to dodge competition rules. I think the real issue is that Apple’s AI is so intertwined with their hardware that meeting the EU's requirements is a tough nut to crack (MacRumors).
Apple's ongoing struggle with EU regulations highlights the tension between their integrated tech approach and the need for more openness and competition in the market. The future of AI on Apple devices in the EU is still up in the air (Gadgets 360).
Bottom line -- I don't think Apple is saying "we may not roll out AI in the EU" to be mean, I think they are saying it from a legitimate point of view. Apple doesn't know if they are going to be allowed to.
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Monday, December 18
Deleting Duplicate Notes in Notes.app using AppleScript
I found myself digging through my Notes.app the other day and, lo and behold, there was a whole bunch of duplicate notes hanging around. Pretty sure I goofed and imported them twice or something along those lines.
To fix the mess, I whipped up a quick AppleScript that zapped the duplicates just by looking at the note titles. Since the folder wasn't a big mess and I was dealing with a pretty neat pile, I was cool with the script going on a deleting spree. Just to be safe, though, I did a quick sweep through the "Recently Deleted" folder afterward to make sure nothing important got caught in the crossfire.
Use with caution:
tell application "Notes"
set targetFolder to "Target" -- Change this to your folder name
if not (exists folder targetFolder) then
display alert "Folder not found"
return
end if
set theNotes to notes of folder targetFolder
set noteNames to {}
set duplicates to {}
repeat with aNote in theNotes
set noteName to name of aNote
if noteNames contains noteName then
set end of duplicates to aNote
else
set end of noteNames to noteName
end if
end repeat
repeat with duplicateNote in duplicates
delete duplicateNote
end repeat
if length of duplicates is 0 then
display dialog "No duplicates found"
else
display dialog (length of duplicates) & " duplicates deleted."
end if
end tell
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