
I never would have been able to do this without his work.) Set Up The Folder ActionĬreate a folder if you don’t already have it. (By the way, this script owes a huge debt of gratitude to Larry Salibra for his Evernote to Apple Notes script. Now we just need to attach it to our folder. If you’re not sure how to get there, go to a Finder window, choose Go > Go to Folder… and paste the path in.Īwesome. scpt file to /Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts. If copying and pasting doesn’t work for you, you can click here to download the script. In the Save box, navigate to the /Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts folder and save it there. Hit the little hammer icon to make sure there aren’t any errors. Next, paste the clipboard contents into the Script Editor window. Hit the New Document button in the window that pops up. On your Mac, go to Applications > Utilities and start Script Editor. Copy this to your clipboard, or download the file below. We are then going to create an AppleScript that automatically creates a note in Notes.app for any file that is saved there. To seamlessly scan to Notes.app, we are going to create a folder on the Mac (in this example I called it “Notes”, but you’ll probably want to be more descriptive). Create AppleScript To Scan To Apple Notes If you want something more automated though, read on. If you want the least complex way, that’s the way to go. Honestly, the easiest way to scan to Notes is to scan to a folder on your Mac and then drag the PDF(s) manually to a note. I did manage to get scanning to Apple Notes working, but it was a bit more complex than I had expected and took some AppleScript tomfoolery. That approach did absolutely nothing, so it was back to the drawing board. I figured all I’d need to do was add Notes.app to the Applications tab of ScanSnap Manager, hit scan, and be good to go. Since its release, I’ve received variations on this question: “How do you scan to Apple Notes (with the ScanSnap or otherwise?)” Apple’s Notes (aka Notes.app) is an application that received a big overhaul in OS X El Capitan.
