Create Growl notifications from iCal events

Aug 03, '06 07:30:01AM

Contributed by: yanokwa

I'm not a big fan of the iCal alert, so I went searching for a Growl substitute, and stumbled on Thomas Aylott's solution (which is based on this solution).

  1. Make a backup of iCal in case things go wrong.
  2. Add the email address Growl to your personal Address Book entry. (Mark it as secret if you have that feature enabled.)
  3. Copy the compiled Mail.scpt file [Hints mirror, original source] into the iCal Resources folder. You get there by navigating to /Applications -> iCal.app -> Control-click and choose Show Package Contents -> Contents -> Resources.
  4. Copy Mail.scpt into the iCalHelper Resources folder: /Applications -> iCal.app -> Control-click and choose Show Package Contents -> Contents -> Resources -> iCal Helper.app -> Control-click and choose Show Package Contents -> Contents -> Resources.
Now when you create an iCal event, you can send the alarm as an email to Growl. Here's the source of the script.

[robg adds: I haven't tested this one.]

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