AppleScript GTD tickler file for Mac
April 25, 2007I’ve been trying to get back on the Getting Things Done wagon lately, and that’s led me to tweak my tools and processes for efficiency. While looking for an automated GTD tickler file for my Mac, I stumbled on Lifehacker’s Auto-AppleScript tickler file post and took a bit of time to tweak the scripts to suit my workflow.
Here are the main changes I made:
- Cleaned up the scripts and fixed some minor bugs.
- Changed month folders to use the month name and number (for example, “3 – March”) so they stay sorted in Finder, but you can still see the month names when browsing.
- Only generate one year’s worth of folders, and do so starting from the current date.
- Copy files into the tickler system instead of moving them. (I can still remove the original if I want to.)
After setting up the system, I added this cron job:
0 6 * * * /usr/bin/osascript /Users/bhelmkamp/Scripts/Update\ Today\ Link.scptNow my ticklers for the day are open in a Finder window when I sit down at my desk each morning.
