Make Event in Calendar with AppleScript with Location that's recognised

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Make Event in Calendar with AppleScript with Location that's recognised

When manually creating a new event in Calendar, entering a (recognised) address/location shows a small map with a pin in the info sheet. However, entering precisely the same address data when making an event with AppleScript does not make the geographical association - so functionality like "Alert when I need to leave" does not work.

Does anyone know how to get the association to happen when making an event with AppleScript please? (I'm not against the possibility of running a second script over a calendar if this is an option.)

Mac Studio, macOS 13.2

Posted on Feb 24, 2023 11:57 AM

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Camelot

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Feb 24, 2023 3:48 PM in response to Arkouda

I took a quick look at this, and couldn't find an answer you'd like.

As far as AppleScript is concerned, there is no functional difference between a manually-created event whose location shows the map, and a auto-created event where a script sets the location.

The trigger seems to be on the event's Location feed, where it auto-suggests locations as you type. There doesn't appear to be a way to replicate the functionality via a script, other than via UI scripting (which emulates user actions), but I wouldn't even try to craft that one (it's bad enough using UI scripting on fixed windows, but in popups? that's asking for trouble.

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Arkouda Author

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Feb 24, 2023 4:46 PM in response to Camelot

Thanks. Unfortunately, I think you're right: the autosuggest thing seems to be key - and I agree with you that UI scripting is most definitely not the way to go!

I wonder whether using coordinates for the location might work? It's too late here for me tonight, but I'll give it a try tomorrow and report back.

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Arkouda Author

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Feb 25, 2023 5:26 AM in response to Arkouda

I didn't have any luck with coordinates. I found something in Shortcuts that works by setting a Location first and then using that variable in a subsequent action that makes the new Event, but I can't find any equivalent in AppleScript.

I'm going to try using Shortcuts to iterate over the events made by my AppleScript - to extract the location from the event, set the Location var to it, then update the event location with the var. Then again, I might just put up with having a textual location!

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Make Event in Calendar with AppleScript with Location that's recognised

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