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).
- Make a backup of iCal in case things go wrong.
- Add the email address Growl to your personal Address Book entry. (Mark it as secret if you have that feature enabled.)
- 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.
- 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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