In Episode 1 of Automators, Rosemary indicated that while one can no longer trigger an AppleScript routine from a calendar event (which I used to do), you can do an Automator script. I tried using such an approach to send an email, but aI could not get it to work. I used the Alert “email at time of event” after creating an automator routine consisting of “New Mail Message” and “Send Outgoing Message” . Could anyone perhaps explain the correct approach? Perhaps something in the trigger?
Take a look at these Apple discussion threads:
- How to create automator task for calendar? - Apple Community.
- Finally got automator and calendar to wor… - Apple Community.
Hope that helps.
This was exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks!
Another way: save your AppleScript as an app from the Script Editor:
- summon the Save / Save As dialog
- choose Application in the File Format drop-down and save it
Then use the Open File technique to execute it at the desired time. This works with BusyCal too. (Not tested on OS versions higher than Yosemite…)