Sonny Software

The version of the script below won't look to delete any entries from your bib file, however this won't speed the script up very much. The only time the script should take a long, long time is if you're building your bib file with every record from scratch. Otherwise, the script does precisely what ...

I've written up a quick and mostly untested script in response to Dellu and iandol's conversation from another thread about updating rather than overwriting a bib file. I thought I'd post it here to foreground the explanation for anyone who might want to use it. The script itself can be found here: ...

I had said that if Bookends added the ability to quick add through its scripting library, then I would create a PopClip extension to automate this when surfing the web (or doing anything else outside of Bookends that might bring you across an ISBN, DOI, etc.). You can find the extension here: https:...

I am getting this when I use the "selection" script. Selecting one item doesn't trigger the error. Selecting two or more items in the library and running the script triggers the error. Yes, I am running it in the Script editor. On the positive side, the script is working fine on the group...

Just an update on this to say that the linked script will now move any orphaned files to a pre-made folder called "Orphans". The script now compares paths rather than file names, so this should work with hierarchical folder structures. This version also simplifies the script a bit. I had a...

i am getting error : Can't get item 1 of {} Hmmm, are you using the new script that indexes the "Unlinked Attachments" group? If so, what line does that error message relate to if you run it from Script Editor? This indicates you have an empty list and could indicate that either the scrip...

This is amazing. Thank you for putting it out. I am going to use it. Two comments/questions: USER20: is not a clickable field in BE. Is there any way to make it clickable so that we can directly jump to Devonthink using the link? How will these links react in the ios? Does clicking the link in Devo...

Just posting to say that I have frequently experienced the very same thing for the past couple of weeks, both prior to and in the latest update (13.2). There doesn't seem to actually be any problem, but the blank dialog continues to pop up sporadically.

Hi all, I thought I might contribute another script that I recently completed and that seems to work like a charm. I've read some users of both Bookends and DEVONthink wish (on both forums) that you could automatically link records between the two softwares. The script located on the gist I've just ...

Thank you. This is a very useful script Is it possible to move (tag, and then use Hazel to move) these files to a specific folder instead of listing their name? Hi there, So glad you find the script useful. What you're looking for could certainly be done. You could tag the files or simply move them...

Hi zvh, if I understand correctly your script should output a list of files that are not associated to references in an open BE database, am I right? So basically it could be used to "clean" the BE attachments folder from old or unassociated files, right? In my BE attachments folder I hav...

Hi iandol, thanks so much for your help! And for your Bookends Tools, of course, which were the resource that first let me know everything that might be done with what I had mistakenly thought for a time to be a limited scripting dictionary. This is one of the tools that I don't make much use of, ho...

Thanks for that! It just struck me that I could make a pretty useful PopClip extension for Bookends with that kind of functionality, if doable.

I'll look forward to it but fully understand that the list of desired features is likely quite long.

Thanks Jon, I had entirely forgotten about that when writing the script. I've updated the instructions above (and the gist itself) to reflect and also included instructions on how to exclude a specific file type (skim files for me) or specify only a certain kind of file (e.g. pdfs).

Hi Jon, I just wanted to check to see whether it would be at all possible to add the "Quick Add" feature to the AppleScript event library for Bookends. It would be wonderful to have a function that would autofill a complete reference from, say, an isbn directly into my open library without...