I made a text file using TextEdit, named it notes. Over the years I have quite a collection of notes in the file about anything and everything. I keep the file in the dock, one click away. When I need to find something, cmd f in the file, type in an appropriate word and there it is. Simplest possible note data base you could ask for.

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QuickSilver also has built-in commands for creating and appending to text files.

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one other benefit of using Mail Notes is that I can access the notes with my iPhone.

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Is it possible to edit the notes on the iPhone?

And would it be easy to write a script that targets a note called "Inbox"?

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Would it be possible to make the same thing but for stickies??

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Another script for note creation. A bit shorter...

tell application "System Events"
	tell application "Mail" to activate
	keystroke "n" using {command down, control down}
end tell

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Hi Chris,

Replace Mail with Stickies in the above script.

tell application "Stickies" to activate

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Stickies" to click the menu item "New Note" of the menu "File" of menu bar 1
end tell

Best wishes

John M

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I use an alternative method:

I click an empty space in Finder and then do CMD-SHIFT-Y, which opens Stickies and creates a new Stickie note.

Sometimes I just click the Desktop, which will lead to a Stickie with a folder icon in it, but I just backspace once and type my note. If I had a folder or file selected when I made a Stickie [should I say "Sticky"?], the note has an icon that looks like that item. It seems to be just an icon, as far as I can tell.

I don't have to save Stickies [though I can export a note], so it's pretty darn quick. Just do the keystroke, and start typing. We can also put the Stickies app in our Dock or Finder toolbar, and I just discovered we can even put it in our Finder sidebar [all this in Leopard].

I don't want you to think I'm saying my way is better than your hint -- I'm glad you posted your hint. Just wanted to share this, too, since it's related.


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Actually, I didn't need an apple script for this at all to use with QuickSilver. I just traversed Mail -> Menu Items -> File -> New Note and made it into a custom trigger.

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